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Tokyo, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)–A bill related to a cut in the number of seats in Japan’s House of Representatives is unlikely to be enacted during the ongoing extraordinary session of the Diet, or parliament, which ends Wednesday. While senior officials of

Tokyo, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)–The Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers’ Unions compiled a draft proposal on Friday to seek a monthly pay scale hike of at least 12,000 yen in next year’s “shunto” spring wage negotiations. JAW, which consists of labor unions

(Adnkronos) – European nations wants an end to the devastating war in Ukraine that began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022, but they “must be part of” any peace settlement, Italy said on Friday.  “We want to work

Tokyo, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)–Nippon Steel Corp. plans to invest 6 trillion yen in facilities and business in fiscal 2026-2030, including in United States Steel Corp., which was acquired by the Japanese steelmaker in June, according to its new management plan released

Kyoto, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)–Early cancer genomic panel testing aimed at detecting genetic changes in cancer cells significantly increases patients’ chances of receiving effective therapies and reduces mortality risk, according to a study released recently by Kyoto University Hospital. One in four

Tokyo, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan is likely to raise its policy interest rate to around 0.75 pct from around 0.5 pct at present at its next monetary policy meeting scheduled next week, Jiji Press learned Friday. It will be

Kyoto, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)–“Kuma,” meaning bear, was picked Friday as the kanji character of the year in Japan, amid a series of wild bear attacks across the country. It was the first time that kuma has been selected as the kanji

Osaka, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fair Trade Commission on Friday urged Osaka-based logistics business Senko Co. to prevent any recurrence of its practices that allegedly violated the subcontract law. The FTC found that the core unit of Senko Group Holdings Co. requested

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani, who leads Italy’s conservative Forza Italia party, is holding talks in Heidelberg, Germany, on Friday with Chancellor Friedrich Merz and European People’s Party president Manfred Weber on ways to boost European innovation.  The talks are taking

Tokyo, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan is set to raise its policy interest rate from the current 0.5 pct to 0.75 pct at the next monetary policy meeting, Jiji Press learned Friday. It will be the BOJ’s first rate hike