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Tokyo, Dec. 30 (Jiji Press)–A former police official apologized Tuesday over the December 2000 murder of a family of four in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward as the perpetrator in the crime has not been captured yet. “Twenty-five years have passed (with the case

Tokyo, Dec. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese soccer legend Kazuyoshi Miura, 58, will join Fukushima United in the third division of the Japan Professional Football League, or J. League, the club said Tuesday. Miura, a former Japan international striker known as “King Kazu,” will

Tokyo, Dec. 30 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese Communist Party leader Tetsuzo Fuwa died of acute cardiac failure at a Tokyo hospital on Tuesday. He was 95. Known as one of the party’s “theoretical pillars,” Fuwa established a “realistic and flexible” approach for the

Tokyo, Dec. 30 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese nonprofit organization is calling for consumers to choose emergency portable toilets that meet its quality standards. The standards set by Japan Toilet Labo call for a portable toilet structure that prevents leakage and breakage, along with

Tokyo, Dec. 30 (Jiji Press)–The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average closed above 50,000 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, the final market day of 2025, marking its highest year-end finish. The Nikkei shed 187.44 points, or 0.37 pct, from Monday to

Tokyo, Dec. 30 (Jiji Press)–The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average closed above 50,000 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, the final market day of 2025, marking its highest year-end finish. On the day, the Nikkei shed 187.44 points, or 0.37 pct,

Tokyo, Dec. 30 (Jiji Press)–Yomeishu Seizo Co. has granted U.S. investment fund KKR preferential negotiation rights to take the company private, officials at the Japanese herbal health tonic maker said Tuesday. KKR plans to acquire Yomeishu Seizo shares through a tender offer,

Tokyo, Dec. 30 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese federation of labor unions at small and midsize machinery and metal makers will highlight the plight of workers in next spring’s “shunto” annual wage negotiations with the management, its leader, Katahiro Yasukochi, has said. “We’ll show

Silicon Valley, Dec. 29 (Jiji Press)–A 26-year-old Japanese tourist has died in the Island of Hawaii after jumping from a cliff into the ocean in the southern part of the island, according to local police. The tourist has been identified as Kan