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Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–The average price of rice sold from collectors to wholesalers in Japan plunged 42 pct from a year earlier to 21,293 yen per 60 kilograms of brown rice in September, the agriculture ministry said Friday. The September figure,

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Meteorological Agency on Friday canceled an emergency earthquake warning after erroneously estimating that a magnitude-9.9 earthquake had occurred in the Chishima Islands off the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido the same day. The agency issued the

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi apologized on Friday over the resignation of scandal-hit former agriculture minister Kazuo Yana and vowed to restore public trust in her government. “I feel remorseful, and I take my responsibility seriously for appointing”

Kyoto, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–Kyoto District Court on Friday found a 59-year-old gang member not guilty of the 2013 murder of the president of “gyoza” dumpling restaurant chain Ohsho Food Service Corp. Presiding Judge Atsushi Nishikawa said that there was “room for

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–The international body overseeing global measurement standards on Thursday approved the effective abolition of the leap second. The gap between Earth’s rotation and atomic clocks, which are highly precise, will be allowed to widen to as much as

Bangkok, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–Inflation in the Asia-Pacific region may persist and worsen amid global uncertainty, Asian Development Bank President Masato Kanda has warned. “The global economy is facing unprecedented uncertainty,” Kanda, a former Japanese vice finance minister for international affairs, said

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition group Chudo on Friday agreed that the Diet, the country’s parliament, will begin deliberations on bills to cut the consumption tax on food and introduce an income-linked benefit program at

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–The Mie prefectural assembly on Friday enacted an ordinance imposing penalties for customer harassment, or nuisance behavior by customers toward employees, in the central Japan prefecture. The ordinance, which will take effect on April 1 next year, was

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Friday adopted a bill to allow police to analyze remotely communication devices linked to crimes, a fresh measure to prevent damage caused by “tokuryu” loosely organized anonymous criminal groups. The bill would allow police

Kyoto, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–Kyoto District Court on Friday found a 59-year-old gang member not guilty of the 2013 murder of the president of “gyoza” dumpling restaurant chain Ohsho Food Service Corp. Prosecutors had sought a life sentence for the defendant, Yukio