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Toyota, Aichi Pref., Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp. on Thursday posted its first rise in consolidated net profit for the April-September period in three years, with profit increasing 26.1 pct from a year earlier to 2,236.4 billion yen. Robust sales of

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Shachihata Inc. said Thursday that it will enter the cosmetics business amid waning demand for its mainstay hanko” seal products due to digitalization. The Nagoya-based company plans to launch a new cosmetics brand next spring, offering skincare products,

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–NTT Docomo Inc. on Thursday said that some customers are having trouble accessing the internet on their mobile phones and using their device as a phone across Japan. The network glitches started around 11:20 a.m., the Japanese mobile

(Adnkronos) – Hundreds of thousands of people will take to the streets today across France, for strikes called by unions and for student demonstrations ongoing for weeks. The high school student movement, born from the youth protest against poor school conditions, has

(Adnkronos) – “We have just had a very detailed conversation with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. We are preparing for a trilateral meeting at the delegation level between Ukraine, the United States, and Russia, in less than a week.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr

(Adnkronos) – The Houthis have demanded $51 billion from Saudi Arabia to end attacks against the country. The Wall Street Journal reports this, adding that the proposal was presented following a Saudi Arabian initiative, after the Houthis managed to take control of

(Adnkronos) – Joshua Wong, face of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement since he was a teenager, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for “conspiring with foreign forces”, following a second conviction related to the security law. The BBC reports.  Wong, one

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Japan needs to promote work style reform at schools to secure teachers, education minister Yoshihiro Seki said in a recent interview. “In order to hire excellent teachers, it is important to make the teaching profession more appealing by

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Jiji Press Ltd. said Thursday that an employee had collected baseballs at spring training camps of four Japanese professional baseball teams and sold them on an online marketplace website. In February this year, the male employee in his

(The story “Japan Department Stores Boost Self-Gifting Lineups toward Year-End,” moved on Nov. 4, incorrectly said that Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.’s Mitsukoshi store in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi district opened its gift item space on Wednesday.) Japan Department Stores Boost Self-Gifting Lineups toward Year-End