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Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government and ruling parties are considering scrapping as early as next spring a defense equipment transfer rule that limits exports to five types of defense equipment, such as rescue and transport gear, informed sources said Thursday.

Oita, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–The massive fire in the city of Oita in southwestern Japan had been fully contained, the city government declared on Thursday, the 17th day of the disaster. “We appreciate the efforts of various people to extinguish the fire,”

Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan is reviewing the level of the so-called neutral interest rate, which neither stimulates nor cools the economy, informed sources told Jiji Press on Thursday. The central bank estimates that Japan’s neutral interest rate currently

Tomari, Hokkaido, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki on Thursday inspected Hokkaido Electric Power Co.’s Tomari nuclear plant, ahead of his final decision on whether to approve the planned restart of the No. 3 reactor at the plant in the northernmost

Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–Senior foreign and defense officials of Japan and Vietnam on Thursday agreed to flesh out cooperation in the field of security to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific region. At their first vice minister-class “two-plus-two” meeting covering the

Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–Aozora Bank plans to strengthen cooperation with regional banks, such as on syndicated loans, to expand its investment banking business, its president, Hideto Oomi, said in a recent interview. “Finding business partners is important,” Oomi said at a

Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–Bain Capital is “actively discussing” possible business acquisitions to boost the corporate value of York Holdings Co., which the U.S. investment firm acquired from Seven & i Holdings Co. in September, Naofumi Nishi, a partner of Bain Capital,

Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government and ruling coalition are considering introducing a system designed to increase the annual automobile tax according to the weight of electric vehicles, for which the minimum rate is currently applied, informed sources said Thursday. The measure

Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–Tetsuya Yamagami, charged with the 2022 murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, apologized to the bereaved family for the first time at Nara District Court on Thursday. At the 14th court hearing of his lay judge trial,

Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan plans to introduce a ban with penalties on implanting a genome-edited fertilized human egg into the womb of a human or another animal amid concerns over “designer babies.” A Japanese government expert panel broadly approved a proposal,