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Tokyo, June 18 (Jiji Press)–A Jiji Press public opinion poll released Thursday showed that 56.7 pct of respondents support legislation to criminalize vandalism of the Japanese national flag. The figure was far higher than the 20.9 pct who oppose the bill and

Tokyo, June 18 (Jiji Press)–Japanese and South Korean defense authorities are considering making Japanese refueling support for South Korean military aircraft a regular arrangement, people familiar with the matter told Jiji Press on Thursday. The measure is expected to be discussed when

Tokyo, June 18 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s National Police Agency said Thursday that it has assigned a liaison to Thailand to coordinate with authorities in Southeast Asian countries to combat fraud involving “tokuryu” loosely organized anonymous criminal groups. The liaison, a male police officer

Tokyo, June 18 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average closed above 70,000 and even 71,000 for the first time on Thursday as it extended a record-breaking run to a fourth session. The index of 225 selected issues on the Tokyo Stock

Tokyo, June 18 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced former Japanese lawmaker Tomohiro Konno to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, for lending his name as a lawyer to unqualified people. Konno, 50, had unqualified people use his name

Kyoto, June 18 (Jiji Press)–Nidec Corp. President and CEO Mitsuya Kishida apologized at a general shareholders meeting on Thursday for the major motor manufacturer’s accounting and quality scandals. “We deeply apologize,” Kishida said during the meeting in the western Japan city of

Amsterdam, June 17 (Jiji Press)–Visiting Japanese Emperor Naruhito expressed his wish for peace in a speech on Wednesday at a banquet in Amsterdam hosted by Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima. Touching on the history of Japan and the Netherlands fighting each

Tokyo, June 18 (Jiji Press)–Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, and West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, said Wednesday that they will start offering Supreme Class premium private compartments on their Shinkansen bullet trains on Oct. 1. A private compartment

Tokyo, June 18 (Jiji Press)–A commission of Japan’s House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, or parliament, on Thursday passed a bill to revise the law on national referendums for amending the Constitution. At a meeting of the Lower House

Tokyo, June 18 (Jiji Press)–Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet fell by 5.1 percentage points from the previous month to 54.3 pct in June, hitting the lowest level since she took office last October, a monthly survey by Jiji