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Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese system developer Dentsu Soken Inc. said Friday that it plans to go private through a tender offer by a subsidiary of trading house Itochu Corp. The tender offer will start in early November at the earliest, contingent

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday that he will visit Turkmenistan, Slovakia, Austria and Mongolia from Saturday through Sept. 4 to hold talks with his counterparts. In Slovakia, Motegi will also meet with foreign ministers from the

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese authorities spent 15,399.3 billion yen in foreign exchange market interventions from July 30 to Wednesday, the Finance Ministry said Friday. The figure marked the largest-ever monthly amount spent on yen-buying, dollar-selling interventions. END [Copyright The Jiji Press,

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan has entered the influenza season, the health ministry said Friday, marking the second earliest start since 1999, when the infectious disease control law went into force. In the week to Sunday, the number of flu patients reported

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–The opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan informed the Centrist Reform Alliance and Komeito on Friday that it will not take part in a proposed merger with the two other opposition parties. The three parties tried to form

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–The number of births in Japan rose in the first half of the year for the first time in 11 years, health ministry data showed Friday in a sign that the figure’s rapid decline is ending. The preliminary

(Corrects the dateline. A substitute story follows.) Yokohama Mayor Yamanaka Announces Resignation over Harassment Yokohama, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka on Friday announced his decision to resign from office to take responsibility for a harassment scandal. “I deeply apologize for

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–The opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan informed the Centrist Reform Alliance and Komeito on Friday that it will not take part in a proposed merger with the two other opposition parties. CDP leader Shunichi Mizuoka conveyed the

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Friday found the former head of Albatross Co., a resignation assistance service provider, and a former employee of the company guilty of earning profit from referring customers to lawyers without a license to practice

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has sent letters to Chinese and Nepalese leaders expressing condolences and sympathy for those killed or missing in Wednesday’s flash floods near the border between their countries. The letters, dated Thursday, were addressed