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Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Fair Trade Commission recognized Monday that 42 companies had engaged in bid-rigging for large-scale repair contracts for condominiums, imposing fines totaling about 1.6 billion yen on 37 of the firms. The malpractice was found for repair

Shisui, Chiba Pref., Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–The death toll from Typhoon Dujuan, the 25th of the year, rose to 14 on Monday, a week after related heavy rain struck Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures near Tokyo. On Monday, a woman in her 20s

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–The death toll from Typhoon Dujuan, the 25th of the year, rose to 14 on Monday, a week after related heavy rain struck Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures near Tokyo. On Monday, a woman in her 20s in the

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Precipitation was observed in Central Tokyo for 33 consecutive days from Aug. 27 through Monday, due in part to rains brought by fronts and typhoons, tying the record for the longest such spell since statistics were first compiled

(Adnkronos) – The heavy rains that hit western Nepal have caused severe floods and landslides, destroying homes and infrastructure, forcing – according to government authorities – nearly 750 families to leave their homes and causing over 20 casualties. The emergency comes just

(Adnkronos) – The candidate for the office of mayor-governor of the city-state of Berlin, Elif Eralp, and the Berlin section of her party (Die Linke) have initiated legal action against the federal Interior Minister, Alexander Dobrindt, for a statement in which he

(Adnkronos) – Over 80 people, mostly women, have been kidnapped by armed gangs in two separate attacks launched on Saturday and Sunday in northern Nigeria, where armed gangs have been carrying out mass kidnappings for ransom for years. On Saturday, at least

(Adnkronos) – Swedish Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson has stated that she was unable to form a government with the other three parties of the left bloc after the general elections on September 13. “Based on the discussions I have had, I

Shanghai, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Duskin Co. on Monday opened a Mister Donut outlet in Shanghai, returning to the Chinese market after a hiatus of some seven years. The company withdrew from mainland China in 2019. The new take-away outlet is located

Maebashi, Gunma Pref., Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Police in Gunma Prefecture have arrested a 30-year-old man wanted in connection with a case in which his former wife’s 52-year-old mother was murdered and the victim’s 26-year-old son was injured in the Gunma city of

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Typhoon Surigae will likely travel in a northeasterly direction near the Izu island chain, south of Tokyo, on Thursday after moving over waters south of the Shikoku western and Tokai central Japan regions between Tuesday and Wednesday, the

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese beer companies are revamping flagship products and reclassifying quasi-beer items as beer as they prepare for intensifying competition following Thursday’s unification of liquor taxes on beer and related products. As the tax rate change will narrow

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Noriyuki Higashiyama, president of Japanese talent agency Smile-Up. Inc., formerly Johnny & Associates Inc., said Monday that he will step down from his position. Lawyer Masayuki Yamada, chief compliance officer at Smile-Up., will take over as president, effective

Kyoto, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Nidec Corp. is considering a shake-up of its executive team, including its president, Mitsuya Kishida, in the wake of accounting and quality scandals at the major Japanese motor manufacturer, company sources said Monday. The Kyoto-based company is also

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–In the recent cabinet reshuffle and Liberal Democratic Party executive personnel changes, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, also president of the LDP, appointed only a few women, despite her earlier pledge to increase women’s representation to levels seen

Yokohama, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–With about half a year until the opening of the International Horticultural Expo 2027 in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, participating companies are accelerating the construction of signature facilities emphasizing resource circulation and coexistence with nature. With the theme

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–So Kuramoto, who wrote scripts for many popular Japanese television dramas including the “Kita no Kuni kara” series, died of multiple organ failure on Sept. 18 at his home in Furano, Hokkaido, northern Japan. He was 91. Born

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan has exercised its right of reply at the U.N. General Assembly to rebut remarks by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that Japan and Germany were on a path of militarization, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Monday.

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ocean freight transportation service fees soared 74.2 pct in August from a year before as the war in Iran pushed up crude oil and transportation costs, the Bank of Japan said Monday. The price index for the

Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Pref., Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Residents in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, are worried about well water problems after a major earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture in July. While water outages have been resolved, many wells are drying up or producing cloudy

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Calls to speed up interest rate hikes were expressed at the Bank of Japan’s July 30-31 policy-setting meeting amid rising inflation risks, minutes showed on Monday. According to the minutes, a BOJ Policy Board member said that the

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–About 30 pct of children in low-income households took part in no out-of-school activities such as lessons or trips over the past year, a survey showed on Monday. The survey by Chance for Children, a Tokyo-based public interest

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan’s “tankan” quarterly survey for September, due out Thursday, is expected to show an improvement in business sentiment among major Japanese manufacturers, according to forecasts by private think tanks. Many think tanks, including Daiichi Life

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s parliament enacted a revised law in June aimed at preventing illegally obtained bank accounts from being used to launder criminal proceeds, including money from special fraud such as social media-based swindles. The revision to the law on

Kumamoto, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–More than 1,500 people are still staying in evacuation centers two months after the July 28 earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, that killed 38 people including those who died from suspected indirect causes. Meanwhile, some progress has

Nagoya, Sept. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Mako Fukube won the gold medal in the women’s 100-meter hurdles at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday, finishing in 12.74 seconds, while Hayato Katsuki claimed gold in the men’s marathon race walk. On the ninth day

Yokohama, Sept. 27 (Jiji Press)–Former Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka, who resigned earlier in September over a harassment scandal, plans to run for re-election, sources said Sunday. Yamanaka, 54, is expected to announce his candidacy at a press conference as early as Monday.

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Sept. 27 (Jiji Press)–A Chinese marine research ship was spotted within Japan’s exclusive economic zone off Okinawa Prefecture on Sunday, the Japan Coast Guard said. The research ship Kexue was seen dropping what appeared to be a wire into

Tokyo, Sept. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese and Turkish governments will open Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University, or TJU, in Ankara in October to train experts who can play core roles in fields such as artificial intelligence and earthquake disasters. Japan aims to