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Tokyo, Feb. 3 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police on Tuesday arrested the head of Albatross Co., the provider of the high-profile “Momuri” resignation assistance service, and his wife, who is an employee of the firm, on suspicion of introducing customers to lawyers for fees

Tokyo, Feb. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average soared over 1,900 points on Tuesday afternoon to high a new intraday record high. The Tokyo stock market is backed by improvements in economic indicators, as well as overnight rises in U.S.

Tokyo, Feb. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s real gross domestic product in October-December last year likely grew 0.4 pct from the previous quarter for an annualized rise of 1.6 pct, according to the average estimate by 10 private think tanks. The Japanese economy is

Tokyo, Feb. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Supreme Court has dismissed a U.S. airman’s appeal against his five-year prison sentence for kidnapping and sexually assaulting an underage girl in Okinawa Prefecture. The decision, issued by the top court’s Second Petty Bench on Friday, finalizes

Tokyo, Feb. 3 (Jiji Press)–A net population inflow into the Tokyo metropolitan area slowed for the first time in four years in 2025, Japanese internal affairs ministry data showed Tuesday. The number of people who moved into Tokyo and neighboring Saitama, Chiba

Tokyo, Feb. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and food totaled 1,700.5 billion yen in 2025, up 12.8 pct from the preceding year and hitting a record high for the 13th straight year, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday.

Tokyo, Feb. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average shot up over 1,300 points Tuesday morning, following overnight rises of U.S. stocks. At 9:16 a.m., the index of 225 select issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier Prime section stood

Osaka, Feb. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its ally, the Japan Innovation Party, are competing against each other in all 19 single-seat constituencies of Osaka Prefecture in Sunday’s general election, the first to be held since the two formed

Milan, Feb. 3 (Jiji Press)–Tadatoshi Akiba, former mayor of the western Japan city of Hiroshima, has been selected as one of the bearers of the Olympic flag at the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy. According to an

Tokyo, Feb. 3 (Jiji Press)–As policies related to foreign citizens are expected to be a major issue in Sunday’s House of Representatives election in Japan, some are calling for improving Japanese language education for the children of foreign residents. In 2010, Youth