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Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan, Britain and Italy are in the final stages of talks on extending a contract for their program to jointly develop a next-generation fighter jet until the end of 2027, Japanese government officials said Friday. The contract related

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested a 26-year-old man believed to have played the role of robbery planner in a “tokuryu” loosely organized anonymous criminal group, it was learned Friday. Hayato Ishikura is suspected of conspiring with other members to

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japanese labor unions won wage increases of 5.01 pct in this year’s “shunto” negotiations, the final results of a survey by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, showed Friday. The weighted average of pay scale and regular

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund said Friday that it gained an investment profit of 41,399.5 billion yen in fiscal 2025, which ended in March, marking the sixth consecutive year of surplus. The fiscal 2025 investment returns were the

Bangkok, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Thai police said Friday that they have begun operating the SHIELD international information-sharing network aimed at cracking down on special fraud groups, many of which have been based in Southeast Asia in recent years. The network consists of

Brussels, July 3 (Jiji Press)–“Awa Odori” Japanese folk dance was performed at a pre-show event for the Ommegang annual traditional festival in Brussels on Wednesday. Japan is participating in this year’s festival as the guest country of honor to commemorate the 160th

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced two men to 30 years in prison for killing a Tokyo couple who ran restaurants in the Ueno district in the Japanese capital and damaging their bodies in 2024. Prosecutors had sought

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi plan to visit the Turkish capital of Ankara from Monday through Thursday to attend NATO summit-related events. The Japanese government reported the plan to a board meeting of

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–The total number of individual shareholders of companies listed on Japan’s four stock exchanges in fiscal 2025 rose 10.0 pct from the previous year to a record 91.98 million, the Tokyo Stock Exchange has said. In the year

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japanese labor unions won wage increases of 5.01 pct in this year’s “shunto” negotiations this spring, the final results of a survey by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, showed Friday. The weighted average of pay scale