HEADLINES Tokyo, July 1 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government’s general-account tax revenues are estimated to surpass 75 trillion yen in fiscal 2024, hitting a...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 18, 2025HEADLINES Tokyo, Aug. 17 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese woman orphaned by a massive U.S. air raid on Tokyo 80 years ago, in the late...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 17, 2025HEADLINES Sho Miyake’s “Tabi to Hibi” Wins Top Prize at Locarno Film Festival Paris, Aug. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese film director Sho Miyake’s “Tabi...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 17, 2025HEADLINES Saga, Aug. 17 (Jiji Press)–Kunitake Toriya was preparing to embark on a kamikaze suicide attack mission against Allied forces during the Battle...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 17, 2025HEADLINES Fuefuki, Yamanashi Pref., Aug. 17 (Jiji Press)–Hajime Sakata, who was 8 years old just after the end of World War II 80...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 17, 2025HEADLINES Tokyo, Aug. 17 (Jiji Press)–After its devastation in World War II, Tokyo saw a rapid population inflow in the 1960s on the...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 17, 2025HEADLINES Tokyo, July 2 (Jiji Press)–Nippon Steel Corp. Chairman Eiji Hashimoto said in a meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday that...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 17, 2025HEADLINES Washington, July 1 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio underscored the importance of Japan beefing up its defense capabilities at a...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 17, 2025HEADLINES Washington, July 1 (Jiji Press)–The foreign ministers of the Quad countries of Japan, the United States, Australia and India on Tuesday agreed...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 17, 2025HEADLINES Tokyo, July 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. has said that it will acquire the group life and disability business of...
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