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Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has urged the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, of which he was a member lawmaker, to make sure that its promises with its new coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, are implemented without

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, held a meeting of their leaders on Tuesday, effectively marking the start of this year’s “shunto” spring wage talks. At the meeting in Tokyo,

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Financial Services Agency plans to inspect Prudential Life Insurance Co. after the company said over 100 current and former employees had scammed some 500 clients out of about 3.1 billion yen, people familiar with the matter said

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–The 12-day campaign period for the Feb. 8 election for Japan’s House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, began Tuesday. This is the first general election since the formation of the coalition

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–The last remaining giant pandas in Japan, Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei of Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo, departed for China on Tuesday afternoon in a move that will leave Japan with no giant pandas for the first time in

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested the 40-year-old leader of Natural, one of the largest illegal sex worker scouting groups in Japan, for allegedly making a payment to gangsters in 2023. Hiroaki Obata, arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department on

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–The 12-day campaign period for the Feb. 8 election for Japan’s House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, began Tuesday. This is the first general election since the formation of the coalition

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese teacher has died after being struck by wind generated by a U.S. military helicopter at an elementary school located within a base in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa, according to the U.S. Air

(Adnkronos) – New closure for the Louvre, the most visited museum in the world, which today did not open its doors to visitors due to an employee strike. This is the third day of closure in January. Employees are demanding better working

(Adnkronos) – After the killing of Alex Pretti on Saturday in Minneapolis by Ice, Democrats announced that they intend to block the approval of the budget bill for the Department of Security, containing 10 billion for Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant police. “What is