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Osaka, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)–Hirofumi Yoshimura, leader of the Japan Innovation Party, said that his party will take the role of the “accelerator” in propelling its coalition with Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party forward. Asked in a recent interview about his party

Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)–Train services on East Japan Railway Co.’s Joban Line were partially suspended for about seven hours Friday after an overhead power line snapped at Tokyo’s Ueno Station. The power outage occurred around 7 a.m. near Ueno Station in

Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)–A labor-management forum hosted by the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, was held in Tokyo on Friday, kicking off full-fledged “shunto” spring wage negotiations. In Japan, pay hikes have yet to catch up with inflation, with real wages

Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police have arrested a 27-year-old male host on suspicion of violating the amusement business law by using a dating app to solicit female customers to a “host club” in Tokyo. The arrest marked the first crackdown in

Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s average ratio of effective job openings to seekers in 2025 fell 0.03 point from the previous year to 1.22, declining for the second straight year, the labor ministry said Friday. The drop came as many companies moved

Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)–A group of Japanese and Chinese people were robbed of an estimated 423 million yen in Tokyo on Thursday night, quickly followed by an assault on a different group also carrying a lot of cash. Both groups said

Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)–The number of foreign workers in Japan as of the end of October 2025 jumped 11.7 pct from a year before to 2,571,037, hitting a record high for 13 years in a row amid the country’s labor shortages,

Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)–The number of child abuse cases handled by child consultation centers across Japan in fiscal 2024 came to 223,691, falling by 1,818 cases, or 0.8 pct, from the previous year, the government said Friday. “The situation remains unchanged,

Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)–The number of food and beverage price hikes in Japan will drop nearly 60 pct from a year earlier next month, showing a sign of food inflation calming down, a private research firm survey showed Friday. The country’s

Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s industrial production in December 2025 edged down 0.1 pct from the previous month, as output of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and some other goods decreased, the industry ministry said Friday. The production index for the manufacturing and mining