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Tokyo, Nov. 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s convenience store sector is undergoing a major shift, as store expansion slows amid limited room for rapid expansion at home and inbound tourism increasingly drives consumption. Lawson Inc. aims to lift earnings by boosting store productivity through

Tokyo, Nov. 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s gross domestic product in July-September shrank at an annualized rate of 1.8 pct after price and seasonal adjustment, contracting for the first time in six quarters, the Cabinet Office said in a preliminary report Monday. The reading

Beijing, Nov. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese private think tank Genron NPO has put off the announcement of the results of a Japan-China joint opinion poll, previously set for Monday, officials said Sunday. According to Genron NPO, its partner in the joint survey, the

Seoul, Nov. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese and South Korean nonpartisan groups of lawmakers for bilateral friendship Sunday agreed to boost their countries’ cooperation to a new height in all areas including politics, economy, society and culture. In a statement adopted at their joint

Tokyo, Nov. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has drawn the ire of China by indicating the possibility that the Self-Defense Forces may be mobilized even without a direct attack on Japan in a possible Taiwan contingency. Attending a question-and-answer session

Tokyo, Nov. 16 (Jiji Press)–A Jiji Press survey of researchers on Japan’s retrial system has found that all 19 respondents support a proposed ban on prosecutors’ appeals against decisions to initiate retrials. The 19 are among the 24 researchers on whom Jiji

Beijing, Nov. 16 (Jiji Press)–China’s Education Ministry on Sunday issued a notice urging the country’s citizens to think carefully if they plan to study in Japan. The action is believed to be another retaliatory measure against Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent

Tokyo, Nov. 16 (Jiji Press)–A U.N. Human Rights Council group added 12 missing Japanese people not officially recognized as victims of North Korea’s abductions to a list compiled to urge Pyongyang to confirm their safety, sources have said. “I hope the Japanese

Tokyo, Nov. 16 (Jiji Press)–A woman in her 40s was wounded in a knife attack by a man in Tokyo’s busy Akasaka district Sunday morning, sources said. Around 10:30 a.m., police received an emergency call saying that a woman had been stabbed

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Nov. 16 (Jiji Press)–Four Chinese coast guard ships sailed in Japanese waters off the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture on Sunday, the Japan Coast Guard said. The incident marked the first entry into the Japanese waters by any Chinese