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1 Ottobre 2025

Japan Post Notified of Ban on Mini Cargo Vehicle Use

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s transport ministry Wednesday notified 111 post offices that their use of mini cargo vehicles for delivery services will be banned for up to 160 days from Oct. 8 as a penalty for their inappropriate practices. By next
1 Ottobre 2025

Japanese Firms Boosting Real Estate Investment in London

London, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese companies have been stepping up real estate development and investment in Britain, particularly in London, in recent years in an effort to expand profits overseas as they face a slowing market in Japan. Office demand in London
1 Ottobre 2025

INTERVIEW: Kobayashi Calls for LDP Generational Change

(6th para should have read “… calling …,” instead of as sent) Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Takayuki Kobayashi, Japan’s former economic security minister running in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race, emphasizes his party’s need for a generational change and a
1 Ottobre 2025

LDP Koizumi Protests Report that Aide Kicked Out Party Members

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election, on Wednesday demanded that the weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun correct a story reporting that his aide had kicked 826 rank-and-file members out of
1 Ottobre 2025

Japan Pump Price Falls for 1st Time in 4 Weeks

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s average retail price of regular gasoline fell 0.1 yen from a week earlier to 175.2 yen per liter as of Monday, marking the first decline in four weeks, due to lower crude oil prices, the industry ministry
1 Ottobre 2025

Japanese Teacher Admits Sharing Child Pornography

Nagoya, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese elementary school teacher Fumiya Kosemura pleaded guilty to charges of sharing child pornography via social media, in the first hearing on his case at Nagoya District Court on Wednesday. The charges are “correct, and I’m very sorry,”
1 Ottobre 2025

Japan Police Launch Teams to Combat “Tokuryu” Crime Groups

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police Wednesday launched special teams to reinforce their fight against “tokuryu” ad hoc crime groups made up of anonymous members. The National Police Agency and Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department took the action with no sign of decline
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