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Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government Tuesday drew up a package of emergency measures for crime prevention, including a proposal to consider attaching GPS equipment to stalkers to prevent them from approaching victims. Authorities such as the National Police Agency aim

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday emphasized her readiness to decide on the proposed two-year consumption tax cut for food items. “I will make a decision when I have to,” Takaichi, also president of the ruling Liberal

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)–Consultations by victims of sextortion are rising in Japan. A portmanteau of “sex” and “extortion,” sextortion describes a situation in which individuals experience physical and emotional control or face financial demands by perpetrators weaponizing sexual images taken without

Osaka, July 28 (Jiji Press)–International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane has asked Japan for cooperation to counter the pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration for ICC member countries to withdraw from the court based in The Hague, the Netherlands. “Japan is

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese stocks came under heavy selling pressure on Tuesday morning, with the benchmark Nikkei average briefly losing more than 3,000 points. The index of 225 selected issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime section finished the morning

Fukushima, July 28 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s new chairman, Keisuke Yokoo, has emphasized the firm’s determination to continue supporting Fukushima Prefecture more than 15 years after an unprecedented triple meltdown at its tsunami-stricken nuclear plant in the northeastern Japan

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)–Momentum is building in both Japan’s ruling and opposition parties to support medical institutions offering confidential childbirth services and to establish a system in which only designated hospital staff would have access to a mother’s identity. For women

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese suprapartisan council gave up reaching a consensus Monday on a proposed two-year consumption tax cut for food items, leaving a decision up to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. At the day’s meeting of a working group under

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese stocks came under heavy selling pressure Tuesday morning, with the benchmark Nikkei average losing more than 2,600 points. The index of 225 selected issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime section stood at 62,307.83 at 9:32

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)–Outgoing British Ambassador to Japan Julia Longbottom has underscored her confidence about deeper bilateral relations under the new administration of her country. “I expect that relations with Japan under (new British) Prime Minister (Andy) Burnham will continue to