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Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government adopted a bill Tuesday that will extend the terms of volunteer probation officers from two years to three years. The draft revision to the volunteer probation officers law is aimed at helping secure people who

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Cultural Affairs Agency said Tuesday that an evaluation body of UNESCO has recommended six items from the country, including float festivals, for inscription on its Intangible Cultural Heritage list. Their registration is expected to be formalized at

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Sony Group Corp. said Tuesday that it expects to log a record operating profit in the fiscal year ending next March, reflecting strong performance in its semiconductor and music operations. The Japanese company raised its consolidated operating profit

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s current account surplus in April-September rose 14.1 pct from a year earlier, hitting a half-year record of 17,512.8 billion yen, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday. In the first half of fiscal 2025, the current account balance, the

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–A team of researchers from entities such as the Institute of Science Tokyo said Tuesday they have developed an artificial intelligence model that can detect a high risk of diabetes using only electrocardiogram (ECG) data. This method, not

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese steelmakers were hurt by lower prices caused by overproduction in China in their fiscal first half ended in September. Nippon Steel Corp. posted a large net loss, while JFE Holdings Inc. saw its net profit drop.

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Seven major Japanese automakers have said they incurred combined costs of over 1.4 trillion yen for April-September from the high tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. As a result, three of them–Nissan Motor Co., Mazda Motor

Osaka, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Sharp Corp. said Monday that its consolidated net profit nearly doubled to 45.4 billion yen in its fiscal first half through September from a year earlier, driven higher mainly by strong sales of personal computers. Microsoft Corp.’s termination

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government adopted Tuesday a draft antistalking law amendment that prohibits the act of collecting location information abusing loss prevention tags and enables police to issue warnings against stalkers without requests from victims. It hopes to get the

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass has condemned a social media post by Xue Jian, China’s consul-general in Osaka, western Japan, that criticized Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remark over Taiwan. Xue “threatens” Takaichi and the Japanese people,