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Tokyo, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Sony Group Corp. said Friday it will make Peanuts Holdings LLC, the U.S. company holding the copyright for the popular comic strip “Peanuts,” known for its beloved character, Snoopy, a consolidated subsidiary. The Japanese entertainment giant will

Tokyo, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)–In a worst-case situation, up to around 18,000 people would be killed chiefly in Tokyo and its three neighboring prefectures if a powerful inland earthquake with a magnitude of around 7 occurs in the heart of the capital,

Tokyo, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japanese real interest rates are “very low” even after the Bank of Japan’s decision to implement its first interest rate hike since January, BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said Friday. At a press conference following the BOJ’s policy-setting meeting

Tokyo, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)–Buichiro Kuroda, vice grand steward of Japan’s Imperial Household Agency, will be promoted to grand steward, effective on Wednesday, the government said Friday. Kuroda, 65, will replace Yasuhiko Nishimura, 70, who will step down after six years in

Tokyo, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)–Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. President Eisaku Ito has expressed the company’s readiness to support the revival of Japan’s shipbuilding industry by taking the leadership in ship designing and development with its technological prowess. “We can contribute with our

Tokyo, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan on Friday decided to raise its policy interest rate to a level unseen in 30 years, in its first rate hike since January this year. At a two-day meeting from Thursday, the BOJ’s nine-member

Tokyo, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)–The Institute of Science Tokyo is expected to be the second university eligible to receive aid from a Japanese government-financed 10-trillion-yen fund to support universities, according to a report by a government panel released Friday. In the report,

Tokyo, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his New Zealand counterpart, Judith Collins, on Friday agreed to boost bilateral cooperation in the security field amid China’s increasingly hegemonic moves in the Indo-Pacific region. Also on Friday, the Japanese and

Tokyo, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)–The benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond yield, the country’s key long-term interest rate, hit a 26-year high in Tokyo trading Friday in a bond sell-off after the Bank of Japan’s decision to raise interest rates. The yield on

Tokyo, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japan remains committed to the three non-nuclear principles of not possessing nuclear weapons, not producing them and not permitting their entry into the country, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Friday. “The government is firmly maintaining the three