Tokyo, Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. said Friday that it will acquire Banner Life Insurance Co. for about 352.2 billion yen while investing about 130 billion yen for ...
Tokyo, Feb. 4 (Jiji Press)--Honda Motor Co. has proposed a plan to buy shares in Nissan Motor Co. to make it a subsidiary, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. Honda apparently aims to ...
Sydney, Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd., headquartered in Australia, said Friday that it will close 205 unprofitable outlets worldwide, including 172 in Japan. The global ...
Serious Reforms or a Simple Façade? On March 7, 2023, the BBC aired a documentary titled Predator: The Secret Scandal of J-Pop, the first TV program to publicly expose Johnny Kitagawa’s sexual ...
Tokyo, Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund said Friday that its investment returns totaled 10,703.2 billion yen in October-December last year against the backdrop of ...
Washington, Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan and the United States are coordinating to release a joint statement vowing to create a golden age of bilateral relations, as their current leaders hold their ...
Nagoya, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)--Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that it will set up a subsidiary in Shanghai to develop and produce electric vehicles and batteries in a carbon neutrality ...
A duo for 34 years, two Japanese clowns are in complete unison on the stage as well as off it. They agree on what gives them the greatest satisfaction from their profession: “When we see the ...
Tokyo, Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan's transport ministry said Friday that it will launch priority lanes for autonomous vehicles on a roughly 100-kilometer section of the Shin-Tomei Expressway on ...
Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo High Court on Thursday ruled that the government's decision to deny a passport to freelance journalist Junpei Yasuda is illegal. Presiding Judge Hiro Misumi upheld a ...
Tokyo, Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Seven Bank has introduced a service allowing its account holders to deposit and withdraw cash using facial recognition technology at 26,000 automated teller ...
In the tax system revisions made in late 2024, the Democratic Party for the People held the casting vote and advocated the increase of the “¥1.03 million wall”—the threshold at which wage ...