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Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will financially support small and midsize businesses affected by the bankruptcy of Zentoshin, a credit card payment processing service provider, industry minister Ryosei Akazawa said Friday. The affected companies will be allowed to receive loans

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Four Japan-linked vessels still remain in the Persian Gulf after the recent passage of 22 such vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, transport minister Yasushi Kaneko said Friday. The vessels ready to transit the strait were able to

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–The scope of behavior subject to punishment under a bill that would criminalize acts of damaging the Japanese national flag remains vague, and the lack of clarity could have a chilling effect on social activities. The Cabinet Committee

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–A University of Tokyo group that studied mice has unraveled the mechanism of how the feeling of hate develops within an individual’s brain when suddenly attacked by a familiar individual that suddenly turned aggressive. The team found that

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–More than 70 pct of accommodation facilities in Japan are understaffed, a Japan Tourism Agency white paper showed Friday. Amid an increase in foreign visitors to Japan, accommodations that host them need to make efforts to improve employee

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–This season’s first batch of saury fetched a record price of 700,000 yen per kilogram for some large fish at Tokyo’s Toyosu wholesale market on Friday morning. The previous record was 500,000 yen, set two years ago. The

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s local tax revenue in fiscal 2025 is estimated to have exceeded 50 trillion yen for the first time, reflecting higher individual resident tax revenue on the back of wage hikes, government data showed Friday. In the year

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang will visit Japan from Sunday through Wednesday, Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Friday. Koizumi and Giang will meet on Monday to discuss regional security as well as defense equipment and technology

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Princess Aiko will visit Ise Jingu, a major Shinto shrine in the western prefecture of Mie, next month to observe a ritual for its once-every-20-year reconstruction, the Imperial Household Agency said on Thursday. Princess Aiko, the only

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–The House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japan’s parliament, passed a bill Friday to revise the Imperial House Law to secure an adequate number of Imperial Family members. The bill was approved at a plenary meeting and