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Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdelatty, agreed Wednesday to cooperate in various fields, including the economy. During their meeting in Tokyo, Motegi called for deeper discussions on collaboration toward peace and prosperity in

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)–The annual number of babies born to Japanese citizens in Japan fell by 14,937 from the previous year to 671,236 in 2025, hitting a record low since statistics became available in 1899, the health ministry said Wednesday. The

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday issued a passport surrender order for a man wanted by the police for allegedly orchestrating a high-profile robbery-murder case in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, people familiar with the matter told Jiji Press. After

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama on Wednesday pledged to take all possible financial measures to cushion the impact on people’s lives and economic activity of tensions in the Middle East. The government “will ensure full financial preparedness to

By Nico Pandi Washington, June 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan needs to be part of an Indo-Pacific “balancing coalition” that can constrain China’s influence, says Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat of Canada who spent over 1,000 days in Chinese detainment on espionage charges from

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)–A new company to be born out of a merger of Japanese insurers Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co. next April aims to earn an adjusted profit to 280 billion yen in fiscal 2030,

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday stressed the need for island nations to strengthen cooperation over maritime issues. In her address at the opening ceremony of the Island States Ocean Summit in Tokyo, Takaichi said that collaboration

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)–Parliamentary discussions on the Japanese government’s draft fiscal 2026 supplementary budget, aimed at addressing impacts from Middle East tensions, kicked off Wednesday. At a plenary meeting of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Finance

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan will be able to continue supplying naphtha-derived petrochemical products beyond fiscal 2026, which ends in March next year, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said at a ministerial meeting on the situation in the Middle East. In response

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)–Typhoon Jangmi made landfall on the southern part of Wakayama Prefecture around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, leading to the issuance of a Level 5 emergency flooding warning for the Koza River in the western Japan prefecture. The warning was