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Japan should maintain its commitment to a flexible exchange rate regime, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund said Monday.

A subsidiary of Japanese glass maker AGC Inc. has lost a lawsuit filed by a female clerical worker seeking damages for indirect gender discrimination.

Japanese supercomputer Fugaku has topped two sets of semiannual global rankings for computing performance for the ninth consecutive time.

Natsuo Yamaguchi, head of Komeito, the coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Monday urged Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, also president of the LDP, to lead efforts to revise the political funds control law following a high-profile money scandal involving the LDP.

The Japanese government and ruling parties are considering a law revision to strengthen measures against "customer harassment," or problematic behavior by customers toward store and other workers, it was learned Monday.

The leader of a South Korean opposition party landed Monday on islands in the Sea of Japan that are controlled by Seoul but also claimed by Tokyo.