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Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Japanese household spending in January fell 1.0 pct from a year earlier in inflation-adjusted real terms as entertainment spending plunged, internal affairs ministry data showed Tuesday. The average consumption spending by households with two or more members totaled

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s seasonally adjusted gross domestic product in October-December last year rose 0.3 pct from the previous quarter in price-adjusted real terms, posting annualized growth of 1.3 pct, the Cabinet Office said in a revised report Tuesday. The results

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government-chartered flight carrying 281 people, including Japanese nationals, from the Middle East arrived at Narita International Airport near Tokyo on Tuesday morning. It followed the first such flight, which arrived at the airport in Chiba Prefecture

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s cabinet on Tuesday adopted a bill to raise the ceiling on fees for foreigners’ applications related to residence status by up to 30-fold and create a prearrival electronic travel authorization system. The revision to the immigration control

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., March 10 (Jiji Press)–The return of the bone fragments of a 6-year-old girl who went missing in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami came as a welcome surprise to her family in October last year, more than 14 years

London/Washington/Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Finance ministers from the Group of Seven major democracies Monday issued a statement vowing to address surging crude oil prices amid the continued U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran. “We stand ready to take necessary measures, including to support global

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s key Nikkei 225 stock average rebounded strongly Tuesday morning, aided by growing hopes for an early end to the U.S.-Israeli military operations against Iran. The index of 225 selected issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Just two days after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, then Miyagi prefectural police chief Naoto Takeuchi made a chillingly accurate prediction: “The number of bodies will inevitably reach into the tens of thousands.” At a time

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–The Nikkei 225 average rose more than 1,600 points in early stock trading in Tokyo on Tuesday after losing some 2,800 points the previous day. At 9:10 a.m., the benchmark Japanese stock gauge was up 1,669.89 points, or

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s gross domestic product in October-December 2025 grew an annualized 1.3 pct from the previous quarter in price-adjusted real terms, the Cabinet Office said in a revised report Tuesday. The figure was revised up from the 0.2 pct