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Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–The labor union at Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric Corp. plans to demand annual bonuses equivalent to 6.5 months’ salary in this year’s “shunto” spring labor-management negotiations, Jiji Press learned Friday. The planned request amount matches the record high, which

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–An advisory panel to Japan’s health minister decided Friday to allow public health insurance coverage for a gene therapy for muscular dystrophy beginning Feb. 20 and set the drug’s official price at about 304.97 million yen. Elevidys, a

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expects the Bank of Japan to raise its policy interest rate in the near future, but not this spring, Etsuro Honda, an economic adviser to the Japanese leader, has said in a recent

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will hold a meeting with Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on Monday, the government said Friday. Takaichi and Ueda are expected to exchange views on the economic and price situations, and financial

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s health ministry released on Friday the five-year survival rates of people newly diagnosed with cancer across the country in 2017 and 2018, showing that prostate cancer patients had the highest rates among those aged 15 or over.

Nagoya, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp.’s labor union decided Friday to demand pay scale and regular wage increases of 8,590-21,580 yen a month in this year’s “shunto” spring negotiations. The request amount differs depending on employee’s job type and wage grade.

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani and his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand are due to hold talks Monday at the foreign ministry in Rome, followed by a joint press conference, the ministry said in a statement.  Italy and Canada enjoy friendly ties

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese restaurant chains posted robust consolidated earnings in their financial reports released by Friday as their efforts to retain customers, such as introducing seasonal menu items amid inflation, paid off. Skylark Holdings Co.’s net profit in the

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi instructed her ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday to expedite deliberations at the upcoming special session of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, so the government’s initial budget for fiscal 2026 can pass through the Diet

Kyoto, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–A weakening of a mechanism that produces a sense of satisfaction after drinking could lead to excessive alcohol consumption, a team of Japanese and other researchers has found. The discovery by the team, including researchers from Kyoto University,