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3 Japan Convenience Store Operators Log Profit Growth i...

Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)--Three major Japanese convenience store operators po...

Valentine's Day Sales Campaigns in Japan Feature Experi...

Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)--Department store operators and confectionery makers...

TEPCO Reports Error at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Plant

Tokyo, Jan. 17 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Sat...

Concerns Spread in Snowy Areas over Wintertime Election

Tokyo, Jan. 18 (Jiji Press)--People in snowy regions in Japan are concerned abou...

Major Parties Other than JIP to Skip Osaka Double Election

Osaka, Jan. 18 (Jiji Press)--Major Japanese political parties other than the Jap...

China Seen Building New Structure in East China Sea

Tokyo, Jan. 16 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese Foreign Ministry said Friday that it h...

Ex-PM Suga Announces Retirement as Lawmaker

Yokohama, Jan. 17 (Jiji Press)--Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on...

Japan's Foreign Ministry Advises against Travel to Iran

Tokyo, Jan. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Foreign Ministry has raised its travel aler...

CDP's Noda Likely to Be PM Candidate of New Centrist Party

Tokyo, Jan. 17 (Jiji Press)--Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the main opposition Const...

Japan to Survey Safety Management at Sauna Facilities

Tokyo, Jan. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan's health ministry has asked local governments...

Japan Farm Minister Visits Paris for Rice Exports

Paris, Jan. 16 (Jiji Press)--Japanese agriculture minister Norikazu Suzuki has i...

JAW to Seek Pay Hike of at Least 12,000 Yen

Tokyo, Jan. 16 (Jiji Press)--The Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers' Unio...

Osaka Court Dismisses Request to Ban Executions by Hanging

Osaka, Jan. 16 (Jiji Press)--Osaka District Court on Friday dismissed a request ...

China Tightens Restrictions on Rare Earth Exports to Japan

Beijing, Jan. 9 (Jiji Press)--The Chinese government has tightened its restricti...

Mizuho Long-Term Prime Rate to Rise to 27-Yr High of 2....

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)--Mizuho Bank said Thursday it will set its long-term ...

Japan Opposition Leaders Worry about U.S. Attacks on Ve...

Tokyo, Jan. 5 (Jiji Press)--Leaders of Japanese opposition parties Monday showed...