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Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had a roughly 25-minute phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday. Takaichi is believed to have urged the Middle East country to ensure safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, a

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese stocks surged in Tokyo trading Wednesday thanks to a U.S.-Iran ceasefire deal, sending the benchmark Nikkei 225 index climbing 5.38 pct. The Nikkei index rose 2,878.86 points to 56,308.42, marking its third-largest single-day point gain and ending

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s GMO Internet Group Inc. has launched a research and development laboratory for humanoid robots at its headquarters in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward. The internet-related service provider hopes the facility, GMO Humanoid Lab, which was opened and unveiled to

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese stocks surged in Tokyo trading Wednesday thanks to a U.S.-Iran ceasefire deal, sending the benchmark Nikkei 225 index climbing 5.38 pct. The Nikkei index rose 2,878.86 points to 56,308.42, marking its third-largest single-day point gain. END [Copyright

Fukuoka, April 8 (Jiji Press)–The Fukuoka prefectural police have arrested five more people linked to Philippines-based Japanese crime ring JP Dragon after their transfer to Japan, over suspected scams and thefts. The suspects, including Miyako Iwamoto, 34, had been detained by Philippine

Seoul/Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–North Korea launched several short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Wednesday morning, according to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff. Fired from the Wonsan area in the eastern North Korean province of Kangwon, the

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government welcomes a two-week ceasefire deal between the United States and Iran as a positive move, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Wednesday. “We hope that a final (peace) deal will be made at an early

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–The number of corporate bankruptcies with debts of at least 10 million yen in Japan in fiscal 2025, which ended last month, rose 3.5 pct from the previous year to a 12-year high, Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd. said

Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan saw inflation-adjusted real wages increase 1.9 pct from a year earlier in February, the labor ministry reported Wednesday. The second straight monthly increase can be attributed to regular pay hikes and slower inflation. Before adjustment with the

Washington, April 7 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Undersecretary of State Sarah Rogers on Tuesday welcomed growing exchanges between Japanese and U.S. users of social media platform X as a microcosm of their countries’ close relationship. “Americans want to know Japan better,” Rogers said in