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Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Regional banks across Japan are facing risks of their loans to credit card payment processing service firm Zentoshin, which has gone bust, becoming irrecoverable. The company based in the western Japan city of Osaka filed for bankruptcy with

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan logged a current account surplus of 3,968.3 billion yen for May, supported by robust export growth, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday. The current account balance, the broadest indicator of a country’s international trade and investment flows, remained

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s parliament enacted a bill Wednesday to add six islands to the country’s list of inhabited border islands eligible for state aid to promote settlement. The revised special measures law for the preservation of inhabited border islands calls

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. said Wednesday that it expects to post record consolidated sales and net profit for this year after a recovery from the fallout of last year’s system failure. The Japanese beverage maker said that its

Beijing, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese companies operating in China have been urged to exercise caution over exports of dual-use goods to Japan, after Chinese authorities arrested two Japanese nationals for suspected export control violations. The Japanese Embassy in Beijing called on businesses

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan with debts of at least 10 million yen in January-June surpassed 5,000 for the first time in 12 years on a first-half basis, reflecting labor shortages and inflation, Tokyo Shoko Research

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan received reports of 19,417 personal data breach cases in fiscal 2025, the second-highest annual total on record, only eclipsed by the previous year’s 21,007 cases, according to a report by a government commission. Data breaches reported by

Nara, July 8 (Jiji Press)–As Wednesday marked four years since the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the western Japan city of Nara, visitors paid their respects to him at a floral tribute stand at the shooting site. The

Washington, July 7 (Jiji Press)–U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday credited his high-tariff policy with prompting Toyota Motor Corp. to decide to move production of its Tacoma pickup truck from Mexico to the United States. “A really big deal,” Trump said in

Washington, July 7 (Jiji Press)–U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday credited his high-tariff policy with prompting Toyota Motor Corp. to decide to move production of its Tacoma pickup truck from Mexico to the United States. “A really big deal,” Trump said in