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Tokyo, May 30 (Jiji Press)–The parliamentary affairs chiefs of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Centrist Reform Alliance have agreed on a deliberation schedule for the government’s draft fiscal 2026 supplementary budget. At a meeting Friday, Hiroshi Kajiyama of

Tokyo, June 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese nonfinancial companies’ combined ordinary profits grew 14.6 pct from a year earlier to 32,627.1 billion yen in January-March, the Finance Ministry said Monday. The rise was driven by growing demand related to artificial intelligence data centers and

Tokyo, June 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly gained more than 900 points to top 67,000 for the first time on Monday morning, supported by expectations for continued U.S.-Iran negotiations over the Middle East situation. At 10:27 a.m., the

Seoul, June 1 (Jiji Press)–South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Sunday told reporters that he and his Japanese counterpart, Shinjiro Koizumi, discussed a possible bilateral acquisition and cross-servicing agreement, or ACSA, during their meeting in Singapore on Saturday, South Korea’s Yonhap

Tokyo, June 1 (Jiji Press)–Cannabis abuse is becoming widespread among young people in Japan, especially in Tokyo. In 2025, people in their 20s and younger accounted for more than 70 pct of all those taken into police custody or otherwise processed in

Singapore, June 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi paid attention to wording over China during his latest three-day visit to Singapore for participation in the Asia Security Summit, better known as the Shangri-La Dialogue. In his address at the Shangri-La Dialogue

Niigata, May 31 (Jiji Press)–Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi won his third four-year term in Sunday’s gubernatorial election in the central Japan prefecture. The 68-year-old governor was backed by Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the prefectural chapter of the LDP’s coalition partner,

Kagoshima, May 31 (Jiji Press)–Japanese industry minister Ryosei Akazawa inspected Eneos Corp.’s Kiire oil storage base in the southwestern Japan city of Kagoshima on Sunday. Kiire is one of the facilities from which state oil reserves were released earlier this year following

Hakui, Ishikawa Pref., May 31 (Jiji Press)–Crested ibises, a Japanese natural monument, were released into the wild in the city of Hakui, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, Sunday, marking the first time that such an event was held in the country’s Honshu main

Tokyo, May 31 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Emperor Naruhito and his daughter, Princess Aiko, watched a university baseball game at the Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward on Sunday. They watched a game between Waseda University and Keio University in the spring tournament