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Tokyo, Sept. 4 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Sport Association has said that it will establish a national esports competition, spinning off a tournament held so far as a cultural program of the Japan Games national sports event. The new competition will be held

Tokyo, Sept. 4 (Jiji Press)–Spending by households in Japan declined 3.6 pct in July from a year before in inflation-adjusted real terms as they spent less on electricity and gas as well as food, the internal affairs ministry said Friday. Consumption expenditures

Tokyo, Sept. 4 (Jiji Press)–General-account budget requests from Japanese government ministries and agencies for fiscal 2027 totaled a record 143,065.6 billion yen, the Finance Ministry said Friday. The total requested amount for the year starting next April rose by 16.8 pct from

Tokyo, Sept. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko will visit Norway for three days from Tuesday to attend a funeral for the late King Harald V, according to a plan approved by the Japanese government at a cabinet

Hiroshima, Sept. 4 (Jiji Press)–Okunoshima, an island in the Seto Inland Sea in western Japan now famous as “Rabbit Island” for its estimated 500 to 600 wild rabbits, once hosted a poison gas production facility operated by the former Imperial Japanese Army.

Urasoe, Okinawa Pref., Sept. 4 (Jiji Press)–A majority of residents in Okinawa Prefecture are constantly opposed to the planned relocation of the U.S. Futenma base in the Okinawa city of Ginowan to the Henoko coastal district in Nago, another city in the

Urayasu, Chiba Pref., Sept. 4 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo DisneySea, one of the most popular theme parks in Japan, on Friday celebrated the 25th anniversary of its opening. The only ocean-themed Disney park in the world, located in the city of Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture,

Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–The Council for Cultural Affairs, which advises Japan’s culture minister, on Thursday selected Hikone Castle, located in the western prefecture of Shiga, as the country’s fiscal 2026 candidate for registration as a UNESCO World Heritage site. A nomination

New York/London, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–The dollar tumbled to around 155.50 yen in New York foreign exchange trading Thursday morning, hitting its lowest level since Aug. 3. Yen buying for dollars grew on the back of speculation that the Bank of Japan

Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama indicated Thursday that there has been no request from U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for a change in the economic policy of the administration of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Bessent “did not