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Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average finished above 48,500 for the first time on Thursday, lifted by a surge in heavyweight component SoftBank Group. The Nikkei average closed at 48,580.44, up 845.45 points, or 1.77 pct, from Wednesday.

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–The leaders of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, will hold talks again on Friday to discuss whether to maintain the current coalition government between the two parties, Komeito executives affirmed Thursday. At the

Osaka, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Osaka High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that the central government’s decision to cut its special tax grants to Izumisano due to the western Japan city’s huge “furusato nozei” donation revenues was illegal. Presiding Judge

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average finished above 48,500 for the first time on Thursday, lifted by a surge in heavyweight component SoftBank Group. The Nikkei average closed at 48,580.44, up 845.45 points, or 1.77 pct, from Wednesday.

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the remote Tokyo island of Hachijojima in the Izu Island chain in the Pacific at 6:20 a.m. Thursday. The agency downgraded the special warning to a warning

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Jiji Press Ltd. said Thursday that it has strictly reprimanded a photographer of its Photo Desk for making inappropriate remarks apparently related to new Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon, when the photographer

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Thursday welcomed the first phase of a peace plan aimed at halting the conflict in Gaza, which has been agreed upon by Israel and the Islamic group Hamas. “It is an

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Mizuho Bank said Thursday that it will raise its long-term prime lending rate for October by 0.1 percentage point from the previous month to 2.4 pct, effective on Friday, in line with rising bond yields. The Japanese bank

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–The late Japanese Empress Kojun received many lectures from academics and other experts, according to official records of her life published Thursday. The lectures included some 250 sessions conducted by legal scholar Shigeto Hozumi from 1924 to 1950.

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Masazumi Wakatabe, the brains behind new Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi’s economic policies, has expressed his skepticism about a need for an early interest rate hike in Japan. “If you ask me whether we’re in a situation