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Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government welcomes a two-week ceasefire deal between the United States and Iran as a positive move, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Wednesday. “We hope that a final (peace) deal will be made at an early

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–The number of corporate bankruptcies with debts of at least 10 million yen in Japan in fiscal 2025, which ended last month, rose 3.5 pct from the previous year to a 12-year high, Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd. said

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan saw inflation-adjusted real wages increase 1.9 pct from a year earlier in February, the labor ministry reported Wednesday. The second straight monthly increase can be attributed to regular pay hikes and slower inflation. Before adjustment with the

Washington, April 7 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Undersecretary of State Sarah Rogers on Tuesday welcomed growing exchanges between Japanese and U.S. users of social media platform X as a microcosm of their countries’ close relationship. “Americans want to know Japan better,” Rogers said in

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s current account surplus stood at 3,932.7 billion yen in February, marking the 13th straight month in the black, Finance Ministry preliminary data showed Wednesday. The surplus in the balance of international payments linked to goods and services

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly surged over 2,800 points to top the 56,000 line for the first time in about a month on Wednesday morning, after the United States and Iran agreed to a ceasefire and

Urayasu, Chiba Pref., April 8 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo DisneySea will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year, with a year-long event unveiled to the press by park operator Oriental Land Co. on Wednesday. The Sparkling Jubilee celebration will run from April 15 to the

Seoul, April 8 (Jiji Press)–North Korea launched several short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Wednesday morning, according to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff. They were fired from around Wonsan in the eastern North Korean province of Kangwon

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly surged over 2,600 points to top the 56,000 line for the first time in about a month on Wednesday morning, after the United States and Iran agreed to a ceasefire and

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Sake, Japan’s traditional alcoholic beverage, is becoming increasingly popular in Russia despite wartime tensions and strained bilateral relations. Japanese distrust of Russia has long been fueled by a decades-old territorial dispute over a cluster of islands in the