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Tokyo, Aug. 2 (Jiji Press)–Since its introduction in 1989, Japan’s consumption tax has been raised three times and now accounts for about 30 pct of total national tax revenue, making it the nation’s largest core tax category. If implemented, Prime Minister Sanae

Mashiki, Kumamoto Pref., Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)–Scorching heat waves and widespread water outages are adding to the hardships faced by more than 9,000 evacuees in areas devastated by Tuesday’s powerful earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. With the quake-hit areas marking their

Ise, Mie Pref., Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Princess Aiko arrived in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Saturday to observe a traditional rite for the reconstruction of Ise Jingu, a major Shinto shrine complex in the central Japan city, which is held once every

Tokyo, Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)–Visitors have formed a long line every day to enter a Tokyo shop promoting specialty products of Kumamoto Prefecture to support the southwestern Japan prefecture hit by Tuesday’s huge earthquake. They aim to support people in areas devastated

Mashiki, Kumamoto Pref., Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)–Scorching heat waves and widespread water outages are adding to the hardships faced by more than 9,000 evacuees in areas devastated by Tuesday’s powerful earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. With the quake-hit areas marking their

Tokyo, Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Defense Ministry is considering using commercial cloud services to manage highly classified information, such as defense secrets, that has so far been handled through its own systems, informed sources told Jiji Press on Saturday. The plan is

Tokyo, Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government has decided to revise its nuclear energy policy guidelines to include a target of rebuilding two to five nuclear power reactors by the 2040s. The decision was adopted at a meeting of relevant cabinet ministers

Mashiki, Kumamoto Pref., Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)–Scorching heat waves and widespread water outages are adding to the hardships faced by more than 9,000 evacuees in areas devastated by Tuesday’s powerful earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. With the quake-hit areas marking their

New York/Washington, July 31 (Jiji Press)–The dollar plunged below 157.50 yen for the first time in about two and a half months in New York trading on Friday as the Japanese and U.S. authorities reportedly intervened in the foreign exchange market in

Ichikawa, Chiba Pref., Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)–Two people have been sent to hospital after an explosion occurred at a three-story apartment building in Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Saturday. One of the two suffered severe burns over the entire