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Tokyo, Nov. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s welfare ministry is considering a new support measure for childbirth to replace the existing lump-sum allowance, officials said. The ministry will explore the possibility of establishing a new allowance program under public medical insurance to make childbirth

Tokyo, Nov. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s new digital transformation minister Hisashi Matsumoto has called for a national debate on the utilization of medical data for drug development. “Japan could secure huge national interest by improving its ability to develop drugs,” Matsumoto said in

Anan, Tokushima Pref., Nov. 4 (Jiji Press)–As the number of fatalities from bear attacks in Japan rises to a record high this fiscal year, a company, based in Anan, Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, has developed a bear repellent spray in the hope

New Delhi, Nov. 4 (Jiji Press)–India can become a hub for international shipping, serving as a base for exports to Africa and the Middle East, Yutaka Ikeda, managing director of Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.’s Indian arm, said in a

Japan Automobile Dealers Association Nov. 4 Yr/Yr Change Total 247,883 units Down 4.3 pct Over-2,000-c.c. Cars 141,251 Down 8.4 Smaller Cars 73,203 Down 5.3 Trucks 32,737 Up 21.9 Buses 692 Down 13.5 -Brand- Daihatsu 2,180 Down 24.5 Honda 28,634 Down 2.3 Lexus

Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association Nov. 4 Yr/Yr Change Total 147,306 units Up 2.9 pct Passenger Cars 113,895 Up 7.2 Trucks 33,411 Down 9.6 -Brand- Suzuki 46,734 Down 4.8 Daihatsu 57,817 Up 30.2 Mitsubishi 4,449 Down 27.4 Subaru 1,399 Up

Tokyo, Nov. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday that her government will draw up a new growth strategy next summer. The government launched a new council comprising experts the same day to accelerate discussions on the strategy, focusing investment

Futaba, Fukushima Pref., Nov. 4 (Jiji Press)–A Fukushima Prefecture town in northeastern Japan eased entry restrictions Tuesday in some areas within the so-called difficult-to-return zone, heavily contaminated due to the 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. The relaxed

Tokyo, Nov. 4 (Jiji Press)–Tensions are rising in the Diet, Japan’s parliament, over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s pick of scandal-mired lawmaker Kei Sato of the House of Councillors, the upper Diet chamber, as deputy chief cabinet secretary. Opposition parties object to Sato

Niigata, Nov. 4 (Jiji Press)–The prefectural government of Niigata, central Japan, said Tuesday that it has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm in the city of Tainai. It marks the third bird flu outbreak confirmed at