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Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday stressed the need for island nations to strengthen cooperation over maritime issues. In her address at the opening ceremony of the Island States Ocean Summit in Tokyo, Takaichi said that collaboration

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)–Parliamentary discussions on the Japanese government’s draft fiscal 2026 supplementary budget, aimed at addressing impacts from Middle East tensions, kicked off Wednesday. At a plenary meeting of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Finance

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan will be able to continue supplying naphtha-derived petrochemical products beyond fiscal 2026, which ends in March next year, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said at a ministerial meeting on the situation in the Middle East. In response

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)–Typhoon Jangmi made landfall on the southern part of Wakayama Prefecture around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, leading to the issuance of a Level 5 emergency flooding warning for the Koza River in the western Japan prefecture. The warning was

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government at an extraordinary cabinet meeting Wednesday adopted a draft fiscal 2026 supplementary budget with general-account spending of 3,113.5 billion yen. The extra budget for the year that started in April is mainly intended to set

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average surged to top 68,000 for the first time ever Wednesday morning, thanks to buying of issues related to artificial intelligence and semiconductors. At 10:06 a.m., the index of 225 selected issues listed

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average surged to top 68,000 for the first time ever Wednesday morning. Issues related to artificial intelligence and semiconductors attracted buying. At 10:06 a.m., the index of 225 selected issues listed on the

Chiba, June 3 (Jiji Press)–An indoor option is set to be studied for a new home stadium of the Chiba Lotte Marines, a Japanese professional baseball team, in the city of Chiba, east of Tokyo. In an agreement announced Tuesday over the

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)–Typhoon Jangmi made landfall on the southern part of Wakayama Prefecture around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, leading to the issuance of a Level 5 emergency flooding warning for the Koza River in the western Japan prefecture. The warning was

Tokyo, June 3 (Jiji Press)–Typhoon Jangmi made landfall on the southern part of Wakayama Prefecture around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, leading to the issuance of a Level 5 emergency flooding warning for the Koza River in the western Japan prefecture. The warning was