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Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–NTT Docomo Financial Group Inc. plans to sell more banking and other financial functions to businesses, aiming to tap into customers of regional banks and other partners, CEO Takashi Hiroi said in an interview. The Japanese company, a

Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stressed on Thursday the significance of resuming a program for former residents of Russian-held northwestern Pacific islands to visit their ancestors’ graves there. The suspension of the program due to Russia’s invasion of

Yokohama, July 30 (Jiji Press)–A third-party investigation by three lawyers has confirmed workplace harassment by the sitting mayor of Yokohama, south of Tokyo, according to their report submitted to the city on Thursday. The report found that Takeharu Yamanaka, 53, yelled at

Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Thursday started the fourth round of treated water release for fiscal 2026 from its meltdown-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in northeastern Japan into the ocean. About 7,800 tons of the

Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi instructed her Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday to make preparations for a law revision to reduce the consumption tax rate on food to 1 pct for two years from next April. The LDP

Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–An advisory panel at Japan’s Children and Families Agency on Thursday highlighted the need to consider imposing penalties on social media operators if measures to ensure the safe use of their services by children are found to be

Kumamoto, July 30 (Jiji Press)–Residents in Kumamoto Prefecture voiced concerns Thursday, two days after a powerful earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture, with many being evacuated and the full extent of damage still unknown. In the city of Uki, which logged the

Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government said Thursday that the ratio of total central and local government debts to the country’s gross domestic product is estimated to be 187.6 pct in fiscal 2026, 1 percentage point higher than in the previous

Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese panel of experts set up by the industry ministry launched discussions on Wednesday on whether to scrap or consolidate Cool Japan Fund Inc., a struggling government-backed investment fund. The panel, which includes business and accounting experts,

Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–The government Thursday adopted budget request guidelines for fiscal 2027 featuring a new investment quota with no caps on the amounts that can be requested. The guidelines also called for ending the government’s reliance on supplementary budgets and