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Tokyo, May 25 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average surged over 1,900 points on Monday morning to exceed 65,000 for the first time, backed by expectations for an end to the fighting between the United States and Iran. At 9:49 a.m.,

Tokyo, May 25 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has sent a message of condolence to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang following a gas explosion at a coal mine in Shanxi Province on Friday. In the message released by

Tokyo, May 25 (Jiji Press)–Extreme heat increases the risk of preterm births and can also lead to hospitalizations for childhood convulsions, according to new findings published by research teams at the Institute of Science Tokyo. Meanwhile, the Japan Meteorological Agency has released

Kobe, May 24 (Jiji Press)–Police on Sunday obtained an arrest warrant for a 42-year-old man on suspicion of murdering one of the two victims in a suspected murder case at a house in Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. The Hyogo prefectural police

Tokyo, May 24 (Jiji Press)–Combined net profits at Japanese listed companies in fiscal 2025 rose 9.0 pct from the previous year to a record 54,713.2 billion yen, according to SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. The figure for the year ended in March hit

Kobe, May 24 (Jiji Press)–Police on Sunday obtained an arrest warrant for a 42-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of murdering one of the two victims in a suspected murder case at a house in Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, investigative sources said.

Kobe, May 24 (Jiji Press)–Mamoru Hase, the 70-year-old father of a boy murdered in the 1997 serial attacks on children in Kobe, western Japan, is still trying to find the truth behind the tragedy. “We, the bereaved family, want to know ‘why’

Tokyo, May 24 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, and the opposition Democratic Party for the People on Sunday expressed their support for the proposed creation of an emergency clause to extend lawmakers’ terms of

Tokyo, May 24 (Jiji Press)–The Imperial Household Agency is making arrangements for Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to visit Kumamoto Prefecture in late September, which marked the 10th anniversary in April of a pair of powerful earthquakes that mainly hit the

Washington, May 23 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi during a telephone conversation early this month that there would be delays in the delivery of the US-made Tomahawk cruise missiles to the Japanese side, the Financial