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Tokyo, July 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. will offer competitive deposit rates and fees through its digital bank, slated to open in the latter half of fiscal 2026, President and Group CEO Junichi Hanzawa has said. The digital bank

Tokyo, July 7 (Jiji Press)–KDDI Corp. said it has confirmed that email addresses of about 12,233,000 users and passwords for some 7,616,000 users were subject to unauthorized access in a breach of its email system for internet service providers. According to a

Tokyo, July 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s traditional sport of sumo is enjoying a resurgence in popularity, with regular tournaments drawing sellout crowds for more than 300 consecutive days. The latest grand tournament, held in May at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan arena, sold out on

Tokyo, July 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s inflation-adjusted real wage index rose 1.4 pct from a year earlier in May, up for the fifth consecutive month, labor ministry data showed Tuesday. The climb reflected robust nominal wage growth and a slower increase in consumer

Tokyo, July 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has urged agriculture minister Norikazu Suzuki to consider the impact on the country’s agricultural and livestock production when negotiating an economic partnership agreement with the Mercosur trade bloc in South America. Ichiro Miyashita,

Tokyo, July 6 (Jiji Press)–Keisei Electric Railway Co. plans to introduce a new limited express train service directly connecting Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of the Japanese capital, in the 2030s, it was learned Monday. The

(Adnkronos) – The death toll from the new massive Russian attack against the Ukrainian capital Kyiv is worsening. The latest news confirmed via Telegram by the head of Kyiv’s military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, speaks of at least 15 dead. “Unfortunately, the death

(Adnkronos) – US President Donald Trump joked with journalists in the Oval Office the day after FIFA revoked the disqualification of the US national team’s top scorer, Folarin Balogun. “We have the press here. They don’t care about soccer at all. They

(Adnkronos) – An Israeli attack on a car in southern Lebanon has killed four people, including three women, despite the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. This is according to Lebanese media reports. The official Lebanese news agency Nna (National News Agency)

(Adnkronos) – The number of Palestinian victims in the war between Israel and Hamas since October 7, 2023, has risen to 73,098 killed and 173,571 injured. This emerges from data released by the Gaza Ministry of Health. In a statement, the ministry