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Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force has brought launchers and other equipment of sophisticated long-range missiles into its Camp Kengun in the city of Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, in preparation for their deployment, informed sources said Monday. The Defense Ministry has

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan swung into 941.6 billion yen in current account surplus in January from a deficit of 344.6 billion yen a year before thanks to strong exports, preliminary data released by the Finance Ministry on Monday showed. The country

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo stocks plummeted Monday morning due to a surge in crude oil prices reflecting rising Middle East tensions, with the key Nikkei 225 average losing more than 4,000 points. At 10:53 a.m., the Nikkei stood at 51,526.70, down

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s inflation-adjusted real wage index rose 1.4 pct in January from a year earlier, the first increase in 13 months, helped by growth in regular pay and slower inflation, government data showed Monday. Monthly nominal wages, including base

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo stocks plummeted Monday morning due to a surge in crude oil prices reflecting growing Middle East tensions, with the key Nikkei 225 average losing more than 3,800 points. At 10:10 a.m., the Nikkei stood at 51,796.77, down

Kobe, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Koji Yamaguchi, a 38-year-old schoolteacher in Kobe, western Japan, has made it his mission to share his experiences of two catastrophes with younger generations. He grew up in Hyogo Prefecture and went on to attend university in Miyagi

(Corrects the dateline. A substitute story follows.) Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo stocks plummeted in early trading Monday amid growing Middle East tensions, with the key Nikkei 225 average losing more than 3,600 points. At 9:25 a.m., the Nikkei stood at 51,983.84,

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–The Tokyo metropolitan government and municipal governments throughout the Japanese capital are increasingly using generative artificial intelligence in their administrative operations. To support this trend, the metropolitan government, in cooperation with GovTech Tokyo, an affiliated organization that promotes

Tokyo, March 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese companies are increasingly adopting so-called cross-mentoring programs to develop future female corporate leaders, in which potential female executives are mentored by senior officials from other companies and gain insights into career development. Firms that have introduced such

Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref., March 8 (Jiji Press)–Yukiyoshi Yamano, an independent and a former mayor of the city of Kanazawa, the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture, won the central Japan prefecture’s gubernatorial election for the first time on Sunday, defeating incumbent Hiroshi Hase and