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Tokyo, Dec. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s 10 major power utilities Thursday announced plans to lower their electricity rates by over 1,000 yen for a standard household next January, thanks to a resumption of government subsidies to cushion the impact of inflation. The fee

Tokyo, Dec. 25 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is set to adopt on Friday a fiscal 2026 initial budget bill that features a record-high 122.3 trillion yen in general-account spending. The expenditures are set to exceed the previous record of 115,197.8 billion yen

Tokyo, Dec. 25 (Jiji Press)–Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda expressed confidence on Thursday that the country’s underlying inflation is steadily approaching the central bank’s 2 pct target. “The achievement of the 2 pct price stability target, accompanied by wage increases, is

Tokyo, Dec. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Thursday that she is seeking to visit the United States early next year to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump. “We’re currently arranging (the visit) to meet (with Trump) as soon as

Tokyo, Dec. 25 (Jiji Press)–A Tokyo-based advertising company called Solarie, its president, Reika Kuroki, who is also a social media influencer, and two other individuls, are suspected of evading 157 million yen in corporate and other taxes, informed sources said Thursday. The

Tokyo, Dec. 25 (Jiji Press)–The death a decade ago of Matsuri Takahashi, a 24-year-old rookie employee of Japanese ad giant Dentsu Inc., who committed suicide due to overwork, accelerated discussions on reforms of working practices in Japan. The incident led to the

Japan Department Stores Association Dec. 25 Yr/Yr Change Total 155,861 M. Yen Down 0.1 pct Clothing 42,285 Up 0.2 Personal Articles 25,023 Down 4.1 Sundry Goods 36,299 Up 4.5 Household Goods 5,679 Down 5.0 Foodstuffs 39,983 Down 0.2 Note: Year-on-year changes are

Japan Department Stores Association Dec. 25 Yr/Yr Change Total 521,408 M. Yen Up 0.9 pct Clothing 145,417 Up 1.5 Personal Articles 81,474 Down 2.0 Sundry Goods 109,903 Up 4.2 Household Goods 16,471 Down 4.3 Foodstuffs 142,396 Up 0.5 Note: Year-on-year changes are

Shonai, Yamagata Pref., Dec. 25 (Jiji Press)–Bereaved people and others Thursday gathered to remember the victims of a train derailment accident that occurred in Shonai, Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, 20 years ago. Yoichi Kise, president of East Japan Railway Co., or JR

Mito, Ibaraki Pref., Dec. 25 (Jiji Press)–The Ibaraki prefectural government said Thursday that it has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm, the first such case in the eastern Japan prefecture this season. The outbreak in the