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Tokyo, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)–Some Japanese clinics have been advertising private “sleep beauty” treatments on social media and prescribing potentially addictive psychotropic drugs and other medications. Experts are criticizing this practice, raising concerns that prescription drugs are being used inappropriately. There is

Tokyo, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Tamisuke Watanuki died of old age at a Tokyo medical institution on Tuesday last week. He was 99. Born in the central prefecture of Toyama, Watanuki was elected to the Diet, Japan’s

Fukuoka, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)–Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima has said that he would not seek a fifth term in the Nov. 15 election. “I want to pass the baton to the next generation,” Takashima, 51, who is serving his fourth term as

Edmonton, Canada, Aug. 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese golfer Miyu Yamashita won the CPKC Women’s Open wire to wire in Edmonton, Canada, on Sunday, finishing at 23-under-par in total for her second victory in the LPGA Tour this season. Yamashita secured her fourth career

Tokyo, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)–Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Shunichi Mizuoka is set to serve a fourth term as head of the House of Councillors caucus mainly comprising lawmakers of the opposition party. On Monday, the 40-member group in the upper

Fukuoka, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)–Fukuoka prefectural assembly head Isao Kurauchi said in a statement Monday that he will resign as a member of the assembly of the southwestern Japan prefecture. His announcement came at a time when the prefectural assembly has been

Tokyo, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)–Members of an expert panel of Japan’s Justice Ministry have broadly shared the view that certain regulations should be introduced for acts of soliciting prostitutes, currently not subject to punishment under the antiprostitution law. This was included in

Tokyo, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)–Suzuki Motor Corp. unveiled online Monday a prototype of its first electric vehicle with a reference range of 310 kilometers, among the longest for electric minivehicles. The e Sky is expected to go on sale within the current

Tokyo, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)–Japan is stepping up diplomatic efforts to ensure free and safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, both critical transport waterways for Middle East crude oil. Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi visited Saudi Arabia

Tokyo, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)–Japanese local government leaders are stepping up calls for legislation to create “special cities,” a new status that would allow ordinance-designated major cities to operate independently of prefectural governments with expanded authority. These major cities say the proposed