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Tokyo, March 27 (Jiji Press)--Masahiro Shinoda, a film director known for his unique Japanese aesthetic style, died of ...

Tokyo, March 31 (Jiji Press)--Major food and beverage makers are planning markups for 4,225 products in Japan in April, ...

Tokyo, March 26 (Jiji Press)--Top Japanese shipbuilder Imabari Shipbuilding Co. lost its official certification for foreign ...

Tokyo, March 31 (Jiji Press)--The Special Committee on Political Reform of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of ...

Osaka, April 5 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Saturday that he plans to speak to U.S. President Donald Trump by phone next week to discuss the president's reciprocal ...

Seoul, March 29 (Jiji Press)--A declassified South Korean diplomatic record has revealed how certain songs were exceptionally ...

Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Pref., March 31 (Jiji Press)--The Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatics team will make a ...

The possibilities of holding the same-day elections and expanding the ruling coalition, which currently consists of the ...

Tokyo, April 4 (Jiji Press)--Japanese motor manufacturer Nidec Corp. launched a tender offer for machine manufacturer Makino Milling Machine Co. on Friday, despite repeated requests from the ...

Beginning 1 p.m. the same day, women can anonymously drop off their babies up to four weeks old round the clock at a place in ...

Naha, Okinawa Pref., April 5 (Jiji Press)--A large amount of unexploded ordnance remains in Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, 80 years after the Battle of Okinawa, the largest ground battle ...