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Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling parties started discussions on Monday to ease the country’s restrictions on exports of defense equipment. The Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party, also known as Nippon Ishin no Kai, agreed to abolish existing rules

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, decided Tuesday to appoint IBM Japan Ltd. General Manager and President Akio Yamaguchi as its new chairman. Yamaguchi, 61, will assume the post, which has been vacant since Takeshi

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police arrested a 39-year-old man, his wife and his common-law wife Tuesday over allegedly secretly filming his sexual intercourse with another woman in her 20s and posting the footage on a video-sharing site. The man, Yohei Ono,

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)–The current session of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, is expected to end on Wednesday as scheduled, as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is now negative about an extension. The LDP thinks that even if the Diet session is

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)–The number of cases of groundwater use apparently by foreign individuals or entities totaled 49 in one prefecture and 11 municipalities in Japan as of October, a government survey showed Tuesday. The total included two planned cases. The

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s industry ministry plans to establish a system under which municipalities certify businesses in depopulated areas that provide essential services vital to daily life, such as medical and nursing care, and retail, it was learned Tuesday. With the

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japan will improve its weather advisory and warning system by creating a new category applied in the event of Level 4 emergencies for which municipalities issue evacuation orders, the government said Tuesday. The Japan Meteorological Agency and the

(The fifth paragraph should have read, “…were confirmed…,” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) China Largest Foreign Buyers of Land near Japan Security Areas Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)–Chinese individuals and entities accounted for the largest share of non-Japanese buyers

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government plans to require new owners to provide nationality information when registering real estate, Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi said Tuesday. The nationality information will be used to analyze foreign acquisitions of land and buildings in Japan.

Osaka, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)–Four years after a deadly arson attack on a psychosomatic clinic in the western Japan city of Osaka, the sister of the clinic’s then 49-year-old director is helping rehabilitate inmates, as well as people suffering from drug addiction.