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Tokyo, July 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s parliament Monday passed into law a bill to establish a disaster management agency, which will act as the government’s command center for disaster reduction measures and responses. The bill was approved by a majority vote at a

Tokyo, July 13 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, on Monday enacted bills designed to strengthen measures against false information about elections on social media. The bills to revise the public offices election law and the information distribution platform law were approved at

Tokyo, July 13 (Jiji Press)–Nippon Paint Holdings Co. said Monday that it has offered to acquire the decorative paints business of Dutch paint maker Akzo Nobel NV for 7.5 billion euros. The move came after a joint offer made in April by

Saiki, Oita Pref., July 13 (Jiji Press)–Four people were injured and sent to hospital after a knife attack near a Tsutaya rental video store in the city of Saiki in the southwestern prefecture of Oita on Monday morning, investigative sources said. All

Tokyo, July 13 (Jiji Press)–New Supreme Class Cabin private compartments will be introduced on Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen high-speed train services in Japan in October. Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, which runs the Tokaido trains, and West Japan Railway Co.,

Tokyo, July 13 (Jiji Press)–Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. became Japan’s most valuable company by market capitalization for the first time Monday, thanks to expectations for earnings growth amid an improved business environment following the Bank of Japan’s interest rate hikes. On

Tokyo, July 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and Indian Defense Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh on Monday affirmed closer defense cooperation between the two countries. This followed an agreement earlier this month between Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Indian

Tokyo, July 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese stocks fell in Tokyo trading on Monday due to selling of artificial intelligence-related issues, sending the benchmark Nikkei 225 index falling 1.91 pct. The Nikkei index fell 1,315.00 points to end at 67,242.73. AI-related stocks came under

New York, July 13 (Jiji Press)–The average annual number of dangerous humid heat days in locations across the world more than doubled from 10 to 23 over the past 50 years, due chiefly to human-caused climate change, according to a recent analysis

Tokyo, July 13 (Jiji Press)–With summer set to start in full, an initiative to grow vines such as bitter melon and morning glory to gain cooling effects without the use of electricity is drawing attention in Japan. Nonprofit organization Midori no Curtain