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Tokyo, June 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average plunged 2,565.58 points, or 3.54 pct, to finish at 69,788.38 on Tuesday, snapping its eight-day rising streak amid an increasing sense of overheating in the market. The index of 225 major issues

Naha, Okinawa Pref., June 23 (Jiji Press)–Yasuko Onaga, 96, who was a student nurse mobilized for the now-defunct Japanese military during the Battle of Okinawa in the closing days of World War II, is sharing her wartime memories and urging that war

Tokyo, June 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan and the United States remain ready to take “decisive measures” on the foreign exchange market when necessary to address the yen’s weakness, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Tuesday. Katayama and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had an

Tokyo, June 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday approved a bill to establish a second capital for the country, a measure pursued by the Japan Innovation Party, the LDP’s coalition partner. The approval by the LDP’s General Council came

Itoman, Okinawa Pref., June 23 (Jiji Press)–A memorial ceremony was held in Okinawa Prefecture on Tuesday to mourn some 200,000 people who died in a fierce ground battle fought in the southernmost Japan prefecture 81 years ago in the late stage of

Tokyo, June 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ayano Kunimitsu has visited Ukraine, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Kunimitsu is the first among Japan’s politically appointed government department leaders of minister, state minister and parliamentary vice ministers to visit the

Nagasaki, June 23 (Jiji Press)–Shohei Tsuiki, who survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945 at the age of 18, still remembers brief but unforgettable exchanges he had during World War II with a Dutch national detained by the former Japanese

Tokyo, June 23 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government aims to double the proportion of female university students majoring in engineering by 2040, in an effort to address the low representation of women in areas such as artificial intelligence, and aviation and aerospace. These

Osaka, June 23 (Jiji Press)–The “Doctor Yellow” inspection Shinkansen bullet train of West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, is set to be decommissioned in January 2027, the railway operator said Monday. JR West and Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai,

Brussels, June 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, now on an official visit to Belgium, arrived at Laeken Palace in Brussels on Monday, where they were greeted by King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the European country. The Imperial couple