Tokyo, April 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. has announced a plan to take a 49 pct equity stake in top Vietnamese consumer lender VPBank Finance Co.

Tokyo, April 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. has announced a plan to take a 49 pct equity stake in top Vietnamese consumer lender VPBank Finance Co.

Tokyo, April 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. has announced a plan to take a 49 pct equity stake in top Vietnamese consumer lender VPBank Finance Co.

Tokyo, April 28 (Jiji Press)--A highly contagious coronavirus variant with the N501Y mutation is estimated to be causing nearly 60 pct of the total cases in Tokyo, experts reported Wednesday.

Tokyo, April 28 (Jiji Press)--A highly contagious coronavirus variant with the N501Y mutation is estimated to be causing nearly 60 pct of the total cases in Tokyo, experts reported Wednesday.

Tokyo, April 28 (Jiji Press)--A highly contagious coronavirus variant with the N501Y mutation is estimated to be causing nearly 60 pct of the total cases in Tokyo, experts reported Wednesday.

Tokyo, April 27 (Jiji Press)--Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who will soon bid farewell to the International Space Station to return to Earth, passed the baton over to fellow countryman Akihiko

Tokyo, April 27 (Jiji Press)--Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who will soon bid farewell to the International Space Station to return to Earth, passed the baton over to fellow countryman Akihiko

Tokyo, April 27 (Jiji Press)--Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who will soon bid farewell to the International Space Station to return to Earth, passed the baton over to fellow countryman Akihiko

Tokyo, April 27 (Jiji Press)--Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who will soon bid farewell to the International Space Station to return to Earth, passed the baton over to fellow countryman Akihiko