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Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo stocks plummeted Monday due to a surge in crude oil prices attributed to rising Middle East tensions, leading the key Nikkei 225 average to close with the third-largest daily point loss on record. The Nikkei index finished

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. has reduced ethylene output to avoid a production halt due to a lack of supply of raw materials from the Middle East, company officials said on Monday. The Japanese company has been producing ethylene at

(2nd para should have read “… ensuing …,” instead of as sent) Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–A survey has found that nearly 60 pct of high school students in eastern and northeastern Japan do not know correctly which company operates the 2011

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–In a Jiji Press opinion poll conducted in February, 65.4 pct of respondents said their memories of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which mainly struck northeastern Japan, were fading. Asked whether their memories of the disaster are

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Foreign Ministry said Monday that 208 Japanese nationals have been evacuated from Doha, the capital of Qatar, to Riyadh by land amid the growing conflict between U.S.-Israeli forces and Iran. The evacuees, along with Japanese nationals who

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo stocks plummeted Monday morning due to a surge in crude oil prices attributed to rising Middle East tensions, sending the key Nikkei 225 average tumbling more than 4,000 points temporarily. The Nikkei index finished the morning at

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force has brought launchers and other equipment of sophisticated long-range missiles into its Camp Kengun in the city of Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, in preparation for their deployment, informed sources said Monday. The Defense Ministry has

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan swung into 941.6 billion yen in current account surplus in January from a deficit of 344.6 billion yen a year before thanks to strong exports, preliminary data released by the Finance Ministry on Monday showed. The country

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo stocks plummeted Monday morning due to a surge in crude oil prices reflecting rising Middle East tensions, with the key Nikkei 225 average losing more than 4,000 points. At 10:53 a.m., the Nikkei stood at 51,526.70, down

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s inflation-adjusted real wage index rose 1.4 pct in January from a year earlier, the first increase in 13 months, helped by growth in regular pay and slower inflation, government data showed Monday. Monthly nominal wages, including base