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Japan Department Stores Association Oct. 23 Yr/Yr Change Total 443,419 M. Yen Up 4.2 pct Clothing 116,085 Up 5.7 Personal Articles 76,950 Up 6.6 Sundry Goods 108,637 Up 2.6 Household Goods 16,056 Up 7.9 Foodstuffs 100,942 Up 2.9 Note: Year-on-year changes are

Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, will visit Singapore on Nov. 17-21, the government said Friday. Princess Aiko was invited by Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam as this year marks the 60th anniversary of

Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–Renowned Japanese novelist Ryu Murakami died Saturday. He was 74. Murakami, born in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, was known for his works such as “Almost Transparent Blue” and “Coin Locker Babies.” In 1976, Murakami won the Gunzo Prize

Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–Apple Inc. released its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, in Japan on Friday. The phone features a 7.6-inch screen, the largest ever on an iPhone and 1.5 times that of the iPhone 18 Pro Max, which hit

Japan Chain Stores Association Oct. 23 Yr/Yr Change Total 993,766 M. Yen Up 0.8 pct Foodstuffs 734,197 Up 0.2 Clothing 37,060 Up 1.9 Sundries 94,592 Up 4.3 Furniture and Interior Goods 48,248 Down 2.9 Home Electric Appliances 2,026 Down 3.5 Note: Year-on-year

Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–Shigeru Miyamoto, the Nintendo Co. executive fellow who created a famous video game character, Mario, and seven others will receive Japan’s fiscal 2026 Order of Culture, the government said Friday. Miyamoto, 73, is the first person from the

Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government Friday approved a bill to revise the Commercial Code to allow bills of lading, needed for maritime trade, to be exchanged electronically. As other maritime states, including Britain, France and Singapore, are developing similar legislation,

Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government highlighted the urgent need to fundamentally strengthen the country’s energy supply-and-demand structure to prepare for future emergencies in its fiscal 2025 white paper on energy, adopted at a cabinet meeting on Friday. The white paper

Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government Friday approved a bill to introduce a prior approval system for the purchases of land around facilities deemed important to national security, such as Self-Defense Forces bases. Currently, those planning to buy such land are

Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s core consumer inflation exceeded 2 pct for the first time in nine months in September as rising raw material costs amid the war in the Middle East pushed up prices for a range of items, including food,