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Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese group of lawyers tackling “karoshi,” or overwork-related deaths, has protested new Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi’s remarks calling on the ruling party’s members to “work like workhorses” and declaring that she would “abandon the words

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government panel has broadly agreed to introduce vehicle weight as a factor to determine the size of automobile tax levied on owners. Currently, the automobile tax rate is set in accordance with the size of engine

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Tuesday that a reciprocal access agreement between Japan and the Philippines, which took effect last month, will be applied for the first time to ongoing joint drills between the Japan Air Self-Defense

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called for continued wage increases at a general meeting of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, in Tokyo on Tuesday. “Wage hikes must be realized regardless of who is in power and

Washington/Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, the new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is “a highly respected person of great wisdom and strength,” U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Monday. Trump applauded Takaichi’s victory in

Hiroshima, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Victims of atomic bombings and nuclear tests gathered in Hiroshima to discuss eliminating nuclear damage, 80 years after the atomic bombings of the western Japan city and the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki during World War II. The

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan urged other opposition parties Tuesday to back a unified candidate to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. The call was made at a meeting of parliamentary affairs heads from the

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Full-time teachers in Japan work longer hours than those in the other economies surveyed, a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development showed Tuesday. Japanese teachers worked 52.1 hours per week in elementary schools and 55.1

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Household consumption spending in Japan in August rose 2.3 pct from a year earlier in inflation-adjusted real terms, the fourth consecutive month of growth, the internal affairs ministry said Tuesday. The average spending by households with two or

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, new president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, launched the LDP’s new leadership team Tuesday. Takaichi named former Prime Minister Taro Aso, 85, as LDP vice president, and General Council Chairman Shunichi Suzuki, 72, as secretary-general.