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Tokyo, Dec. 3 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, on Wednesday enacted a bill revising the antistalking law to prohibit the use of loss prevention tags to track stalking victims’ locations. The revised law, expected to take effect by the end of the

Tokyo, Dec. 3 (Jiji Press)–The yield on the newest issue of 10-year Japanese government bonds, regarded as the country’s benchmark long-term interest rate, reached 1.890 pct in Tokyo interdealer trading Wednesday, the highest level since mid-June 2008. JGBs came under selling pressure

Nagoya, Dec. 3 (Jiji Press)–Hiroto Fuku, a 33-year-old Japanese professional baseball pitcher, cut his hair he had grown for three years after his Chunichi Dragons of the Central League finished its games with Pacific League teams scheduled for June. It was not

Tokyo, Dec. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday said that the Japanese economy is gradually shifting from a cost-cutting economy under deflation to a growth-oriented economy. “We will aim to increase tax revenue without raising tax rates” based on

Tokyo, Dec. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s health ministry plans to give full public health insurance coverage to the cost of childbirth, it was learned Wednesday. The plan, aimed at eliminating out-of-pocket childbirth expenses, is expected to be presented to the medical insurance subcommittee

Tokyo, Dec. 3 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is expected to lower the state-set prices of drugs in its fiscal 2026 revision after a health ministry survey found that market prices are lower than the official prices. The survey results, presented Wednesday to

(Adnkronos) – The United States government has suspended immigration applications for citizens from 19 countries. According to an official memo released yesterday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has suspended the processing of green card and citizenship applications for those from countries already

Seoul, Dec. 3 (Jiji Press)–South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said Wednesday that Seoul will not take sides in the recent spat between Japan and China over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan. Taking sides would worsen the standoff between the

(Adnkronos) – South Korea has approved a law banning the launch of balloons in no-fly zones, where overflights are prohibited. This was announced today by Seoul’s unification ministry. The measure is intended to curb activists who use balloons to send anti-Pyongyang leaflets

(Adnkronos) – Searches for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared in 2014, will resume on December 30. This was announced today by the Malaysian Ministry of Transport. The Boeing 777 with 239 people on board disappeared from radar screens on March 8,