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Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Household spending in Japan in June fell 3.3 pct from a year earlier in inflation-adjusted real terms as consumers refrained from going out due to unfavorable weather, the internal affairs ministry said Friday. Average spending by households with

Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese tax authorities on Friday decided to dismiss an official in his 20s for defrauding a wealthy elderly woman he was auditing of a large amount of cash and evading roughly 100 million yen in taxes on gambling

Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi has agreed with his Ecuadorian counterpart Roberto Kury to continue discussions on further deepening bilateral economic relations, with the early conclusion of an economic partnership agreement for free trade in mind. The accord

Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will make an “appropriate” decision on whether to visit Tokyo’s war-related Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, the anniversary of the country’s surrender in World War II, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Friday.

Hiroshima, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–The family transmission of atomic bombing experiences in Hiroshima, a city in western Japan, is fading, as fewer children hear hibakusha survivors’ accounts from their grandparents, prompting second-generation descendants to carry the stories forward. A survey by the

Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Kirin Holdings Co. said Friday it will make Canada’s leading dietary supplements maker Jamieson Wellness Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary. The major Japanese beverage maker will acquire all outstanding shares in Jamieson Wellness for 1,898 million Canadian dollars.

Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government and the Bank of Japan bought 6,278.7 billion yen for dollars in a foreign exchange market intervention on April 30, the largest-ever yen-buying operation in a single day, Ministry of Finance data showed Friday. The

Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese prosecutors have sought a six-year prison sentence and a fine of 2 million yen for a former operator of a Tokyo massage parlor accused of having a Thai girl, then 12, provide sexual services. The defense claimed

Kumamoto, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–The prefectural government of Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, has said that monetary donations from at home and abroad, including through Japan’s “furusato nozei” tax incentive-backed program, have reached 4,321.3 million yen following the July 28 major earthquake that struck

Hiroshima, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Seven organizations of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima Prefecture have urged the Japanese government to support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Officials of the groups handed a set of written requests, including the support