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Tokyo, Feb. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Friday adopted at a cabinet meeting Friday a bill to revise legislation to make high school tuition effectively free starting in the year from April. The bill will achieve this by raising the limit

Tokyo, Feb. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rewrote its record closing high for the third consecutive day on Friday, despite high technology-related issues facing strong selling pressure. The index of 225 selected issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s

Tokyo, Feb. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government said Friday that the public and private sectors have invested 267.6 billion yen in Rapidus Corp. The government supplied 100 billion yen and 32 companies 167.6 billion yen to the Tokyo-based company seeking to mass-produce

Tokyo, Feb. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Space One Co. said Friday that it will launch the No. 3 unit of its Kairos small rocket carrying artificial satellites on Sunday morning. The Tokyo-based space development startup canceled the initially scheduled rocket launch on Wednesday,

Osaka, Feb. 27 (Jiji Press)–Former yokozuna sumo grand champion Terunofuji, now stablemaster Isegahama, used violence against Hakunofuji, a stable wrestler in the makuuchi top division of professional sumo wrestling, it was learned Friday. The 34-year-old stablemaster, whose real name is Seizan Suginomori,

Tokyo, Feb. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday that she plans to obtain a consensus on a planned consumption tax exemption for food by this summer and submit related legislation to an extraordinary session of parliament seen to be

Tokyo, Feb. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s education ministry said Friday that it has approved the Institute of Science Tokyo’s 25-year plan to strengthen its research capabilities. The national institution was selected last month as the second university eligible for aid from the government’s

Osaka, Feb. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese cosmetics maker Mandom Corp. has completed a tender offer for its own shares conducted in partnership with British investment fund CVC Capital Partners. On Thursday, Mandom said that tendered shares accounted for about 72 pct of the

Tokyo, Feb. 27 (Jiji Press)–The core inflation rate for central Tokyo in February stood below 2 pct for the first time in one year and four months, the internal affairs ministry said Friday. The core consumer price index, excluding volatile perishables, for

Tokyo, Feb. 27 (Jiji Press)–The number of food and beverage items slated for price hikes in Japan in March is down 73 pct from the same month last year, a private research firm’s survey showed Friday. Prices of 684 products of 195