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Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s parliament Friday passed into law a bill designed to prevent the birth of genetically edited “designer babies” whose appearance and other characteristics would be altered according to their parents’ preferences. The law prohibits the implantation of genome-edited

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Seven & i Holdings Co. is considering spending several hundred billion yen to acquire a stake in Zabka Group SA, Poland’s largest convenience store operator, people familiar with the matter said Friday. Through the investment, the Japanese convenience

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s key Nikkei 225 stock average on Friday marked the fifth-biggest one-day point loss on record, hurt by heavy selling of semiconductor- and artificial intelligence-related issues. The index of 225 major issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, enacted a bill Friday to revise the Imperial House Law as part of efforts to secure a sufficient number of Imperial Family members, marking the first substantive change to the law since its establishment

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–The use of biomass plastic, derived from renewable resources such as plants, to make garbage bags is spreading in Japan in response to supply disruptions of naphtha due to the Middle East conflict. The “naphtha shock” exposed the

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s key Nikkei 225 stock average on Friday marked the fifth-biggest one-day point loss on record, hurt by heavy selling of semiconductor- and artificial intelligence-related issues. The index of 225 major issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s

Tottori, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Prefectural governors from across Japan on Friday expressed opposition to a proposal that their authority be transferred to ordinance-designated major cities on the second day Friday of their two-day annual meeting in Tottori, a city in western Japan.

(The second paragraph should have read, “…its junior coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party,…” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, enacted a bill Friday to revise the Imperial House Law as part

Kashiwa, Chiba Pref., July 17 (Jiji Press)–A former nurse arrested for allegedly killing a patient at a hospital in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, by mixing feces into his intravenous drip had been seen entering the patient’s room several times shortly before the

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average temporarily plunged over 4,100 points Friday afternoon due to selling of issues related to semiconductors and artificial intelligence following overnight falls in their U.S. counterparts. At 1:41 p.m., the index of 225