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Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who also heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is considering reshuffling her cabinet and the LDP’s executive lineup as early as Sept. 16-18, it has been learned. The schedule is based on the

Osaka, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Osaka District Court on Wednesday ordered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to pay about 90 million yen in total damages to some plaintiffs in a lawsuit over evacuations following the March 2011 accident at TEPCO’s tsunami-stricken Fukushima

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–An advisory panel of Japan’s agriculture ministry on Wednesday approved a plan for the government to buy back 210,000 tons of rice to replenish is stockpiles of the cereal grain. The ministry presented the plan at the day’s

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors Corp. unveiled the new Pajero, an SUV model, at an event in Tokyo on Wednesday, with sales in the country scheduled to start Dec. 17. The release will mark the Pajero’s return after its production

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Foreign Ministry is developing a smartphone app that uses GPS data to identify the locations of Japanese nationals either living or traveling overseas, it was learned Wednesday. The app, which will access users’ location information with their

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force, and the U.S. and Australian militaries held an opening ceremony Wednesday for their joint command post exercise to be staged at multiple locations in Japan. The exercise, Yama Sakura, will involve about 5,200 GSDF

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond yield, regarded as the country’s key long-term interest rate, briefly rose to a new 30-year high of 3.015 pct in Tokyo trading on Wednesday amid concern over rising inflation in the United States.

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese manga artist Masami Kurumada said Wednesday that a former executive of three companies Kurumada heads, along with other individuals, allegedly embezzled about 4.6 billion yen. The former executive also served as Kurumada’s manager. Kurumada is best known

(Adnkronos) – A cargo ship sank after a night collision with another vessel in the Sea of Marmara, southwest of Istanbul, 18 nautical miles from Silivri. This was announced by the Turkish Directorate General of Maritime Affairs. “Since the Tugberk İmamoglu ship

(Adnkronos) – Three weeks after the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck western Colombia on August 10, the initial phase of the emergency has concluded, but thousands of people continue to have difficulty accessing medical care, psychological support, food, and materials needed to