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Tokyo, March 12 (Jiji Press)–Nearly half of Japanese people oppose lifting their country’s export ban on lethal weapons, a Jiji Press public opinion poll showed Thursday. In the March survey, 48.2 pct of respondents rejected the ruling coalition’s proposal to allow exports

Tokyo, March 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Thursday that there are no plans to deploy the Self-Defense Forces to remove mines in the Strait of Hormuz. “We can’t envision that SDF assets will be deployed in the vicinity (of

Tokyo, March 12 (Jiji Press)–The dollar briefly hit a two-month high above 159 yen in Tokyo trading Thursday, pushed up by safe-haven buying amid concerns over a possible prolonged Iran conflict. The greenback slightly pared its gains to stand at 158.89-89 yen

Tokyo, March 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi indicated Thursday that she intends to retain Education Minister Yohei Matsumoto in his post despite a reported extramarital affair. “I asked him to assume (the post), as a specialist in educational administration,” Takaichi

Tokyo, March 12 (Jiji Press)–A Jiji Press opinion poll for March on Thursday showed that 75.1 pct of respondents disapprove of the ongoing U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran. Meanwhile, 7.0 pct supported the attacks, and 17.8 pct did not take sides. Some experts

Tokyo, March 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Honda Motor Co. said Thursday that it expects to post a consolidated net loss of 420 billion to 690 billion yen in fiscal 2025 ending this month. The automaker revised down its estimate from a net profit

Tokyo, March 12 (Jiji Press)–PayPay Corp., a Japanese online payment company under SoftBank Group Corp., said Thursday that its initial public offering price for its U.S. Nasdaq stock market debut has been set at 16 dollars per share. Trading in PayPay will

Tokyo, March 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reiterated Thursday that she aims to have the Diet, the country’s parliament, pass the government’s fiscal 2026 budget bill by March 31, the end of fiscal 2025. “We are not considering new budgetary

Tokyo, March 12 (Jiji Press)–The public approval rate for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet dropped 4.5 percentage points from the previous month to 59.3 pct in March, a Jiji Press survey showed Thursday. The fall followed the revelation that Takaichi, who

Tokyo, March 12 (Jiji Press)–Business sentiment among major Japanese companies in January-March was positive for the third straight quarter, a government survey showed Thursday. The business survey index for companies with capital of 1 billion yen or more stood at plus 4.4,