Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s producer prices in September increased 2.7 pct from a year earlier, reflecting continued price hikes in food and beverage items including rice, Bank of Japan data showed Friday. The producer price index, which measures the cost of

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s calorie-based food self-sufficiency rate stood at 38 pct for fiscal 2024, unchanged for the fourth year in a row, the agriculture ministry said Friday. In the reporting year that ended in March, per-capita consumption of rice, which

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–The number of foreign residents in Japan as of the end of June rose 5.0 pct from the end of 2024 to a record high of 3,956,619, Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Friday. Foreign residents accounted for 3.21

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–More than half of needy pregnant women and new mothers in Japan said that they have no savings, a survey by Save the Children Japan, a nonprofit organization, showed on Friday. The survey was conducted in April and

Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government said Friday that it will tighten the requirements for foreigners to obtain the country’s residency status as a business manager, effective on Thursday. The minimum capital required to obtain the business manager visa will be

Nagoya, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp. has launched a partially remodeled version of its bZ4X electric vehicle featuring a driving range of up to 746 kilometers on a single charge, the longest for an EV in Japan. The range increased by

Osaka, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–Kansai Electric Power Co. will launch full-scale assessments on the feasibility of constructing new nuclear reactors in exchange for decommissioning aging units. In July, the Osaka-based utility announced plans to carry out geological and other surveys in the

Osaka, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)–The World Exposition in the city of Osaka, western Japan, has successfully delivered its message of “unity in diversity” to the world, an executive of the six-month-long international event, which is set to end Monday, said in a

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has decided to appoint Itsunori Onodera, former chief of the party’s Policy Research Council, as chairman of its Research Commission on the Tax System, party sources said Thursday. Onodera is expected to hold

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, the new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Thursday indicated a plan to instruct the government to compile economy-boosting measures immediately if she becomes the next prime minister. She held out the plan in

(Adnkronos) – “We welcome the agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo supported by the President of the United States. The EU is ready to support the peace process, President Paul Kagame.” This was written in a social media post

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Komeito may decide whether the Japanese political party will maintain its coalition with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party based on a meeting of their leaders slated for Friday afternoon, Komeito chief Tetsuo Saito indicated Thursday. Saito showed the

(Adnkronos) – Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas’s agreement on the first stage of US president Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza – reached at indirect talks in Egypt is “an historic moment”, Italy said on Thursday.  “This is an historic moment

(Adnkronos) – The Egyptian Red Crescent announced that 153 trucks with humanitarian aid have crossed the Rafah crossing into Gaza after the announcement of the agreement reached in Sharm el Sheikh. Among the trucks, 80 are from the United Nations, 21 from

(Adnkronos) – The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, called for the “elimination” of movements seeking to “undermine” the authority of the Workers’ Party and urged “strict discipline” on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the party’s founding. During a

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Komeito may decide whether the Japanese political party will maintain its coalition with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party after a meeting of the two parties’ leaders slated for Friday afternoon, Komeito chief Tetsuo Saito indicated Thursday. Saito showed

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is considering decommissioning one or some reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in central Japan, excluding the No. 6 and No. 7 units, it was learned Thursday. This would mark the

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Seven & i Holdings Co. said Thursday that its group net profit for the six months through August surged 2.3-fold from a year earlier to 121.8 billion yen, reflecting lower costs in the supermarket division and higher margins

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office’s special investigation squad arrested Kazutaka Yonekura, 48, the founder and former president of Japanese artificial intelligence developer Alt Inc., and three others on Thursday on suspicion of padding the firm’s sales in

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–The condition for the Democratic Party for the People to join the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito ruling coalition is the fulfillment of agreements between the three parties, including the abolition of a provisional gasoline tax rate, DPFP leader Yuichiro

(Adnkronos) – Agreement by Israel an Hamas on the first stage of US president Donald Trump’s peace plan opens the door for the reconstruction Gaza and the relaunching of humanitarian aid at scale for the coastal enclave’s war-hit civilian population, Italy said

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(Adnkronos) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of wanting to sow “chaos” in Ukraine by launching attacks on his country’s energy grid and railway infrastructure. “Russia’s task is to create chaos and exert psychological pressure on the population through attacks against

Osaka, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Osaka High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that the central government’s decision to cut its special tax grants to Izumisano due to the western Japan city’s huge “furusato nozei” donation revenues was illegal. Presiding Judge

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will mull expanding its support to promote the restoration and reconstruction of Gaza. At a press conference Thursday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi hailed Israel and Islamic group Hamas striking an agreement over the first

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Fast Retailing Co., the operator of Uniqlo and other casual clothing brands, on Thursday reported record-high group sales and profits for the year that ended in August, on the back of robust demand both in and outside Japan.

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Dassai Inc., a sake brewer in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Thursday that a Japanese H3 rocket will carry ingredients for Dassai sake, as well as brewing equipment developed by the two for

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Part of human remains discovered in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in 2023 was that of a 6-year-old girl who went missing in the March 2011 massive tsunami, the prefectural police said Thursday. The bones, found in

(Adnkronos) – An overnight agreement reached in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt during indirect Hamas-Israel talks on the first stage of US president Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan represents “a new season”, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday.  “But signing an accord is