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Liberty, North Carolina, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy has welcomed Toyota Motor Corp.’s announcement of a plan to additionally invest up to 10 billion dollars in the United States, stating that it would support the revival of U.S.

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Rakuten Group Inc. has reported a consolidated net loss of 151.2 billion yen for January-September, reflecting losses related to its partial withdrawal from the online supermarket business despite smaller losses in its mobile phone carrier operations. According

Las Vegas, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers won his fourth Major League Baseball MVP award for the National League on Thursday. The 31-year-old two-way player was unanimously selected for the award for the third

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly gave up over 1,000 points in early Friday trading, after the U.S. market tumbled the previous day on receding anticipation of an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. The Nikkei

Sydney, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Relatives of people involved in the 1945 “death marches” in Sandakan on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, then under Japanese wartime occupation, are moving to seek reconciliation. A total of over 10,000 troops and others from Japan,

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her counterpart from Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka, have agreed to elevate the two countries’ relations to a comprehensive partnership. At their meeting in Tokyo on Thursday, the two leaders adopted a joint communique

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party), have held the first meeting of their working-level forum of discussions on constitutional amendment. At the meeting Thursday, participants confirmed a policy

(Adnkronos) – New mission to Washington for Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin to continue tariff negotiations. Talks are expected with the US Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, as confirmed by the spokesperson for the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (Defr), Markus