News - Page 29

Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, is set to appoint Reiko Akiike, 61, co-chair of Boston Consulting Group Japan, as vice chair of the powerful business lobby, Jiji Press learned Thursday. Currently, Yumiko Noda, 66, chair of Veolia

Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s restaurant industry is worried about major political parties’ pledges of a zero consumption tax rate on food products ahead of Sunday’s House of Representatives election. These parties include the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner,

Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)–Japanese political party leaders are visiting key constituencies in the campaigning for Sunday’s election for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi gave a street speech in Kurashiki,

Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling ordering the Japanese government to hand over the remains of Chizuo Matsumoto, former leader of now-defunct religious cult Aum Shinrikyo, to his second daughter. The government cremated the

Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)–Japanese prosecutors Thursday sought a life sentence for Toshiya Fujita, a senior member of a crime ring behind a series of robbery and fraud cases across the country. The lay-judge trial for 41-year-old Fujita at Tokyo District Court,

Saitama, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)–So-called care beauty, which involves providing older adults with makeup, hand care and light aesthetic treatments at nursing homes and other facilities, is spreading across Japan, aiming to improve seniors’ quality of life and encourage their social engagement.

Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)–PokePark Kanto, the first permanent theme park based on the popular Japanese video game series Pocket Monster, or Pokemon, opened inside the Yomiuriland amusement park straddling Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture on Thursday. The new facility comprises two areas–a

Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)–Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest chip foundry, said Thursday that it will start mass-production of cutting-edge semiconductors with a circuit line width of 3 nanometers at its second plant in the town of Kikuyo in Kumamoto

Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)–Japanese prosecutors Thursday sought a life sentence for Toshiya Fujita, a senior member of a crime ring behind a series of robbery and fraud cases across the country. The lay-judge trial for 41-year-old Fujita at Tokyo District Court,

Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)–Renesas Electronics Corp. said Thursday that it will sell its timing device business for 3 billion dollars to focus on its chipmaking operations. The Japanese company plans to sell the timing device business to SiTime Corp., a U.S.