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Tokyo, June 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly gave up over 3,100 points on Monday morning, reflecting a drop in the U.S. market late last week. At 10:31 a.m., the index of 225 selected issues listed on the Tokyo

Tokyo, June 8 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Meteorological Agency on Monday issued a tsunami advisory for a wide stretch of Japan’s Pacific coast from Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, to the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. According to the advisory issued at 9:05 a.m., tsunamis

Tokyo, June 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly gave up over 2,600 points on Monday morning, reflecting a drop in the U.S. market late last week. At 9:19 a.m., the index of 225 selected issues listed on the Tokyo

Tokyo, June 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s gross domestic product in January-March grew an annualized 1.8 pct from the previous quarter after price and seasonal adjustment, the Cabinet Office said in a revised report Monday. The growth was smaller than the 2.1 pct rise

Tokyo, June 8 (Jiji Press)–Following an October 2025 revision to Japan’s “furusato nozei” hometown donation program, which offers tax breaks to donors, the internal affairs ministry is seeking to discourage donors from focusing too much on “good deals” offered through generous return

Seoul, June 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force and the South Korean navy conducted their first search and rescue exercise in over eight years on Sunday. The two sides began holding the joint exercise in 1999. It previously took place in December

Shizuoka, June 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force held a large-scale live-fire exercise at the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Shizuoka Prefecture on Sunday, showcasing a Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile launcher to the public for the first time. The Type-25 HVGP missile

Tokyo, June 7 (Jiji Press)–Several unpublished documents for anime works by Japanese manga legend Osamu Tezuka are still kept at Tezuka Productions Co., Jiji Press learned Sunday. The materials include original drawings, storyboards, and character designs created by Tezuka. They were not

Tokyo, June 7 (Jiji Press)–Komeito, a Japanese opposition party, is considering announcing its merger into the Centrist Reform Alliance in July, sources familiar with the situation have told Jiji Press. Komeito is planning to make a formal decision at a party convention

Tokyo, June 7 (Jiji Press)–The final decision on whether to reduce Japan’s consumption tax rate on food to zero pct or 1 pct will be left to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, an executive of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party suggested on Sunday.