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Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Consumer sentiment in Japan in December worsened for the first time in five months, a survey by the Cabinet Office showed Thursday. The seasonally adjusted consumer confidence index, which measures sentiment among households with two or more members,

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan in a quarterly report released Thursday kept its economic views unchanged from October for all nine regions in the country. The January regional economic report was adopted at a BOJ branch manager meeting held

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Honda Motor Co.’s N-Box minivehicle topped Japan’s new vehicle sales rankings in 2025 for a fourth straight year, followed by Toyota Motor Corp.’s Yaris compact car and Suzuki Motor Corp.’s Spacia minivehicle, industry data showed Thursday. The N-Box,

Kagoshima, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Lawyers for a 98-year-old woman who served a prison term for the 1979 murder of a man in the town of Osaki in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, filed the fifth request for her retrial on Thursday. The retrial

Otsu, Shiga Pref., Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Local residents in the western Japan prefectures of Shiga and Osaka on Thursday filed an appeal against a district court’s rejection of their plea to shut down nuclear reactors at three Kansai Electric Power Co. plants

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese industries are on high alert over China’s ban on exports of dual-use goods to Japan, amid Chinese media reports that rare earths crucial for the high technology sector could be among items subject to the measure. This

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested four suspects, including a Chinese national, for allegedly exchanging counterfeit commemorative 10,000-yen silver coins at financial institutions in at least seven of Japan’s 47 prefectures. The Metropolitan Police Department did not disclose whether the

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–An advisory panel to Japan’s prime minister will launch discussions as early as Jan. 19 on the roles of municipal governments and large cities, people familiar with the matter told Jiji Press. In June last year, a study

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Thursday emphasized the importance of the United States’ role in the international community, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the country’s withdrawal from 66 international organizations including the U.N. Framework Convention

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)–Mizuho Bank said Thursday it will set its long-term prime lending rate for January at 2.75 pct, up from 2.60 pct at present and the highest level since 2.90 pct for February 1999. The new rate will take