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Hong Kong, March 25 (Jiji Press)–Chinese customs authorities took two Japanese nationals into custody on Jan. 2 at an international airport in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, southern China, people familiar with the case said Wednesday. One of them has since been released, while

Tokyo, March 25 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday asked the International Energy Agency for additional joint releases of oil reserves amid soaring crude oil prices. Takaichi made the request to IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol in their meeting at

Sakai, Osaka Pref., March 25 (Jiji Press)–Sumo wrestler Kirishima will regain his ozeki status, the sport’s second highest rank, after capturing his third championship in the March grand tournament that ended Sunday, the Japan Sumo Association decided on Wednesday. The decision was

Tokyo, March 25 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo stocks jumped on Wednesday amid growing expectations for a ceasefire agreement between the U.S.-Israeli side and Iran. The Nikkei 225 stock average surged1,497.34 points, or 2.87 pct, from the previous day to close at 53,749.62. The broader

Miyazaki, March 25 (Jiji Press)–Former Miyazaki Governor Hideo Higashikokubaru plans to run in the gubernatorial election in the southwestern Japan prefecture to be held ahead of the January 2027 expiration of the incumbent’s four-year term, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

Tokyo, March 25 (Jiji Press)–There appears to be only a slim chance that the Japanese government’s fiscal 2026 regular budget will be enacted before fiscal 2025 ends on Tuesday, despite Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s strong push to meet the deadline. The draft

Tokyo, March 25 (Jiji Press)–Sogo & Seibu Co. will close its Seibu department store in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward at the end of September, company officials said Wednesday. The closure comes as the company failed to reach an agreement on a contract extension

Tokyo, March 25 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Wednesday found a former Tokyo police inspector guilty of leaking investigative information to a scouting group believed to have illegally brokered the placements of women to sex parlors and hostess bars. Judge Makoto Terao

Tokyo, March 25 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday avoided discussing the possibility of deploying the Self-Defense Forces to the Strait of Hormuz, which is effectively closed because of the war in Iran. “The situation in Iran is changing every

Tokyo, March 25 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara expressed regret Wednesday over the arrest of a Ground Self-Defense Force member who allegedly broke into the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday. “It is truly regrettable that an SDF officer, who