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Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)–The number of children who died from abuse in Japan in fiscal 2024 rose by 12 from the previous year to 77, an expert panel of the Children and Families Agency said Thursday. Excluding family suicide cases, the

Fukui, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan needs to raise interest rates further to “complete the normalization of monetary policy,” Kazuyuki Masu, a member of the BOJ’s Policy Board, said Thursday. Underlying inflation, which excludes temporary factors, remains below 2 pct

Tsu, Mie Pref., Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)–Public prosecutors sought a seven-year prison sentence for former truck driver Mitsuyo Mizutani on Thursday over an expressway accident that killed six people in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, in March. According to the indictment and other

Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)–Isao Harimoto, the first and only player in the history of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, or NPB, to achieve more than 3,000 career hits, died on Wednesday afternoon, it was learned Thursday. He was 86. Harimoto collected

Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)–The number of people transported by ambulance due to self-harm and suicide attempts is on an upward trend in Japan, reaching 43,631 cases in 2025, a survey showed Thursday. The survey, released on World Suicide Prevention Day, was

Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)–A total of 123 cases of ransomware attacks were confirmed in Japan in January-June, hitting the highest level on a half-year basis since the start of existing data in 2020, National Police Agency data on cyberthreats showed Thursday.

Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japanese department stores have started offering “osechi” traditional New Year’s dishes for 2027, pushing products that reflect current trends in an effort to attract young consumers. Department stores are rolling out products incorporating trends such as “Oshikatsu,” or

Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s National Police Agency said Thursday that it will deploy up to 10,000 police officers per day for security operations at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, scheduled to begin in earnest on Sept. 19. About 3,100 of the personnel

Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)–A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson has criticized Tokyo’s request to remove a new statue of a Soviet soldier destroying a stone marker bearing a chrysanthemum emblem, a symbol of Japan. Japan should not interfere in the matter, Maria

Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s National Police Agency said Thursday that it will set up an expert panel to discuss adding the security sector to the Employment for Skill Development Program for foreign workers, which will start in April 2027 to replace