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Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–A corporate culture that placed excessive emphasis on sales performance was cited as a cause of fraud by employees of Prudential Life Insurance Co. who defrauded customers of money, a third-party investigation report showed Thursday. The report said

Paris, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–A signing ceremony was held in France on Wednesday for a sister-street partnership between Midosuji, the main street in the western Japan city of Osaka, and the Avenue des Champs-Elysees, a famous tourist attraction in Paris. The ceremony

Baku, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Haruka Kaju won gold for the women’s 63-kilogram category at the 2026 World Judo Championships on Wednesday, claiming the title in the weight division for the second straight year. The 26-year-old secured her ninth consecutive international judo

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan caused by labor shortages rose 17 pct in the fiscal first half ended last month from a year before to 240, the highest since comparable data became available in fiscal 2013,

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fair Trade Commission has searched the Brewers Association of Japan as part of its ongoing investigation into a suspected price cartel involving the industry, believing that backdoor meetings related to the group played a key role in

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday declined to replace agriculture minister Kazuo Yana over his remarks about road construction funding cuts at municipalities whose leaders supported his rival in the February general election. “I strongly reprimanded him

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan posted a higher current account surplus for August than a year before, driven by higher dividend income from companies’ overseas units, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report Thursday. The surplus in the current account, the

Washington, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese and U.S. business leaders issued a joint statement Wednesday, calling on the governments of Japan and the United States to pursue interoperable artificial intelligence governance tailored to risks and applications amid rapid advances in AI capabilities. The

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Russia has attacked a Japan Tobacco Inc.-linked plant in central Ukraine. Announcing the attack on Wednesday, Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed that the plant of JT International, a subsidiary of the Japanese tobacco producer, had been used to manufacture

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Two Japanese company executives were indicted in August for allegedly dodging income tax by exploiting the so-called angel tax system, a preferential program designed to spur investment in startups. The case has laid bare structural weaknesses in the