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Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government Friday announced the appointments of new nongovernmental members of its blue-ribbon Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, including former Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masazumi Wakatabe. Wakatabe, professor at Waseda University, advocated aggressive monetary easing

Fukuoka, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp. will review over the next year its program to build a battery plant for electric vehicles in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, due to a slowdown in global EV demand, Fukuoka Governor Seitaro Hattori said Friday.

(The third paragraph from the bottom should have read, “In 2022, before the tritium-containing treated water was released,…” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) Japan Resumes Scallop Exports to China Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan has resumed exports of scallops

Kyoto, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–A team at Kyoto University’s Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, or CiRA, has succeeded in creating component cells for the thymus using human induced pluripotent stem cells. The thymus produces cells linked to T cells, the

Seoul/Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–North Korea launched a ballistic missile from around Taegwan in the northwestern region toward the Sea of Japan on Friday, according to the South Korean military. The missile seems to have already fallen into waters outside Japan’s exclusive

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Household spending in Japan in September rose 1.8 pct from a year before in inflation-adjusted real terms, reflecting higher expenditures on automobiles as well as education and entertainment, government data showed Friday. The average spending by households with

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday that her government will support domestic production of next-generation semiconductors. Government aid for Rapidus Corp., which aims to mass-produce cutting-edge chips domestically, “will be the cornerstone of crisis management investment,” Takaichi

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held a study session at the prime minister’s official residence from around 3 a.m. Friday to prepare for questions in her first parliamentary budget committee meeting as prime minister later that day. Although

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday instructed a government panel to start a study to revise the economic security promotion law. The revision would make it easier for Japan to support port development and other projects overseas

Niigata, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–A majority of people living in four cities near Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in central Japan are opposed to the planned restart of the facility, according to a survey by the Niigata