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Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons has voiced his hopes that Tokyo would host another Summer Paralympics. In a recent interview with the Jiji Press in Tokyo, the 49-year-old praised again the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021, held without

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who also heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, announced Tuesday that she will reshuffle the party’s leadership team Wednesday and the cabinet Thursday. The announcement was made at a meeting of LDP executives

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government at an extraordinary cabinet meeting Tuesday afternoon is set to adopt a tax system reform package featuring a temporary consumption tax cut for food and an income-linked benefit program. Under the package, the consumption tax rate

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government at an extraordinary cabinet meeting Tuesday afternoon is set to adopt a tax system reform package featuring a temporary consumption tax cut for food and an income-linked benefit program. Under the package, the consumption tax

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who also heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, announced Tuesday that she will reshuffle the party’s leadership team Wednesday and the cabinet Thursday. The announcement was made at a meeting of LDP executives

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Artificial intelligence is gaining ground in weather forecasting. Weather forecasts have traditionally relied on numerical weather prediction, in which supercomputers process observational data and simulate atmospheric conditions on the basis of the laws of physics. In recent years,

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Personal data on 1,570 customers of Tokyo-based Prudential Life Insurance Co. has been leaked after a former sales employee improperly took records outside the company and later lost them. The former employee, who worked at the company’s Tama

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi has condemned pro-Iran Houthi rebels in Yemen, which are stepping up its attacks in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and other locations. In phone talks with Yemeni Foreign Minister Afrah Al-Zouba on Monday, Motegi

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–A cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers has urged Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to express support for the International Criminal Court in her address during the general debate at the U.N. General Assembly session Sept. 22. The Nonpartisan Parliamentary

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, has called for corporate tax breaks for large firms that support partner small businesses’ activities to develop human resources. The nation’s biggest business lobby included the measure in its proposals to be