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Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s two major air carriers saw their profits fall for April-June amid soaring aviation fuel prices due to tensions in the Middle East, although both posted record-high sales, according to their latest earnings reports. ANA Holdings Inc., the

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–Seismic activity along the Hinagu fault zone remains elevated a week after a powerful earthquake hit Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, leading the Meteorological Agency to warn of possible strong shaking and tsunami waves. Five quakes measuring lower 5

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday virtually approved Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s plan to lower the consumption tax rate on food from 8 pct to 1 pct for two years from next April. The LDP’s tax system

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is considering concluding an economic partnership agreement with Ecuador, officials said Monday. Japan expects an EPA with Ecuador, rich in crude oil and natural gas, to help strengthen supply chains as the war in the

Seoul, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–The proportion of people in South Korea who have a good impression of Japan rose 1.9 percentage points to 54.3 pct in 2026 from the previous year, a survey by East Asia Institute, a think tank in South

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–“Furusato nozei” hometown donations to earthquake-hit municipalities in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto have exceeded 730 million yen, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Monday. This figure represents the total amount of donations made through four major

Saitama, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–A Vietnamese national in his 30s has made a statement suggesting he killed a 91-year-old woman of Iruma, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, according to investigative sources. Acting on the man’s statement, the Saitama prefectural police searched a forested

Hikawa, Kumamoto Pref., Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–Authorities in Hikawa, a town in Kumamoto Prefecture, on Monday started accepting disaster waste, following a massive earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture on Tuesday. Residents formed a long line of cars to dispose of

Hikawa, Kumamoto Pref., Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday visited Kumamoto Prefecture for the first time since the southwestern prefecture was hit by a major earthquake Tuesday. After arriving, she boarded a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter and inspected

Tokyo, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)–The dollar plummeted briefly below 155.50 yen for the first time in roughly three months in Tokyo trading Monday, after Japanese and U.S. authorities intervened to buy the Japanese currency in concerted action Friday, U.S. Eastern time. The