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Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Justice Ministry has drafted a bill to bar public prosecutors “in principle” from appealing court orders to start retrials, it was learned Thursday. The new draft was presented at a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is taking on the challenge of mining critical minerals, including rare earths, from the seabed around Minamitorishima, a Japanese remote island in the Pacific, with an eye to realize domestic rare earth production in the

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average posted a record single-day gain of about 3,300 points to hit an all-time closing high near 63,000 on Thursday, amid hopes for an early end to the U.S.-Iran conflict. The index of

Paris, May 7 (Jiji Press)–Paavo Jarvi, a world-renowned conductor from Estonia set to receive a Japanese government honor, has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a recent written interview with Jiji Press. Calling the Russian aggression “the destruction of cultural life,” Jarvi

Kyoto, May 7 (Jiji Press)–The arrested father of an 11-year-old boy who went missing in March and was found dead in Kyoto Prefecture in April may have abandoned the boy’s body near a mountain near his home soon after killing the boy,

Washington, May 6 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent plans to visit Japan from Monday through May 13 for talks with Japanese officials on foreign exchange rates and economic security, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. He is likely to meet

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s top currency diplomat said Thursday that there is no need to comment on a suspected yen-buying market intervention by Japanese authorities during the Golden Week holiday period in the country through Wednesday. “We continue to closely monitor

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)–The risk of hantavirus spreading in Japan through person-to-person transmission is low, even if infected passengers from a cruise ship linked to a recent outbreak enter the country, the health ministry said Wednesday. The ministry called on the

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)–Over 60 pct of people in Japan plan to do something for their mother or mother-in-law for Mother’s Day on Sunday, a survey by Tokyo-based research company Intage Inc. has shown. The survey, conducted online in late March,

Paris, May 6 (Jiji Press)–Trade ministers from the Group of Seven major industrialized countries indicated their readiness to take actions against economic coercion, in a joint communique adopted at their meeting in Paris on Wednesday. “We express our grave concerns regarding economic