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Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government and ruling parties have begun discussions on correcting what they say is an imbalance in tax revenues favoring Tokyo, which has led to widening regional disparities in administrative services, it was learned Thursday. They are considering

Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s rice price outlook index fell 7 points from the previous month to 32 in November, an organization comprising the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations, or Zen-Noh, and others said Thursday. The result reflects increased rice harvests

Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–Robots equipped with cutting-edge technologies that perform duties on behalf of humans at workplaces and disaster-hit sites are on display at the 2025 International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo. At the exhibition, which kicked off at Tokyo Big Sight

Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–The yield on the most recent issue of 10-year Japanese government bonds, regarded as the country’s benchmark long-term interest rate, rose to 1.935 pct, the highest level in about 18 and a half years, in Tokyo interdealer trading

Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Thursday began the sixth round for fiscal 2025 of the release into the sea of treated water from its disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. In the

Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–The suspension of pork imports from Spain due to African swine fever outbreaks in the country has raised concerns about the supply of ham, bacon and other pork products in Japan. With nearly 70 pct of Japan’s total

Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–A federation of labor unions from small and midsize companies in Japan’s machinery and metal sectors said Thursday that it will request a pay scale hike of at least 17,000 yen per month in next year’s “shunto” spring

Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–The yield on the most recent issue of 10-year Japanese government bonds rose above 1.9 pct to hit the highest level in about 18 and a half years in Tokyo interdealer trading Thursday morning. The 10-year JGB yield,

Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Diet on Wednesday started deliberations on three bills related to reform of political donations from companies and other organizations, at the political reform special committee of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the parliament. The

Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police served an arrest warrant on a 17-year-old boy on Thursday for allegedly carrying out a cyberattack on the operator of the Kaikatsu Club internet cafe chain. The Metropolitan Police Department charged the second-year high school student