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By Sakurako Nakagawa Chiayi, Taiwan, April 5 (Jiji Press)–Taiwanese artist Wang Wen-chih, who created one of the highlights of this year’s Taiwan Lantern Festival, has expressed hope for cultural exchanges with Japan through art, recalling his experience at art festivals there. For

By Sakurako Nakagawa Chiayi, Taiwan, April 5 (Jiji Press)–Futuristic skyscrapers, popular bubble tea shops and lively night street markets–talking of a trip to Taiwan, many would imagine visiting Taipei. However, the southern city of Chiayi, which hosted this year’s Taiwan Lantern Festival,

(The sixth paragraph should have read, “To the Middle East,…,” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) INTERVIEW: Japan Should Lead Efforts toward U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Tokyo, April 5 (Jiji Press)–Japan should take a proactive role in realizing an early ceasefire over

Tokyo, April 5 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Sunday denied a reported naphtha supply shortage and her reported refusal to attend parliamentary deliberations, complaining about media reports not based on facts. In an X post, Takaichi said there was a

Tokyo, April 5 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to visit Australia during the Golden Week holiday period from late this month to meet with her counterpart, Anthony Albanese, sources said Sunday. She is also considering a trip to Vietnam,

Tokyo, April 4 (Jiji Press)–Two elementary school sisters from Tokyo have discovered a rare cicada fossil dating back about 300,000 years by breaking open a rock sold as a souvenir by a museum. The Middle Pleistocene fossil was found by Maho Shinomiya,

Tokyo, April 4 (Jiji Press)–A liquefied petroleum gas carrier affiliated with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. has become the second Japan-linked vessel that crossed the Strait of Hormuz under a de facto blockade, it was learned Saturday. The ship is the Indian-flagged LPG

Tokyo, April 4 (Jiji Press)–The second son of Chizuo Matsumoto, former leader of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government to seek damages for an attempted inspection of his home, Jiji Press learned Friday. The 32-year-old

Tokyo, April 4 (Jiji Press)–A liquefied petroleum gas carrier affiliated with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. has become the second Japan-linked vessel that crossed the Strait of Hormuz under a de facto blockade, it was learned Saturday. The ship is the Indian-flagged LPG

Tokyo, April 4 (Jiji Press)–Members of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party have voiced opposition to a bill to reform the retrial system that the government is considering submitting. At an LDP meeting to check a draft of the bill, objections were raised