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Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–New Japanese Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Tatsunori Ibayashi on Wednesday pledged to respond to heavy rain and other natural disasters with a sense of urgency. Disaster response is an “urgent issue,” Ibayashi said in an interview

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Wednesday found that human voices are subject to protection under publicity rights, which allow celebrities to monopolize the commercial value derived from their names and portraits. The court ruled on the first lawsuit in

Mito, Ibaraki Pref., Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 20 years in prison for stalking and murdering his former girlfriend in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, in December. During earlier hearings, both prosecutors and the

Kyoto, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Nidec Corp. suffered a consolidated net loss of 564.6 billion yen in fiscal 2025, which ended in March this year, the scandal-hit major Japanese motor maker’s securities report showed Wednesday. The red ink came as the Nidec group

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–The U.S. military is planning to bring a Typhon mobile intermediate-range missile launcher to its Kadena Air Base in Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa as early as mid-October for storage there. The Japanese Defense Ministry is seeking understanding

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Toys “R” Us plans to stop operating stores in Japan, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. Toys “R” Us-Japan Ltd., based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, currently runs a total of some 150 Toys “R” Us

Kyoto, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese motor manufacturer Nidec Corp. is considering the sale of its electronic component subsidiary, Nidec Components Corp., informed sources said Wednesday. The parent company is in talks with U.S. investment fund Carlyle over a deal expected to

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–The number of food items in Japan whose prices have been raised or are set to be raised this year stands at 20,187, surpassing 20,000 for two years in a row, a survey by Teikoku Databank Ltd. showed

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese trader Mitsubishi Corp. has decided to invest about 500 billion yen in expanding the production capacity of a liquefied natural gas project in western Canada. According to the decision announced Tuesday, the LNG Canada project will

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese opposition party Komeito decided Wednesday to appoint former party policy chief Mitsunari Okamoto as its new leader. Okamoto, 61, will assume the post at a party convention on Saturday, in line with the expiration of the term