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Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and health minister Kenichiro Ueno on Tuesday confirmed cooperation in improving the country’s life-saving and treatment capability for injured Self-Defense Forces personnel. The defense and health ministries will soon set up a vice-ministerial

Hakui, Ishikawa Pref., Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)–Agriculture minister Norikazu Suzuki has visited Ishikawa, Fukui and Toyama prefectures in the Hokuriku region, central Japan, to assess damage from heavy rain in late August. On Monday, Suzuki visited farmland near the Ouchigata lagoon in

Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party decided at a meeting of party executives on Tuesday to give LDP President and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi discretion over a renewal of the party leadership. If the government adopts a fiscal 2027

Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is preparing to allow North Korean athletes to enter the country for the upcoming Asian Games in Aichi Prefecture, government officials said Tuesday. Japan generally prohibits North Korean nationals from entering the country as part

Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s land ministry will introduce a program to provide low-interest loans to businesses that renovate vacant houses and offer them as rental housing for families with children and low- and moderate-income households, in a move to facilitate the

Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government has called on China to withdraw its antidumping measures imposed on imports of a Japanese semiconductor material, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Tuesday. “We have strongly protested the measures and requested their withdrawal,” Kihara

Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s gross domestic product in April-June grew an annualized 1.4 pct from the previous quarter after price and seasonal adjustments, the Cabinet Office said in a revised report Tuesday. The growth rate was higher than the 1.1 pct

Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan logged a current account surplus of 2,988.9 billion yen for July, the first black figure in two months, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday. The July surplus expanded from 2,586.3 billion yen a year earlier, mainly thanks to

Seoul, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)–North Korean defense minister Kim Song Gi has released a statement criticizing the Freedom Edge joint military exercise, which Japan, the United States and South Korea started on Monday. North Korea will take strong countermeasures if the United

Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)–The yen has been sharply rallying since the beginning of September amid speculation that the Bank of Japan could accelerate interest rate hikes. The dollar, which traded above 160 yen last Wednesday, temporarily slipped below 153 yen in