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Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–A 43-year-old inspector at Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department was arrested Wednesday for allegedly leaking investigative information to a group believed to have illegally brokered women it scouted on the street to sex parlors and hostess bars across Japan.

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday called on Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda to make regular reports at government panel meetings. “It is important that appropriate monetary policy management be conducted to achieve both strong economic

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–The Naha branch of Fukuoka High Court ruled on Wednesday that the July 20 election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, was conducted “in a state of unconstitutionality” due to vote-value

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. said Wednesday it will introduce an “AI concierge” service for customer consultations on wealth management, in collaboration with U.S. artificial intelligence firm OpenAI. The new service will first be offered at a digital

Kashiwazaki, Niigata Pref., Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi met on Wednesday with the mayors of Kashiwazaki and Kariwa, which host Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant, as he plans to decide as early as this month whether

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Two new private-sector members of a key Japanese government panel Wednesday called on the government to compile a fiscal 2025 supplementary budget worth at least 14 trillion yen to fund upcoming comprehensive economic measures. The two members said

Kobe, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–The Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office on Wednesday dropped an election fraud case against Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito and the head of a public relations firm, citing insufficient evidence. The prosecutors office and the Kobe prefectural police department

By Waka Ota Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Recreational vehicles are attracting ever-rising attention in Japan, not just as campers but as evacuation shelters, traveling hotels and business offices. According to the Japan Recreational Vehicle Association, the number of such vehicles owned in

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Family courts in Tokyo and Okinawa Prefecture have rejected claims for Japanese citizenship filed by four Japanese descendants living in the Philippines. The four, aged 79 to 82, were born to Japanese fathers and Filipino mothers, and became

(Adnkronos) – Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani achieved a “great victory” in the general elections held yesterday. Sources close to the Iraqi prime minister, who is seeking a second term, reported this. “Al-Sudani’s list for reconstruction and development achieved a great