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Hanamaki, Iwate Pref., July 19 (Jiji Press)–Japanese infielder Rintaro Sasaki, who plays for Stanford University in the United States, on Sunday announced his intention to join the U.S. Major League Baseball team Miami Marlins. Sasaki made the announcement at a news conference

Tokyo, July 19 (Jiji Press)–One year since Japan reached a deal with the United States in tariff negotiations, the progress rate of Japan’s investments in U.S. projects promised under the deal has reached about 20 pct in terms of value. Japan pledged

Tokyo, July 18 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration is expected to struggle during the current session of the Diet, the country’s parliament, which has been extended until July 25. On Friday, the House of Representatives, the lower chamber, approved the

Tokyo, July 18 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration has realized a revision of the Imperial House Law by force of numbers, making major progress in talks that had been left hanging in the air since the 2000s. On Friday, the

Tokyo, July 18 (Jiji Press)–Japanese students who won prizes in a government-sponsored essay contest last year marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II visited Iwoto, widely known as Iwo Jima, a major battlefield of the war, on Saturday.

Shizuoka, July 18 (Jiji Press)–Shizuoka Prefecture and Central Japan Railway Co., known as JR Tokai, on Saturday signed an agreement needed to begin the construction of a section of the Chuo Shinkansen magnetic levitation train line in the central prefecture. Following the

Silicon Valley, July 17 (Jiji Press)–U.S. digital giant Apple Inc. on Friday raised sales prices of its iPhone smartphone models in Japan. As there are no changes to such prices of models sold in the United States, Apple may have taken into

Kyoto, July 18 (Jiji Press)–A memorial ceremony was held on Saturday for the victims of a deadly arson attack at Kyoto Animation Co.’s No. 1 studio in the western Japan city of Kyoto seven years ago. On July 18, 2019, the studio

Tokyo, July 18 (Jiji Press)–Japan will raise the caps on medical expenses borne by patients as part of changes in its high-cost medical care benefit system from August that are designed to curb ballooning national medical costs. The ceilings on monthly out-of-pocket

New York, July 17 (Jiji Press)–The United Nations on Friday expressed its support for inclusive policies that advance women’s rights, in response to Japan’s revision of Imperial House Law. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “encourages all countries to adopt inclusive policies that will