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Kyoto, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–The Kyoto prefectural police department on Thursday arrested a 61-year-old former policeman of the western Japan prefecture on suspicion of defrauding an elderly person with dementia out of her bank card and bankbook. The former officer, Masato Takeuchi,

Ishinomaki, Miyagi Pref., Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–A new winery facility is set to open Saturday in a northeastern Japan district heavily damaged by the March 2011 tsunami, raising hopes that it will help liven up the struggling community. Moriumius Marine & Food,

Tokyo, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–The approval rating for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet stood at 63.8 pct, the second highest for a fledgling Japanese administration, the results of a Jiji Press poll showed Thursday. The rating was surpassed only by the 72.8

Tokyo, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Wednesday criticized a social media post by Chinese diplomat Xue Jian that slammed remarks made by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi over Taiwan. The post was “extremely inappropriate,” Motegi said at an online

Tokyo, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Thursday that it is difficult at the moment to specify a schedule for carrying out reform of political donations from corporations and other organizations. “This is an issue related to freedom of

Tokyo, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–Asahi Breweries Ltd. said Thursday that its sales dropped by nearly 10 pct in October from a year earlier, after parent Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. was hit by a cyberattack on Sept. 29 that caused a computer system

Tokyo, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s producer prices in October rose 2.7 pct from a year earlier, reflecting higher prices for food and copper, the Bank of Japan said Thursday. The producer price index, which measures the cost of goods traded between businesses,

Shizuoka, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police on Thursday sent public prosecutors papers on actor Ryoko Hirosue, 45, for alleged negligent driving resulting in injury in a car accident on an expressway in April. Her car rear-ended a large trailer truck in a

Kyoto, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–The Kyoto prefectural police department on Thursday arrested a 61-year-old former officer of the police department in the western Japan prefecture and a woman on suspicion of defrauding an elderly dementia patient out of her bank card and

Akita/Takizawa, Iwate Pref., Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police deployed teams of officers to the country’s northeast on Thursday to cull bears to protect locals amid a wave of attacks. The police have revised rules to enable officers to use rifles to kill