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Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–The Defense Ministry plans to deploy long-range surface-to-surface missiles designed to defend remote islands at a Ground Self-Defense Force base in central Japan on March 31, Jiji Press learned Tuesday. According to the ministry, the Hyper Velocity Gliding

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. aims to earn group insurance premium revenues of 5 trillion yen in fiscal 2026, up from 4.3 trillion yen forecast for fiscal 2025, President Hideki Nagashima has said. “Yen-denominated savings insurance products

Beijing, March 10 (Jiji Press)–China has been using its restrictions on fishery product imports from Japan as a diplomatic card against Tokyo, ever since a triple meltdown occurred at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan 15 years ago.

Fukushima, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Supermarket operators are opening new stores in parts of Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, where residents had been forced to evacuate following a severe nuclear accident caused by a major tsunami that followed a powerful earthquake 15 years ago.

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government adopted at a cabinet meeting Tuesday a bill designed to eliminate areas underserved by transportation services such as buses and taxis. The bill to revise the law on local public transportation systems calls on municipalities

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average bounced back Tuesday after the previous day’s tumble, reflecting hopes for an early end to the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military operations against Iran. The index of 225 select issues listed on the Tokyo

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s seasonally adjusted gross domestic product in October-December last year rose 0.3 pct from the previous quarter in price-adjusted real terms, posting annualized growth of 1.3 pct, the Cabinet Office said in a revised report Tuesday. The results

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Japanese household spending in January fell 1.0 pct from a year earlier in inflation-adjusted real terms as entertainment spending plunged, internal affairs ministry data showed Tuesday. The average consumption spending by households with two or more members totaled

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s seasonally adjusted gross domestic product in October-December last year rose 0.3 pct from the previous quarter in price-adjusted real terms, posting annualized growth of 1.3 pct, the Cabinet Office said in a revised report Tuesday. The results

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government-chartered flight carrying 281 people, including Japanese nationals, from the Middle East arrived at Narita International Airport near Tokyo on Tuesday morning. It followed the first such flight, which arrived at the airport in Chiba Prefecture