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Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese companies from different sectors are entering rice production after supply disruptions triggered price surges in the country last summer. These moves are expected to help realize sustainable agriculture at a time when abandoned farmland is increasing due

Dusseldorf, Germany, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Hendrik Wust, minister-president of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, has expressed hopes for enhancement of cooperation with Japan in the defense industry. In a recent interview with Jiji Press, he said there is a strong

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Rafael Mariano Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on Friday confirmed their close collaboration in efforts to peacefully resolve the issue of Iran’s nuclear program. At their meeting at the

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has been accused of making false statements in her political organizations’ funds reports. Hiroshi Kamiwaki, a professor at Kobe Gakuin University, filed a criminal complaint with public prosecutors on June 3, accusing Takaichi

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will visit India for three days from Wednesday for a summit with her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Thursday, according to a government plan approved Friday. The summit was initially

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is considering delaying its goal of raising the country’s average minimum hourly wages to 1,500 yen by the end of the 2020s, people familiar with the matter said Friday. One idea being discussed is allowing

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo stocks plummeted Friday as profit-taking dragged down artificial intelligence-linked issues that had jumped the previous day, sending the benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average skidding over 3,700 points briefly. The index of 225 major issues on the Tokyo

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Honda Motor Co. President and CEO Toshihiro Mibe apologized to shareholders Friday for the Japanese automaker’s huge net loss incurred mainly for scaling back its electric vehicle ambitions. “I deeply apologize for the great concern and inconvenience we

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Typhoon Mekkhala moved close to the main island of Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, on Friday morning and is expected to approach the Amami Islands region in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima in the night. The seventh typhoon of

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Two Japan-linked vessels have passed through the Strait of Hormuz, Japanese Transport Minister Yasushi Kaneko said Friday. Crew members are in good health and there are no abnormalities in the vessels, Kaneko said at a press conference. The