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Tokyo, Oct. 2 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Transport Safety Board on Thursday urged Isumi Railway in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, to improve its track maintenance system after a derailment incident last year. The public-private, or third-sector, railway operator lacks facility maintenance skills,

Washington, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Finance ministers from the Group of Seven major industrialized countries said Wednesday that they have agreed to increase pressure to significantly reduce Russia’s oil exports. “Now is the time to maximize pressure on Russia’s oil exports,” a major

Tokyo, Oct. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Digital Agency said Thursday that it will cooperate with OpenAI to fully use artificial intelligence technology in administrative work and service. As part of the initiative, the agency will enable its employees to use OpenAI’s cutting-edge large

Tokyo, Oct. 2 (Jiji Press)–The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven major democracies released a statement Thursday supporting the reinstatement of U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran following the country’s continued failure to meet its requirements under the 2015 nuclear deal

Tokyo, Oct. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Finance Ministry on Thursday raised the coupon rate on new 10-year government bonds to 1.7 pct in October, the highest level since July 2008, up from 1.5 pct in September. The increase came in line with higher

Washington, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, a candidate for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election set for Saturday, expressed hopes on Wednesday for dialogue with Chinese leaders over Taiwan. “Peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait

Tokyo, Oct. 2 (Jiji Press)–Three major Japanese department store operators have posted year-on-year growth in same-store sales for September. According to their reports released Wednesday, sales rose 7.9 pct at Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores Co., 4.4 pct at Takashimaya Co. and 3.5

Tokyo, Oct. 2 (Jiji Press)–On-the-ground reporting is increasingly important amid heightened global uncertainties, Michael Mainville, Asia-Pacific regional director at Agence France-Presse, or AFP, said Wednesday. There is significance “of knowing that there are people who can see with their own eyes and

Piedmont, South Carolina, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Isuzu Motors Ltd. on Wednesday held a groundbreaking ceremony for a vehicle plant in South Carolina, which will become the Japanese commercial vehicle maker’s first independent factory in the United States. The new plant is expected

New York, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–U.S. new vehicle sales by six Japanese automakers rose 4 pct in the first nine months of this year from a year earlier to 4,551,879 units, led by hybrid models from Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor