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Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to visit Johannesburg, South Africa, from Nov. 21 to attend a Group of 20 summit for the first time. At the two-day meeting from Nov. 22, leaders of the G-20 emerging

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may not step into the ring during a closing ceremony of a grand sumo tournament, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara indicated on Tuesday. “The prime minister wishes to respect sumo tradition and culture,”

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. said Tuesday its consolidated net profit jumped 2.9-fold from a year earlier to 2,924 billion yen for the six months through September, marking a record high for a fiscal first half. The surge was

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–The award ceremony for this year’s autumn Grand Cordon honors was held at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday, with Emperor Naruhito conferring medals on 14 recipients in attendance, including three foreigners. The ceremony took place in

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai, who starred in movies including “Ningen no Joken” (The Human Condition) and “Kagemusha” (The Shadow Warrior), died of pneumonia on Saturday, it was learned Tuesday. He was 92. Born in Tokyo, Nakadai, whose real

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government Tuesday decided to cut the salaries of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and other cabinet ministers as part of reforms to reduce politicians’ privileges. At a meeting of related ministers, the government decided to stop paying

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may not step into the ring during a closing ceremony of a grand sumo tournament, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara indicated on Tuesday. “The prime minister wishes to respect tradition and culture,” Kihara

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–Subaru Corp. plans to revise its plan to invest 1.5 trillion yen in electric vehicles to allocate some of the funds to the development and production of gasoline and hybrid vehicles. The move comes as a U.S. policy

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday conducted on-site inspections of the transportation bureau of the Tokyo metropolitan government and six construction firms for alleged bid-rigging, people familiar with the matter told Jiji Press. The firms are suspected

Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government adopted a bill Tuesday that will extend the terms of volunteer probation officers from two years to three years. The draft revision to the volunteer probation officers law is aimed at helping secure people who