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Paris, April 9 (Jiji Press)–Films by three Japanese directors–Hirokazu Koreeda, Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Koji Fukada–are in competition for the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, to be held in May in southern France, organizers said Thursday. It is rare for

Tokyo, April 9 (Jiji Press)–Fast Retailing Co., the operator of Uniqlo and other casual clothing stores, on Thursday reported record-high sales and net profit for September-February. For the first half of the business year through August, the company’s consolidated sales increased 14.8

Tokyo, April 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Omani counterpart, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, agreed Thursday to closely cooperate to ensure the safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz. In their 20-minute telephone talks, Motegi

Tokyo, April 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government plans to begin another round of state oil reserve releases amid lingering uncertainty over the Middle East, it was learned Thursday. The government determined that an additional release is necessary to ensure stable oil supplies

Tokyo, April 9 (Jiji Press)–Consumer sentiment in Japan declined in March, down for the first time in three months, amid growing tensions over Iran, a Cabinet Office survey showed on Thursday. The seasonally adjusted consumer confidence index, which measures sentiment among households

Tokyo, April 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday avoided clarifying whether Japan will participate in the November meeting of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Meeting with Takaichi at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo,

Tokyo, April 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Sumo Association decided Thursday to demote former yokozuna grand champion Terunofuji, now stablemaster Isegahama, and cut his pay by 10 pct for three months over his violence toward a wrestler in his stable. At the day’s

Tokyo, April 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan and eight other nations have called for peace in Lebanon in light of Israel’s continued attacks on the Middle Eastern country despite a two-week ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran. “We call upon all sides

Tokyo, April 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is set to delay the submission to the Diet, or parliament, of a bill aimed at amending the country’s retrial system, initially scheduled for this week. The move came as the government sees the need

Tokyo, April 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling parties on Thursday proposed establishing a constitutional amendment drafting committee soon within the Commission on the Constitution in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament. At the first debate of