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26 Settembre 2025

LDP’s Shimomura Asked for Kickback Restart: Ex-Accountant

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Hakubun Shimomura, former policy chief of the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party, asked to resume the practice of kicking back part of fundraising party revenues to faction members, a former chief accountant of a now-defunct LDP faction has
26 Settembre 2025

Japan July Real Wages Revised Down to 0.2 Pct Drop

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s inflation-adjusted real wage index in July has been revised down to a year-on-year drop of 0.2 pct from the rise of 0.5 pct marked in a preliminary report, the labor ministry said Friday. The new data showed
26 Settembre 2025

Apple Ginza Reopens at Original Location after 3 Years

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. on Friday reopened its Apple Ginza store at its original location in the posh Ginza district of Tokyo’s Chuo Ward after a break of three years. The store initially opened in November 2003
26 Settembre 2025

Mitsubishi Estate Breaks Ground on London Complex Project

London, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Mitsubishi Estate Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday for a large office complex to be built along the River Thames in London. The complex, named 72 Upper Ground, is scheduled to be completed in 2029 at
26 Settembre 2025

Tokyo Core Consumer Prices Rise 2.5 Pct in Sept.

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–The core consumer price index for Tokyo’s densely populated 23 special wards climbed 2.5 pct in September from a year earlier, marking the 49th consecutive month of increase, government data showed Friday. The pace of increase, which had
26 Settembre 2025

RCEP Free Trade Bloc to Mull Membership Expansion

Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–The 15 member states of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership free trade bloc have agreed to consider expanding its membership. The agreement was reached at the fourth RCEP ministerial meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday. The
26 Settembre 2025

FOCUS: Impediments Mount to Japan’s Fiscal Consolidation

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government debt has reached a critical level after years of rising expenditures, while efforts to restore fiscal discipline are facing growing headwinds. The combined balance of outstanding national and local government debt now exceeds 200 percent of
26 Settembre 2025

Koizumi Leads in Support from LDP Lawmakers: Jiji Survey

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi is leading in support from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s lawmakers in the party leadership race, a Jiji Press survey has suggested. Koizumi has secured votes from more than 20 pct of the
25 Settembre 2025

Seoul, ‘Pyongyang has up to 2 tons of highly enriched uranium’

(Adnkronos) – North Korea could possess up to two tons of highly enriched uranium. This was stated by South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young. “Intelligence agencies estimate that Pyongyang’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, with a purity greater than 90%, amounts to
25 Settembre 2025

Ex-Japanese War Orphans Make Likely Final Trip to China

Beijing, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–A delegation of former Japanese war orphans who were abandoned in China after the end of World War II and later came back to Japan visited Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China, on Sept. 10-14. The trip was organized
25 Settembre 2025

Orion Breweries Makes Bullish Stock Market Debut

Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Shares of Orion Breweries Ltd. made a strong stock market debut in Tokyo trading on Thursday, with the company’s closing price more than double its initial public offering price. Orion Breweries fetched an initial price of 1,863 yen
25 Settembre 2025

JICA Withdraws “Hometown” Initiative with African Countries

Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–The Japan International Cooperation Agency on Thursday announced the withdrawal of its “hometown” initiative, which aimed to promote people-to-people exchanges between African countries and their partner Japanese cities. The decision came after the Japanese cities were flooded with
25 Settembre 2025

Toyota Launches Experimental City in Japan

Susono, Shizuoka Pref., Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp. opened the first part of its Woven City in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Thursday, five years after the automaker announced the experimental city’s concept. Toyota and 18 other companies are involved
25 Settembre 2025

Fujifilm Builds 3.2-B.-Dollar Biopharmaceutical Plant in U.S.

Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Fujifilm Corp. said Thursday that it has completed construction of a 3.2-billion-dollar biopharmaceutical plant in North Carolina. The Japanese company said that the plant is one of the largest contract development and manufacturing facilities for biopharmaceuticals in North
25 Settembre 2025

10-Year Sentence Upheld for 2023 Attack on Then PM Kishida

Osaka, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Osaka High Court on Thursday upheld a 10-year prison sentence for a man who threw an explosive at then Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a campaign event in 2023. The defense for Ryuji Kimura, 26, immediately appealed
25 Settembre 2025

Ex-Fuji TV Staffer Found Guilty of Habitual Gambling

Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced Yoshitaka Suzuki, a 44-year-old former Fuji Television Network Inc. employee to one year in prison, suspended for three years, for habitual gambling. Suzuki was found to have repeatedly engaged in illegal gambling
25 Settembre 2025

Japan, U.S. Arranging Trump’s Trip to Japan in Late Oct.

Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese and U.S. governments are arranging a trip by U.S. President Donald Trump to Japan in late October, Japanese government sources said Thursday. With Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba slated to leave office next month, Trump would
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