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Tokyo, March 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s inflation rate cannot yet be said to have certainly reached the Bank of Japan’s 2 pct target, Ryozo Himino, deputy governor of the central bank, said Monday. “While one might broadly assess that it is already close

Tokyo, March 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s opposition Centrist Reform Alliance has held online hearings with its candidates who lost in the Feb. 8 general election, with many calling on the party to strengthen social media measures and increase financial support. The hearings took

Tokyo, March 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly plunged over 1,500 points Monday morning on risk-off selling amid rising tensions in the Middle East following the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran and the killing of its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali

Tokyo, March 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s National Police Agency instructed prefectural police departments nationwide to increase security at U.S.- and Israel-related facilities, following the two countries’ military attacks on Iran. The agency issued an administrative notice on Sunday, requesting thorough security measures at

Tokyo, March 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average plunged over 1,500 points Monday morning on risk-off selling amid rising tensions in the Middle East following the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran and the killing of its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Tokyo, March 2 (Jiji Press)–A group company of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. has briefly asked renewable power generators, such as operators of solar and wind power facilities, to suspend electricity generation for the first time. TEPCO Power Grid Inc., which

Tokyo, March 2 (Jiji Press)–As Japan struggles with a nationwide shortage of drivers, major automakers, leading telecommunications companies and startups are ramping up efforts to introduce autonomous driving on local public bus routes. Self-driving technologies are also being developed for shuttle services

Fukushima, March 1 (Jiji Press)–Many evacuees from Fukushima Prefecture cite anxiety about a lack of medical services as a reason for their hesitation to return to their hometowns devastated by a severe nuclear accident following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The

Tokyo, March 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese companies started job seminars Sunday mainly for university students graduating in spring 2027, with a seller’s market continuing due to unabated labor shortages in many industries. The rapid spread of artificial intelligence technology has also led to

New York, Feb. 28 (Jiji Press)–U.S. investment business Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Saturday that its equity stakes in three Japanese trading houses including Mitsubishi Corp. had exceeded 10 pct as of the end of 2025. Berkshire Hathaway’s investments in Japanese trading houses