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Tokyo, March 26 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan on Thursday began releasing a consumer price index that excludes the impact of policy measures, including free education and energy subsidies, in an effort to better gauge underlying inflation. The central bank releases the

Tokyo, March 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese regional lenders Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group Inc. and Gunma Bank said Thursday that they have reached a definitive agreement to integrate their operations in April 2027. They will establish a new holding company, Gunma Niigata Financial Group

Tokyo, March 26 (Jiji Press)–The bereaved family of a former adviser to Japanese machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., who died while being wrongfully charged with illegal exports, plans to file a damages lawsuit in early April over judges’ decisions on his detention,

Tokyo, March 26 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced the leader of a sex worker scouting group to four years and six months in prison for violating the employment security law. Kazuma Endo, 34-year-old head of the group called “Access,” was

Tokyo, March 26 (Jiji Press)–Fuji Media Holdings Inc. has urged Japanese activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami and his first daughter, Aya Nomura, to sell their stakes in the Japanese media group, after they were found to have newly bought shares in the firm

Sapporo, March 26 (Jiji Press)–Police in the northern Japan prefecture of Hokkaido have sent papers on the operator of a now-closed zoo and its 58-year-old former president to public prosecutors on suspicion of violating the city planning law, it was learned Thursday.

Tokyo, March 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese public prosecutors on Thursday sought a fine of 1.5 million yen against former Japanese lawmaker Yasutada Ono, who allegedly failed to record a portion of revenue in his political funds reports, in a high-profile political funds scandal

Tokyo, March 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government has held an event in Tokyo to promote the country’s food technology, including plant factories, land aquaculture and alternative meat. The event, hosted by Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norikazu Suzuki, was attended by ambassadors

Tokyo, March 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Supreme Court is expected to issue a unified ruling on whether law provisions not allowing same-sex marriage are constitutional, as six related appeals have been sent to the court’s Grand Bench. The court’s Third Petty Bench, presided

Tokyo, March 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government began releasing the country’s state oil reserves on Thursday, in an effort to ensure a stable supply of oil products amid Iran’s de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz. This is the first such