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Washington, May 10 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on X, formerly Twitter, Sunday that he will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama on Tuesday during a trip to the East Asian nation. Bessent is

Tokyo, May 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly rose over 600 points to hit a new record intraday high on Monday morning thanks to purchases following gains in U.S. high-tech issues late last week. At 9:21 a.m., the index

Niigata, May 11 (Jiji Press)–A private high school in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, one of whose students was killed in a microbus crash last week said Sunday that it had arranged buses through Kanbara Tetsudo Co., a local bus operator, multiple times

Washington, May 10 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on X, formerly Twitter, Sunday that he will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama on Tuesday during a trip to the East Asian nation. Bessent is

Tokyo, May 11 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese national who disembarked from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius arrived in Britain on Monday aboard a charter flight arranged by the British government, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said. The individual is “in good health,” according

Washington, May 10 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on X, formerly Twitter, Sunday that he will visit Japan from Monday for talks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama the following day. The U.S. and Japanese officials

Tokyo, May 11 (Jiji Press)–Convenience stores in Japan, long an essential part of daily life, are seeking to serve as disaster response hubs that help sustain nearby residents in times of major natural disasters. By leveraging their nationwide store networks, convenience store

Kawasaki, Kanagawa Pref., May 11 (Jiji Press)–Passengers of a train running in Kanagawa Prefecture, adjacent to Tokyo, on Sunday complained of a foreign odor, and a woman was sent to hospital. Around 4:35 p.m., a fire department received an emergency call reporting

Washington, May 10 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday said on X, formerly Twitter, that he will visit Japan from Monday for talks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama the next day. Bessent is expected to

Tokyo, May 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan will consider whether to call China a “threat” in the upcoming revision of its three major security-related documents by year-end. Tensions between the two Asian countries have increased markedly since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s parliamentary remarks on