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Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–The opposition Centrist Reform Alliance decided Tuesday to accept two proposals by a Japanese government expert panel to ensure a sufficient number of Imperial Family members, paving the way for full-scale parliamentary talks on revising the Imperial House

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese snack maker Calbee Inc. said Tuesday that it plans to adopt monochrome packaging for 14 of its major products, including “Potato Chips.” The move comes after concerns over the procurement of raw materials used for printing the

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s composite index of coincident economic indicators rose 0.3 point from the previous month in March, up for the first time in two months, the Cabinet Office said in a preliminary report on Tuesday. The coincident index, which

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Scandal-hit Fuji Media Holdings Inc. on Tuesday reported its first full-year operating loss since becoming a certified holding company for broadcasting operations in 2008. For the year that ended this March, Fuji Media incurred a consolidated operating loss

Osaka, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s family register system, which only allows male and female designations in its gender entry, infringes upon Article 14 of the Constitution, Osaka High Court has said. Gender identity is “directly linked to an individual’s personal existence, making

Yokohama, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday for allegedly impeding train operations by spraying a liquid that caused a strange odor on a train running in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. The suspect, who claims to be a

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Mikhail Shvydkoy, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s international cultural envoy, on Tuesday proposed subcabinet-level talks between Japan and Russia to open the way for a meeting of the two countries’ foreign ministers. Tokyo and Moscow should hold discussions at

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Justice Ministry is expected to include a ban on appeals by prosecutors against court orders granting retrials in the main text of a planned bill, sources said Tuesday. The clause to ban such appeals “in principle” would

Tokyo, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Empress Masako attended a national convention of the Japanese Red Cross Society at Meiji Jingu Kaikan Hall in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on Tuesday. At the annual convention, the Empress, who serves as honorary president of the organization,

Hiroshima, May 12 (Jiji Press)–Participants started full-fledged talks at a Japan-hosted international conference in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Tuesday, discussing ways to regulate the growing number of tourists visiting Antarctica and protect emperor penguins, an endangered species affected by climate change. The