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Stockholm, Dec. 6 (Jiji Press)–Shimon Sakaguchi, distinguished honorary professor at the University of Osaka, who won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, underscored the significance of medical science at a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden on Saturday.

Wajima, Ishikawa Pref., Dec. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Sunday visited the Noto Peninsula in the central prefecture of Ishikawa, which was severely damaged by last year’s powerful earthquake and heavy rains. By inspecting the disaster-stricken areas for the

Tokyo, Dec. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Australian counterpart, Richard Marles, agreed on Sunday to deepen security cooperation in light of China’s increasingly coercive actions in the East and South China seas. At their meeting at the Japanese

Tokyo, Dec. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Defense Ministry said Sunday that Chinese military aircraft intermittently locked its radar onto Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets twice over the high seas of the western Pacific southeast of the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Saturday

Tokyo, Dec. 6 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government has drawn up a draft of its basic program on the development and use of artificial intelligence, aiming to increase the AI utilization rate among the public initially to 50 pct and eventually to 80

Tokyo, Dec. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s average retail rice price hit a new record high for the first time in three weeks, according to agriculture ministry data. In the week ended last Sunday, the average price of rice sold at about 1,000 supermarkets

Tokyo, Dec. 6 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese travel company Nippon Travel Agency Co. has introduced a one-day tour offering participants a chance to view luxurious Kabuki costumes in partnership with the Japan Traditional Culture Testing Association. This marks the first product of the

Tokyo, Dec. 6 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government, in its sixth basic program for promoting gender equality, will stipulate that it will consider legislation to legalize the use of pre-marriage family names, informed sources told the Jiji Press on Saturday. The move will

Tokyo, Dec. 6 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is concerned about the possibility of France inviting China to next year’s Group of Seven summit in the European country, which could undermine the G-7’s unity against China. Last month, Bloomberg reported that French President

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani is “proud” of the government’s aid to Palestinians in war-devastated Gaza, including airlifting over 200 sick and injured children and their families to Italy for medical treatment and granting over 200 scholarships to study at Italian