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Tokyo, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)–An advisory panel of outside experts established by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, has published a report calling on the organization to aim for a wage hike of more than 5 pct in next year’s “shunto”

Tokyo, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Justice Ministry has begun requiring all prison officers to display newly assigned six-digit identification numbers on their uniforms, to prevent the mistreatment of inmates, such as the use of violence. Under the measure, ID numbers are issued

Washington, Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)–The U.S. government has invoked “golden share authority” to block United States Steel Corp. from shutting down a plant in Illinois, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. It is the first time that the exercise of the authority

Tokyo, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)–Nanako Fujii won bronze in the women’s 20-kilometer race walk Saturday at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, setting a new Japanese record time of 1:26:18. The 26-year-old became the first Japanese woman to capture a medal

Tokyo, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)–Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi officially announced his decision Saturday to run in the Oct. 4 leadership election at Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Unveiling his candidacy at a press conference in Tokyo, Koizumi, 44, said that he will

Tokyo, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)–Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi officially announced his decision Saturday to run in the Oct. 4 leadership election at Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Unveiling his candidacy at a press conference in Tokyo, Koizumi, 44, said that if he

Tokyo, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)–Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi officially announced his decision Saturday to run in the Oct. 4 leadership election at Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Unveiling his candidacy at a press conference in Tokyo, Koizumi, 44, said that he will

Tokyo, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. has said that it will additionally invest about 135 billion yen in Jefferies Financial Group Inc. of the United States. Sumitomo Mitsui’s equity stake in Jefferies will rise to up to 20

Tokyo, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)–With Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party set to hold its presidential election on Oct. 4, attention is being paid to which candidate former prime ministers Taro Aso and Fumio Kishida will back in the race. As Aso and

Tokyo, Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japan will not recognize Palestinian statehood for the time being, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said at a press conference Friday. Earlier in the day, he held telephone talks with the foreign ministers of the United States, Israel and