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Tokyo, June 16 (Jiji Press)–East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, held a ceremony Tuesday to kick off a project to remake Ueno Station in Tokyo as a cultural innovation hub. The project, which follows the completion of renovation work at the

(Adnkronos) – Consumer spending fell in China for the first time since December 2022, during the COVID pandemic era. The May figure is 0.6 percent lower than that of last May, according to new data released by Beijing’s National Bureau of Statistics.

Tokyo, June 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Dutch counterpart, Dilan Yesilgoz-Zegerius, agreed Tuesday to deepen security cooperation between their countries. At a meeting in Tokyo, the visiting Dutch minister expressed her interest in concluding a pact on the

Tokyo, June 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police Tuesday arrested a 38-year-old Japanese man on suspicion of leading a special fraud group based in Cambodia while living in Thailand. The suspect, Yusuke Sasaki, was arrested by the prefectural police of Aichi, central Japan, after

Tokyo, June 16 (Jiji Press)–Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said Tuesday that the central bank will continue to raise its policy interest rate in line with economic and price conditions. Uchida was speaking at a press conference on behalf of

Osaka, June 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. said Tuesday that it will launch its first smartwatch and smart ring next month, marking a full-scale entry into the wearable device market. As the market is believed to have stronger growth potential

Evian, France, June 15 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi proposed Monday that the Group of Seven major industrialized countries jointly stockpile critical minerals including rare earths. The “Joint Stockpiling Cooperation Initiative” proposed by the Japanese leader at a working dinner on

Tokyo, June 16 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, is highly likely to enact legislation that would criminalize vandalism of the national flag during its current session set to end next month, after two opposition parties backed the bill. The Democratic Party for

Tokyo, June 16 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei average surpassed the 70,000 threshold for the first time ever at one point on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan decided to raise interest rates in line with market expectations. The index of 225 selected

Tokyo, June 16 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, on Tuesday passed a bill to revamp the country’s retrial system. At a plenary meeting, the bill to revise the criminal procedure law was approved