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Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japan logged a customs-cleared trade deficit of 1,105.6 billion yen in August, marking the fourth consecutive month of red ink, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report Wednesday. The figure was nearly four times larger than the

Washington, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japanese and U.S. lawmakers Tuesday agreed that deterring China is important to prevent a contingency involving Taiwan. The view was shared at a meeting in Washington between a pro-Taiwan group of lawmakers from Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party

Brussels, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. and seven other major automobile and energy companies said Tuesday that they will work together to help spread large trucks that run on hydrogen in Europe. The eight will collaborate in a wide range

Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, launched a reshuffled leadership team of the party on Wednesday. She kept key officials, including LDP Vice President Taro Aso, 85, and Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki,

Washington, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that the U.S. side spent a “nominal amount” in its joint currency market intervention with Japan in July to rectify the yen’s rapid weakening against the dollar. In a testimony before

Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)–The average retail price of pork loin in Japan in September came to 293 yen per 100 grams, hitting the highest level since the survey started in August 2003, the agriculture ministry has said. Prices of a pack

Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government in July set a target of replacing up to five nuclear reactors by the 2040s and as many as 14 by the 2050s. In revising its nuclear energy policy guidelines, the government presented specific numerical

Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, launched a reshuffled leadership team of the party on Wednesday. She kept key officials, including LDP Vice President Taro Aso, 85, and Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki,

Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)–Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Eisuke Mori, speaker of Japan’s House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, discussed energy support for Ukraine at their meeting in Kyiv on Tuesday, the presidential office said. Zelenskyy expressed gratitude for

Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)–Growth in the prices of residential and commercial land around semiconductor plants in Japan as of July 1 decelerated from a year before, data from the land ministry have shown. Apparently behind the slower growth are factors such