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Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is showing signs of changing its position on the country’s national security legislation, in an apparent shift toward realism to take the helm of the government. The main opposition party has claimed

Hayama, Kanagawa Pref., Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko arrived at the Hayama Imperial Villa in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on Thursday for a rest. The couple will stay at the villa in the town of

Nagasaki, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki on Thursday condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s order for the Defense Department to restart nuclear tests, describing it as “absolutely unacceptable.” “The act tramples on people’s grueling efforts to achieve a world without nuclear

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Thursday instructed relevant ministries and agencies to draw up an urgent package of measures against wild bears by mid-November amid a series of attacks on people across the country. At the

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–The yen fell past 153 per dollar in Tokyo trading on Thursday as hopes for an early interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan faded after the central bank decided to keep interest rates unchanged. At 5

(Adnkronos) – Five new arrests for the Louvre theft on October 19. The Paris prosecutor, Laure Beccau, announced this, speaking with Rtl and specifying that five people were arrested last night in the French capital region. Among them, one of the main

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Thursday started the fifth round of the fiscal 2025 release of treated water from its disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the ocean in northeastern Japan. This is the

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Three Japanese high courts ruled Thursday that the July 20 election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the country’s parliament, was constitutional in terms of vote-value disparities. The rulings by Tokyo, Nagoya and Takamatsu high

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan decided Thursday to keep its policy interest rate unchanged while raising its gross domestic product growth outlook for fiscal 2025. The BOJ kept the status quo for the sixth consecutive policy-setting meeting, as it

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Income declared by companies in Japan that closed their books in fiscal 2024, which ended in March, grew 4.1 pct from the previous year to 102,338.1 billion yen, hitting a record high for the fourth year in a