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Tokyo, June 7 (Jiji Press)–The final decision on whether to reduce Japan’s consumption tax rate on food to zero pct or 1 pct will be left to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, an executive of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party suggested on Sunday.

Paris, June 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Tokito Oda won a fourth straight men’s wheelchair singles title at the French Open tennis tournament on Saturday, becoming the second player to achieve this feat, after Japanese legend Shingo Kunieda. In the day’s final, Oda, the

Tokyo, June 7 (Jiji Press)–Local governments in Japan are facing criticism over measures to attract foreign visitors, including subsidizing Shinkansen bullet train fares and waiving admission fees, which critics call “unfair.” This fiscal year, the prefectural government of Kagoshima in the Kyushu

Bangkok, June 6 (Jiji Press)–Thai police said Saturday that they have detained a 38-year-old Japanese man suspected of leading a special fraud group based in the northwestern Cambodian city of Poipet while living in Thailand. Japanese police have obtained an arrest warrant

Tokyo, June 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Supreme Public Prosecutors Office will conduct a harassment survey of prosecutors and other employees nationwide, following a sexual assault case involving a former head of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office. The supreme office issued related instructions

Tokyo, June 6 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration is facing challenges due to a magazine report claiming that her campaign posted videos defaming her rivals on social media during last year’s Liberal Democratic Party presidential election and this year’s House

Utsunomiya, Tochigi Pref., June 6 (Jiji Press)–The key suspect in last month’s high-profile robbery-murder case in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, has been placed on the international wanted list, it was learned Saturday. At the request of Japanese police, the International Criminal Police

Tokyo, June 6 (Jiji Press)–A UNESCO advisory panel has recommended adding the Asuka-Fujiwara archaeological sites in western Japan to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list, UNESCO said Saturday. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee is expected to adopt the recommendation at its upcoming

New York, June 5 (Jiji Press)–The dollar surged in New York trading on Friday, following the release of stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data, sending the yen back to levels prior to a series of yen-buying market interventions by Japanese authorities since late April.

(Adnkronos) – Italian major Eni has secured a licence to explore an deepwater block in the Atlantic under a deal signed with The Gambia’s government, Eni said in a statement on Friday.  Block A1 covers an area of 1,300 kilometres squared in