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Tokyo, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)–The public approval rate for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet fell 1.7 percentage points from the previous month to 42.4 pct in October, hitting the lowest level since she took office a year ago, a Jiji Press

Tokyo, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday denied that the government has been involved in espionage activities in Russia, in response to Moscow’s detention of a Japanese reporter on suspicion of espionage. “We’ll convey our position,” Takaichi told

Tokyo, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering appointing Arata Takebe of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party as Japan’s new agriculture minister to replace embattled Kazuo Yana, informed sources said Thursday. An attestation ceremony for Takebe, 56, a former

Washington, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday attributed the selection of a U.S. semiconductor plant construction project for the third batch of Japanese investments in the United States to his “historic” trade deals. The investment deal “is a result

Tokyo, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s National Police Agency said Thursday it will establish an expert panel to study the introduction of GPS tracking devices for stalkers to prevent murders and other serious crimes committed by them. The panel, whose first meeting is

Tokyo, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s seasonally adjusted core machinery orders rose 5.2 pct from the previous month in August, the Cabinet Office said Thursday. The private-sector orders excluding those for ships and power equipment, a leading indicator of corporate capital investment, reached

Tokyo, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)–Russia’s detention of a Japanese reporter in Sakhalin in the country’s Far East came amid tensions between the two countries that heightened following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The news came on Tuesday when Russia’s Federal Security Service, or

New York, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–The Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based international nonprofit organization, on Wednesday called for the immediate release of a Japanese newspaper reporter detained in Russia on suspicion of espionage. Russia claims that the male reporter for

Toyohashi, Aichi Pref., Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)–A cafe in central Japan set up an old bus stop with a fake timetable installed but no buses arriving, serving as an early example of an initiative known as a “benevolent lie” for individuals with

Tokyo, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average lost more than 3,200 points in Thursday morning trading. High tech-related issues, especially those related to generative artificial intelligence, bore the brunt of the selling following overnight falls in their U.S. counterparts