HEADLINES Tokyo, Aug. 8 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese companies raised their summer bonuses by 3.44 pct in 2025 from the previous year to a...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 8, 2025HEADLINES Hiroshima, Aug. 8 (Jiji Press)–The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum continues to receive a steady stream of atomic bombing-related donations, with about 50...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 8, 2025HEADLINES Tokyo, Aug. 8 (Jiji Press)–U.S. President Donald Trump’s high tariffs gave a severe blow to earnings at seven major automakers in Japan...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 8, 2025HEADLINES Tokyo, Aug. 8 (Jiji Press)–Several Bank of Japan policymakers, at the central bank’s latest policy-setting meeting, noted the need to maintain a...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 8, 2025HEADLINES Tokyo, Aug. 8 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Meteorological Agency temporarily issued a heavy rain emergency warning for Kirishima, a city in the southwestern...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 8, 2025HEADLINES Washington, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa said Thursday that U.S. officials have told him that Washington would revise...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 8, 2025HEADLINES Tokyo, Aug. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday reiterated his eagerness to stay on despite his ruling bloc’s dismal...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 8, 2025HEADLINES Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Nagano Governor Shuichi Abe is set to become the next head of Japan’s National Governors’ Association, after no...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 7, 2025HEADLINES Washington, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–U.S. President Donald Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs on trading partners, including a 15 pct levy on Japanese imports,...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 7, 2025HEADLINES Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese chipmaking equipment maker Tokyo Electron Ltd. said Thursday that a former employee of its Taiwanese subsidiary was...
ByTomas Kauer - News ModeratorAugust 7, 2025