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Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s 2025 staple rice harvest is forecast to reach a nine-year high of 7,477,000 tons, up 10 pct from the previous year, the agriculture ministry said Friday. The harvest amount is, thus, expected to exceed 7 million tons

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–Komeito, the junior partner of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, will end its coalition with the LDP, a move that would dissolve their 26-year cooperation, Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito said Friday. The development makes it uncertain whether Sanae Takaichi,

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japanese stock index futures plummeted on the Osaka Exchange on Friday after Komeito announced a decision the same day to dissolve the party’s coalition with the nation’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The positive mood that has supported the

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni is invited to “the grand official ceasefire accord signing ceremony” between Israel and Hamas in Egypt on Monday, foreign minister Antonio Tajani stated on Friday.  “On Monday there’s the grand official ceasefire accord signing ceremony and

Osaka, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–Companies are racing to hire workers who will be available for employment after the World Exposition in Osaka, a city in western Japan, ends on Monday after its six-month run. Firms from a wide range of sectors, including

Seoul, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–Television celebrity Dewi Sukarno, who was the third wife of then Indonesian President Sukarno, has visited North Korea, the country’s state-run Korean Central News Agency said Friday. Sukarno, known in Japan as Madame Dewi, arrived in the North

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–A senior official of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Friday pointed to an emerging chance of a change in government after the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito ruling coalition split. “The possibility of a change in

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government survey showed Friday that 75.8 pct of the respondents are unaware of the enactment of the country’s basic law on dementia. The result of the public opinion survey by the Cabinet Office revealed that public

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–Komeito, the junior partner of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, will end its coalition relationship with the LDP, including electoral cooperation, Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito said Friday. Saito informed Sanae Takaichi, president of the LDP, of his party’s plan

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s three expressway operators have identified 290 hazardous locations along their networks that could be vulnerable to landslides, the Board of Audit of Japan said on Friday. The board of audit urged East Nippon Expressway Co., Central Nippon