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Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to recommend former Justice Minister Eisuke Mori as speaker of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, senior LDP officials said Friday. Mori, a 77-year-old LDP

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department sent papers on two U.S. Marines to public prosecutors on Friday, alleging that they broke into restaurants in the Japanese capital and stole cash, Jiji Press has learned. The Marines, aged 20 and 26

Fukuoka, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan has seized a Chinese fishing vessel and arrested its 47-year-old Chinese captain after the boat allegedly tried to flee an inspection in the Japanese exclusive economic zone off an island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan. It was

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will come up with an outline of a consumption tax cut and a refundable tax credit by June, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Friday. The administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to set up

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–An advisory panel to Japan’s health minister on Friday recommended raising medical fees under the country’s health insurance system to reflect rising prices and support wage increases for medical workers. According to the recommendations by the Central Social

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s opposition Centrist Reform Alliance on Friday elected Junya Ogawa, former secretary-general of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, as its leader. In the leadership election, Ogawa, 54, gained 27 votes from the new centrist party’s 49 lawmakers,

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. said Friday its smartphone payment service unit PayPay Corp. will go public on the U.S. Nasdaq stock market. PayPay filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a statement explaining its initial public offering

Washington, Feb. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan and the United States have yet to work out the first batch of U.S.-bound investment deals worth 550 billion dollars planned by Tokyo, visiting Japanese economic minister Ryosei Akazawa said Thursday. After a 90-minute meeting with U.S.

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, will kick off a special session on Wednesday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara told party representatives on Friday. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to be re-elected on the first day of the session

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Dentsu Group Inc. has decided to book an impairment loss of 310.1 billion yen for the year through December 2025, due to sluggish overseas operations, it was learned Friday. For the business year, the major Japanese advertising group