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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.

Washington, Oct. 6 (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

Fukuoka, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Amaou, a premium strawberry variety developed and grown in Fukuoka Prefecture, remains one of Japan’s most sought-after fruits, consistently fetching top prices. In January, however, the plant breeder’s right for Amaou, granting exclusive control over the production and

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average scaled yet another all-time intraday high on Tuesday morning, led by buying of semiconductor and other large-cap names traced to overnight gains in U.S. high-tech issues. At 9:09 a.m., the Nikkei index

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese precision equipment maker Nikon said that major French eyeglasses maker EssilorLuxottica, which owns the Ray-Ban sunglasses brand, has become its largest shareholder with an equity stake of over 10 pct on a voting rights basis. According to

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan in a quarterly report released Monday lowered its economic assessment for Hokkaido while keeping unchanged the views for the remaining eight of the country’s nine regions. The central bank noted that the impact of

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Retail gold prices in Japan surged to top 21,000 yen per gram for the first time on Monday, lifted by the yen’s weakening and gains in gold futures in New York. Tanaka Precious Metal Technologies Co., a major

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden said Monday that it has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to three researchers, including Japan’s Shimon Sakaguchi, for their discoveries of regulatory T

(Adnkronos) – The Supreme Court rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal, confirming her 20-year sentence for luring and recruiting minors for Jeffrey Epstein’s network. The lawyers for the former partner and accomplice of the pedophile financier, who committed suicide in a New York cell

(Adnkronos) – The FSB announced that it had thwarted attacks against synagogues in the Krasnoyarsk and Stavropol regions. Two men from Central Asia were arrested in the city of Krasnoyarsk and one Russian in Pyatigorsk. The three are reportedly linked to an