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Tokyo, Dec. 22 (Jiji Press)–Nippon Life Insurance Co. is considering increasing wages for its 40,000 sales representatives by at least 6 pct in fiscal 2026 starting next April, a major pay hike for the second consecutive year, Nippon Life President Satoshi Asahi

Tokyo, Dec. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fast Retailing Co. said Monday that it will raise its starting salary by 12 pct to 370,000 yen per month for employees joining next spring who may be assigned overseas. With the increase from the current 330,000

Tokyo, Dec. 22 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s launch of its No. 8 H3 rocket on Monday was unsuccessful, failing to send the Michibiki No. 5 positioning satellite into the intended orbit. The rocket carrying the satellite for the Japanese version

Tokyo, Dec. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Tourism Agency plans to launch a subsidy program for so-called destination management/marketing organizations, or DMOs, beyond regional boundaries in a bid to provide intensive support to activities designed to attract tourists to regional areas, Jiji Press learned

Tokyo, Dec. 22 (Jiji Press)–The benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond yield, the country’s key long-term interest rate, rose to 2.100 pct in Tokyo interdealer bond trading Monday, reaching the highest level since February 1999. The rise is attributed to expectations that the

Haebaru, Okinawa Pref., Dec. 22 (Jiji Press)–A suicide note left by Japan’s under-the-table negotiator on the 1972 Okinawa reversion has been exhibited at the Okinawa Prefectural Archives, telling visitors the envoy’s grief of brokering a secret nuclear agreement with the United States.

Kesennuma, Miyagi Pref., Dec. 22 (Jiji Press)–A cafe set up by Japanese actor Ken Watanabe in 2013 has closed down after supporting the reconstruction of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, hit hard by tsunami from the March 2011 major earthquake. The cafe, K-port, in

Niigata, Dec. 22 (Jiji Press)–The Niigata prefectural assembly Monday endorsed Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi’s decision to approve a restart of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in the central Japan prefecture. The move effectively concluded the procedures for

(The final paragraph should have read, “…156.73-73 yen…,” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) (Update) Key 10-year JGB Yield Hits 26-Year High of 2.095 Pct Tokyo, Dec. 22 (Jiji Press)–The benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond yield, the country’s key long-term

Tokyo, Dec. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visited on Sunday a special photo exhibition themed on Tokyo during World War II. On display at the exhibition at the National Showa Memorial Museum in Tokyo’s Chiyoda