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Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)–Nearly a quarter of people in Japan oppose cutting the consumption tax, a major issue in the Feb. 8 general election, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed Thursday. In the survey, conducted over the four days through Monday,

Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)–More than half of respondents expect momentum in parliamentary debate over constitutional revision after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s landslide in the House of Representatives election, a February poll by Jiji Press showed Thursday. In the survey, 51.4

Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)–The second cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi got up and running Thursday, a day after its launch. At an extraordinary cabinet meeting on the day, she decided to retain all 54 state ministers and parliamentary vice

Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will step up efforts to bolster the country’s national security under her second cabinet, launched Wednesday following her Liberal Democratic Party’s landslide victory in the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election. The Takaichi

Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in December last year rose 19.1 pct from the previous month, up for the first time in two months, the Cabinet Office said Thursday. The result, which followed a 11.0 pct drop

Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japanese semiconductor testing equipment maker Advantest Corp. said Thursday that part of its internal systems has been accessed illegally from outside in what may be a ransomware attack. The company said that unusual activity was detected in its

Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)–The support rate for Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party topped 30 pct for the first time in four years in February, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed Thursday. Support for the LDP jumped 7.6 percentage points from the

Washington, Feb. 18 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Federal Reserve officials discussed the impact of a weaker yen and higher Japanese government bond yields when they met in late January, the minutes of the meeting showed Wednesday. “A few participants noted the need to monitor

Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)–A ransomware attack at Japanese food and beverage giant Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. last September led to the leak of 115,513 sets of personal data, the company has said. Of the total, 110,396 involved the names and phone

Otsu, Shiga Pref., Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police arrested a 22-year-old Syrian man on Wednesday on suspicion of abandoning a woman’s body in a wooded area in Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. Mohamad Hamoud, an unemployed man from Ogaki in neighboring Gifu