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Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday that her government will support domestic production of next-generation semiconductors. Government aid for Rapidus Corp., which aims to mass-produce cutting-edge chips domestically, “will be the cornerstone of crisis management investment,” Takaichi

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held a study session at the prime minister’s official residence from around 3 a.m. Friday to prepare for questions in her first parliamentary budget committee meeting as prime minister later that day. Although

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday instructed a government panel to start a study to revise the economic security promotion law. The revision would make it easier for Japan to support port development and other projects overseas

Niigata, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–A majority of people living in four cities near Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in central Japan are opposed to the planned restart of the facility, according to a survey by the Niigata

Seoul/Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan on Friday, according to the South Korean military. What appears to be the ballistic missile is believed to have fallen into waters outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone,

Nagoya, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Police have arrested an elementary school teacher in the western Japan prefecture of Okayama, marking the seventh and final arrest in a group of teachers who shared voyeuristic videos of schoolgirls on social media. Arrested by the prefectural

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government decided Friday to extend the deployment of Self-Defense Forces personnel in the Middle East for one year to deal with issues including maritime piracy. It extended the SDF’s antipiracy mission in the Gulf of Aden

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly fell more than 1,100 points on Friday morning, dragged down by selling of shares related to semiconductors and artificial intelligence, following overnight falls in U.S. equities. At 10:36 a.m., the Nikkei

Tokyo, Nov. 7 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is considering appointing Masazumi Wakatabe, who served as Bank of Japan deputy governor when then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promoted his “Abenomics” reflationary policy mix, as a private member of the Council on Economic and

(Adnkronos) – China, a key export market, is expanding “rapidly” and institutions and businesses must grasp the “significant” opportunities it offers to propel Italy’s economic growth, foreign undersecretary Maria Tripodi said on Thursday.  “The growth opportunities in a rapidly expanding and highly