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Tokyo, Dec. 9 (Jiji Press)–A hotline between Japanese and Chinese defense authorities does not appear to be working after an incident in which Chinese military aircraft directed radar at Japanese Self-Defense Forces jets, sources have said. Beijing has continued military activities in

Tokyo, Dec. 9 (Jiji Press)–A powerful earthquake mainly struck Japan’s Tohoku northeastern region, including Aomori Prefecture, on Monday night, measuring up to upper 6, the second-highest level on the country’s seismic intensity scale. The temblor occurred at a depth of 54 kilometers

Tokyo, Dec. 9 (Jiji Press)–Fewer companies are going public in Japan in 2025 than in the previous year apparently because stock prices fell sharply in early April amid concerns about high U.S. tariffs. The number of companies going public on Japanese stock

Bangkok, Dec. 9 (Jiji Press)–A 15-year-old junior high school girl from the northeastern Japan city of Yamagata has become the youngest-ever professional Muay Thai competitor in Thailand, where the martial art is a national sport. Airi Kadowaki, who is in her third

Beijing, Dec. 9 (Jiji Press)–The operator of the international ferry Jian Zhen Hao linking Shanghai with the western Japan cities of Kobe and Osaka said it has suspended passenger services on the vessel. The operator, Japan-China International Ferry Co., said Monday the

Sapporo, Dec. 9 (Jiji Press)–Hokkaido Spaceport (HOSPO), Japan’s only rocket launch site open to the private sector, which also features a runway, is steadily raising its profile. An increasing number of domestic and overseas companies are looking at using HOSPO, located in

Tokyo, Dec. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Empress Masako turned 62 on Tuesday, with stronger hope for peace cultivated through her visits this year to places associated with World War II. Marking the 80th year since the war ended, Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako

Tokyo, Dec. 9 (Jiji Press)–A powerful earthquake mainly struck Japan’s Tohoku northeastern region, including Aomori Prefecture, on Monday night, measuring up to upper 6, the second-highest level on the country’s seismic intensity scale. The temblor, with an estimated magnitude of 7.6, occurred

Stockholm, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)–Kyoto University professor Susumu Kitagawa, one of the three winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, said Monday that the world has shifted over to a “gas age” through his own development of metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs.

Tokyo, Dec. 9 (Jiji Press)–A powerful earthquake mainly struck Japan’s Tohoku northeastern region, including Aomori Prefecture, on Monday night, measuring up to upper 6, the second-highest level on the country’s seismic intensity scale. The temblor, with an estimated magnitude of 7.6, occurred