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Tokyo, Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)–Retail regular gasoline prices in Japan fell below 160 yen per liter as of Monday for the first time since September 2021 thanks to government subsidies, the industry ministry said Wednesday. The average price at the pump was

Tokyo, Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)–The number of foreign visitors to Japan in January-November is estimated to have totaled 39,065,600, already exceeding the annual record high of 36.87 million marked last year, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday. The 11-month figure grew

Koshigaya, Saitama Pref., Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)–Princess Aiko, daughter of Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, hosted a duck-netting reception for foreign diplomats on Wednesday. The princess welcomed guests from Mexico and 15 other countries, including ambassadors and their spouses, to the

Tokyo, Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)–Mizuho Financial Group Inc. said Wednesday that it will acquire Indian investment bank Avendus Capital Private Ltd. for a maximum of around 47 billion Indian rupees to strengthen its operations in the growing Indian capital market. Mizuho Securities

Tokyo, Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Ministry of Finance disclosed Wednesday a fifth set of documents related to a dubious land sale to Moritomo Gakuen to the widow of a MOF regional official who committed suicide after being ordered to tamper with official

Tokyo, Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will hold the first summit meeting with five Central Asian countries in Tokyo for two days from Friday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara announced Wednesday. Through the meeting with her counterparts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan,

Tokyo, Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, concluded its 58-day extraordinary session Wednesday after passing a fiscal 2025 supplementary budget and legislation to abolish the provisional gasoline tax surcharge. The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation

Tokyo, Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, aborted the launch of an H3 rocket on Wednesday after detecting a ground equipment anomaly. According to JAXA, the launch was halted just before the rocket’s scheduled liftoff at 11:11 a.m.

Osaka, Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)–Victims of an arson attack on a psychosomatic clinic in Osaka were remembered on Wednesday, the fourth anniversary of the 2021 incident that killed 26 people including clinic head Kotaro Nishizawa, then 49. In front of the building

Tokyo, Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in October rose 7.0 pct from the previous month, up for the second consecutive month, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday. Private-sector orders excluding those for ships and power equipment, closely watched as