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Tokyo, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–Asahi Breweries Ltd. said Thursday that its sales dropped by nearly 10 pct in October from a year earlier, after parent Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. was hit by a cyberattack on Sept. 29 that caused a computer system

Tokyo, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s producer prices in October rose 2.7 pct from a year earlier, reflecting higher prices for food and copper, the Bank of Japan said Thursday. The producer price index, which measures the cost of goods traded between businesses,

Shizuoka, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police on Thursday sent public prosecutors papers on actor Ryoko Hirosue, 45, for alleged negligent driving resulting in injury in a car accident on an expressway in April. Her car rear-ended a large trailer truck in a

Kyoto, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–The Kyoto prefectural police department on Thursday arrested a 61-year-old former officer of the police department in the western Japan prefecture and a woman on suspicion of defrauding an elderly dementia patient out of her bank card and

Akita/Takizawa, Iwate Pref., Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police deployed teams of officers to the country’s northeast on Thursday to cull bears to protect locals amid a wave of attacks. The police have revised rules to enable officers to use rifles to kill

Tokyo, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi has pledged to continue supporting Ukraine’s reconstruction in cooperation with the international community, including the framework of the Group of Seven major powers. Also at a 20-minute meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii

Tome-Acu, Brazil, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–An agricultural method in the Amazon rainforest region spread by Japanese immigrants in northern Brazil has attracted attention as a way of preventing global warming. Teeming with rich biodiversity, the Amazon rainforest is known as “the lungs

Paris, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Tottori Governor Shinji Hirai promoted sake and folk crafts from his western Japan prefecture in Paris over two days through Wednesday. The visit to the French capital was arranged based on Hirai’s wish for his prefecture to deepen

Incheon, South Korea, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese and South Korean governors have affirmed the importance of working together in addressing an array of issues of mutual concern. At a joint meeting of Japan’s National Governors’ Association and the Governors Association of the

Tokyo, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party), have agreed to reach a conclusion by year-end on a proposed hike in patients’ out-of-pocket expenses for prescription medicines similar to over-the-counter