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Tokyo, July 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Sapporo Breweries Ltd. said Monday that it will form a capital and business tie-up with major Danish beer maker Carlsberg Breweries A/S. The two companies plan to establish a joint venture in Singapore. Sapporo will invest about

Tokyo/Beijing, July 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Monday voiced concern over China’s missile launch toward the Pacific Ocean on the day. “We are concerned (over the missile launch) in light of security of our nation and the region,”

Tokyo, July 6 (Jiji Press)–Expectations that rice prices will fall in Japan in the months ahead are increasing among rice growers and traders, an industry group said Monday. The diffusion index for the outlook on rice prices over the next three months

Tokyo, July 6 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday that her plan to submit a document summarizing an aide’s explanations over a campaign video scandal was not an attempt to avoid answering questions about it in the Diet, the country’s

Tokyo, July 6 (Jiji Press)–The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, an opposition party, is increasingly concerned about the risk of a split over its potential merger with two other opposition parties–the Centrist Reform Alliance and Komeito. The concerns come as the Komeito

Tokyo/Beijing, July 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Monday voiced concern over China’s reported missile launch toward the Pacific Ocean earlier in the day. The missile was not confirmed to have flown over Japan’s territory or its exclusive economic

Tokyo, July 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Sapporo Breweries Ltd. said Monday that it will form a capital and business tie-up with Danish brewing giant Carlsberg Breweries A/S. The two companies plan to establish a joint venture in Singapore. Sapporo will invest about 643

Tokyo, July 6 (Jiji Press)–Shunichi Mizuoka, who heads the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, on Monday criticized the government’s bill to revise the Imperial House Law for including items not taken up in ruling-opposition discussions. “Using a cheap trick that feels

(Adnkronos) – Russia launched waves of missiles and drones against Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight, killing at least 10 people and injuring at least 56 others, hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky had warned of another possible large-scale attack on the capital.

Kurashiki, Okayama Pref./Hiroshima, July 6 (Jiji Press)–Residents across the Chugoku western Japan region on Monday mourned over 300 people who lost their lives in a devastating rain disaster that mainly hit the area in 2018. Monday marked the eighth anniversary of the