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Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Deliberations began in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, on Tuesday on bills to cut the consumption tax on food and introduce an income-linked benefit program. During a plenary session of the

Tsu, Mie Pref., Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Tsu District Court on Tuesday sentenced a former truck driver to seven years in prison for an expressway crash that killed six people, including three children, in Mie Prefecture, western Japan, in March. The seven-year sentence

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, successfully launched an H3 rocket carrying the Martian Moons eXploration, or MMX, probe on Tuesday. The No. 10 H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday conducted an on-site inspection of pet food company Vet’s Choice Japan Corp. on suspicion of violating the antimonopoly law by restricting pet food retail prices, Jiji Press learned. Vet’s Choice Japan, a

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–The electronic warrant system, in which arrest and search warrants are requested and issued online, will be introduced at courts in Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures of Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa by the end of this fiscal year

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Tuesday criticized Russia for its failure to allow consular access to a Japanese journalist detained there within a period set in their bilateral diplomatic agreement. The failure is “extremely regrettable,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s industry ministry plans to invest an additional 400 billion yen in semiconductor maker Rapidus Corp. over the three years through fiscal 2029. The planned investment, disclosed Monday at a subcommittee meeting of the Fiscal System Council, which

Osaka, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–A man in his 60s was stabbed with a knife near Osaka District Court in the western Japan city of Osaka on Tuesday morning. He was stabbed around the neck and seriously injured, but remained conscious, according to

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Shingo Kunieda, the first man to complete a career Golden Slam in wheelchair tennis, has been nominated for induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2027 in the wheelchair tennis category. Kunieda, 42, won 28

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, successfully launched an H3 rocket carrying the Martian Moons eXploration, or MMX, probe on Tuesday. The No. 10 H3 rocket took off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern