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Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–The number of people who died by suicide in Japan in 2025 came to 19,097, standing below 20,000 for the first time since the statistics began in 1978, preliminary government data showed Thursday. Suicides among elementary, junior high

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s private-sector rice imports surged 95-fold in 2025 from the previous year to 96,834 tons as demand for foreign rice was strong despite high tariffs because of surging prices for domestically grown rice, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Box-office revenues in Japan soared 32.6 pct from the previous year to mark a record high of 274,452 million yen, led by megahit Japanese films in 2025, an industry group has said. The revenue surpassed the 261,180 million

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police conducted 13 undercover investigations into so-called dark part-time jobs through last month, National Police Agency sources said Thursday. The probes, involving the use of fake identification documents to apply for such illicit jobs, called “yami baito,”

Washington, Jan. 28 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday denied that the United States is engaging in any dollar-selling, yen-buying intervention to guide the Japanese currency higher. Asked about the possibility of U.S. authorities conducting such intervention, Bessent said in

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–The dollar held firm above 153 yen in Tokyo trading Thursday morning, attracting buybacks because U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent denied rumors over a yen-buying intervention. At noon, the dollar stood at 153.11-12 yen, up from 152.63-64 yen

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan and Canada have signed an agreement to allow the two countries to export defense equipment to each other, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. Canada became the 17th country with which Japan has concluded such an agreement,

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fair Trade Commission plans to issue cease-and-desist orders to four road maintenance companies over bid-rigging in contracts for road cleaning services commissioned by Metropolitan Expressway Co., it has been learned. The FTC is set to fine two

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Fuji Television Network Inc. has regained about 80 pct of its sponsors who suspended commercials in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal involving former TV star Masahiro Nakai, which led to the resignation of its president about

(Adnkronos) – The Italian Regions Cup taking place from March to October shows how institutions, organisers and local areas can boost business and add value to cycling as a national sporting and cultural asset, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said Wednesday.  “The 2026