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Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s suprapartisan National Council on Social Security at a working-level meeting Thursday agreed to introduce a new benefit program for low- and middle-income earners in fiscal 2029. The council, however, postponed a decision on a proposed consumption tax

Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)–Susumu Tonegawa, the first Japanese winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, died on Saturday at the age of 86, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to which he belonged, announced Thursday. Tonegawa, from the central Japan city

Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)–Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet fell by 5.3 percentage points from the previous month to 49.0 pct in July, standing below 50 pct for the first time since she took office in October last

Tottori, July 16 (Jiji Press)–Prefectural governors from across Japan started a two-day annual meeting in the western city of Tottori on Thursday, planning to work out a set of proposals to the central government. The proposals will cover issues surrounding regional communities,

Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese education ministry on Thursday released results from this fiscal year’s national achievement test, highlighting persistent weaknesses in proportional reasoning among elementary school students and reading comprehension among junior high school students. The annual national assessment of

Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is considering reviving naphtha stockpiling amid concerns over supply disruptions stemming from the Middle East tensions. Naphtha was once subject to mandatory stockpiling like oil. This practice was scrapped in 1993 at the request of

Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)–Susumu Tonegawa, the first Japanese laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, died on Saturday at the age of 86, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to which he belonged, announced Thursday. Tonegawa, from the central Japan

Yokohama, July 16 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Nissan Motor Co. on Thursday started domestic sales of the new Elgrand luxury minivan equipped with the company’s third-generation “e-POWER” hybrid system. Nissan aims to revive its sluggish sales with the Elgrand, which underwent its first full

Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly plummeted over 2,200 points Thursday morning as semiconductor-related issues met with heavy selling following overnight falls in U.S. peers. At 10:13 a.m., the index of 225 major issues listed on the

Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)–Susumu Tonegawa, the first Japanese laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, died on Saturday at the age of 86, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to which he belonged, announced Thursday. Tonegawa, from the central Japan