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Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–North Korea launched what were possibly two ballistic missiles on Tuesday, according to Japanese Defense Ministry sources. The possible missiles are believed to have fallen into waters outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, the sources said. According to the

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, held a meeting of their leaders on Tuesday, effectively marking the start of this year’s “shunto” spring wage talks. At the meeting in Tokyo,

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Consumption tax and rising prices were the most frequently mentioned issues on social media ahead of the upcoming House of Representatives election, an analysis by Jiji Press has found. Posts made on X, formerly Twitter, between Jan. 9–when

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has urged the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, of which he was a member lawmaker, to make sure that its promises with its new coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, are implemented without

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, held a meeting of their leaders on Tuesday, effectively marking the start of this year’s “shunto” spring wage talks. At the meeting in Tokyo,

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Financial Services Agency plans to inspect Prudential Life Insurance Co. after the company said over 100 current and former employees had scammed some 500 clients out of about 3.1 billion yen, people familiar with the matter said

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–The 12-day campaign period for the Feb. 8 election for Japan’s House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, began Tuesday. This is the first general election since the formation of the coalition

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–The last remaining giant pandas in Japan, Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei of Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo, departed for China on Tuesday afternoon in a move that will leave Japan with no giant pandas for the first time in

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested the 40-year-old leader of Natural, one of the largest illegal sex worker scouting groups in Japan, for allegedly making a payment to gangsters in 2023. Hiroaki Obata, arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department on

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–The 12-day campaign period for the Feb. 8 election for Japan’s House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, began Tuesday. This is the first general election since the formation of the coalition