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Tokyo, July 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling and opposition parties intensified their battle Thursday over a bill to create a secondary capital of the country, during talks at the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, or parliament. With the extended

Tokyo, July 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s currency authorities are struggling to halt the weakening of the yen, as their possible yen-buying market intervention would unlikely have a lasting impact. “Our stance has not changed at all,” Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Thursday morning,

(Adnkronos) – Italy and Senegal enjoy “solid” relations and want to bolster cooperation in the agricultural and food security sectors, agriculture minister Francesco Lollobrigida and Senegalese counterpart Cheikhou Oumar Ba agreeed at talks in Rome on Thursday that focused on the public-private

Tokyo, July 23 (Jiji Press)–The board of the steering committee at Japan’s House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament, decided Thursday to change the English name of the chamber to the Senate. In line with the name change, members of the

Tokyo, July 23 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Football Association said Thursday that Go Oiwa will serve as head coach of the Japanese men’s national soccer team, nicknamed Samurai Blue, from an international friendly next March, succeeding Hajime Moriyasu. Oiwa, 54, will concurrently serve

Tokyo, July 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan will continue efforts to mitigate the impact of U.S. tariffs on domestic businesses, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Thursday, marking the first anniversary of the Japan-U.S. tariff agreement. At a press conference on the day, Kihara

Naha, Okinawa Pref., July 23 (Jiji Press)–Four Chinese coast guard ships sailed in Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the city of Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Thursday. The Haijing ships crossed into the Japanese waters at a point around Uotsurijima,

Tokyo, July 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co. and smartphone payment firm PayPay Corp. are considering integrating their customer identification data, it was learned Thursday. Seven & i’s 7iD system is expected to be integrated into the PayPay

Tokyo, July 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her visiting Solomon Islands counterpart, Matthew Wale, confirmed Thursday that the two countries will strengthen their ties based on Tokyo’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision, which the Japanese leader has pledged to

Kochi, July 23 (Jiji Press)–Police in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, have arrested former professional tennis player Rika Hiraki, who won the mixed doubles title at the 1997 French Open, for her alleged involvement in a social media-based fraud case, it was learned