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Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)–The benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond yield, the country’s key long-term interest rate, rose to 2.230 pct in Tokyo interdealer bond trading Monday morning, reaching its highest level since February 1999. The rise came amid concerns that Japan’s

Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)–Three major Japanese convenience store operators posted growth in their group operating profits for March-November 2025, according to their earnings reports. Seven & i Holdings Co., the operator of industry leader Seven-Eleven Japan Co., saw its operating profit

Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)–Efforts to establish a sovereign wealth fund, a state-owned investment vehicle intended to manage and grow national assets in the public interest, are gathering momentum in Japan. Many politicians and experts emphasize the need for such a fund,

Tokyo, Jan. 18 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party will lift an election penalty on party members involved in the party’s slush fund scandal, it was learned Sunday. In the next general election, the LDP will allow these members to be listed

Tokyo, Jan. 18 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will hold a press conference on Monday evening to officially announce her intention to dissolve the House of Representatives when the Diet convenes for an ordinary session on Friday. This will be the

Toyota, Aichi Pref., Jan. 18 (Jiji Press)–The burned body of a woman has been found after a fire at an apartment in the central Japan city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture. The victim was identified as Akiko Ogawa, a 42-year-old corporate employee and

Nago, Okinawa Pref., Jan. 18 (Jiji Press)–The incumbent mayor and two challengers filed their candidacies on Sunday for the Jan. 25 mayoral election in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, which will focus on the planned relocation of a U.S. military base to the city’s

Toyota, Aichi Pref., Jan. 18 (Jiji Press)–A burned body has been found after a fire at an apartment in the central Japan city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture. A judicial autopsy determined that the body was a woman who died from suffocation, according

Tokyo, Jan. 18 (Jiji Press)–Senior officials from Japan’s ruling and opposition camps both expressed willingness to cut the consumption tax, in a television debate on Sunday ahead of the anticipated general election. Shunichi Suzuki, secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, indicated