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Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, gold medalists for the pairs figure skating event at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, on Friday announced that they will retire from competitive skating at the end of this season. Collectively known

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Financial Services Agency outlined plans last December to strengthen the management base of regional financial institutions, with the aim of helping regional lenders, including “shinkin” banks, play a bigger role in revitalizing local economies. The measures include

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met with visiting representatives of some 30 NATO member countries permanently stationed at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Thursday, Motegi and the NATO permanent representatives discussed

Tokyo, April 16 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Thursday released a draft road map on public-private investment that features a goal of acquiring some 25 pct share of the global market in self-driving vehicle sales in the 2030s. The draft was shown

London, April 15 (Jiji Press)–Finance ministers from 11 countries, including Japan, Britain and Australia, issued a joint statement Wednesday, calling on the United States, Israel and Iran to fully implement their ceasefire. “We welcome the recent announcement of a ceasefire between the

(In the second paragraph, the company name has been corrected.) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Plant Restarts Commercial Operations after 14 Yrs Tokyo, April 16 (Jiji Press)–The No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, on Thursday restarted commercial operations

Tokyo, April 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police on Thursday arrested 13 Japanese men in their 20s to 50s on suspicion of involvement in a crypto asset fraud scheme after being transferred from Indonesia. The men were suspected of convincing a woman in her

Tokyo, April 16 (Jiji Press)–The crews of Japan-linked ships stuck in the Persian Gulf are keeping a close eye on U.S.-Iran talks, a Japanese shipping-sector labor union official has said. “Right now, there’s no prospect (of the crews) getting out of the

Kushiro, Hokkaido, April 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese public prosecutors on Thursday sought a five-year prison sentence for Seiichi Katsurada, president of the operator of a tour boat that sank off Hokkaido in 2022, killing 26 people aboard. In his trial at Kushiro District

Tokyo, April 16 (Jiji Press)–Nearly 40 pct of people in Japan support the government’s bill to enhance the country’s intelligence capabilities, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed. The survey found that 39.1 pct of respondents support the bill while 19 pct oppose