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Tokyo, Nov. 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s economy in July-September shrank at an annualized rate of 1.8 pct from the previous quarter after price and seasonal adjustment, contracting for the first time in six quarters, the Cabinet Office said in a preliminary report Monday.

Tokyo, Nov. 17 (Jiji Press)–An expert panel of Japan’s welfare ministry on Monday broadly approved a draft revision to the reduction rate for basic welfare payments, following a Supreme Court ruling that found the government’s cuts to welfare benefits unlawful. The panel

Tokyo, Nov. 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Princess Aiko left Tokyo International Airport at Haneda on Monday for her visit to Laos to mark 70 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Responding to the Lao government’s invitation, the only child of Emperor

Fukui, Nov. 17 (Jiji Press)–A cargo ship carrying plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel produced in France arrived at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Takahama nuclear power plant in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui, informed sources told Jiji Press Monday. This marks

Tokyo, Nov. 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s convenience store sector is undergoing a major shift, as store expansion slows amid limited room for rapid expansion at home and inbound tourism increasingly drives consumption. Lawson Inc. aims to lift earnings by boosting store productivity through

Tokyo, Nov. 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s gross domestic product in July-September shrank at an annualized rate of 1.8 pct after price and seasonal adjustment, contracting for the first time in six quarters, the Cabinet Office said in a preliminary report Monday. The reading

Beijing, Nov. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese private think tank Genron NPO has put off the announcement of the results of a Japan-China joint opinion poll, previously set for Monday, officials said Sunday. According to Genron NPO, its partner in the joint survey, the

Seoul, Nov. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese and South Korean nonpartisan groups of lawmakers for bilateral friendship Sunday agreed to boost their countries’ cooperation to a new height in all areas including politics, economy, society and culture. In a statement adopted at their joint

Tokyo, Nov. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has drawn the ire of China by indicating the possibility that the Self-Defense Forces may be mobilized even without a direct attack on Japan in a possible Taiwan contingency. Attending a question-and-answer session

Tokyo, Nov. 16 (Jiji Press)–A Jiji Press survey of researchers on Japan’s retrial system has found that all 19 respondents support a proposed ban on prosecutors’ appeals against decisions to initiate retrials. The 19 are among the 24 researchers on whom Jiji