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Seoul, June 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force and the South Korean navy conducted their first search and rescue exercise in over eight years on Sunday. The two sides began holding the joint exercise in 1999. It previously took place in December

Shizuoka, June 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force held a large-scale live-fire exercise at the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Shizuoka Prefecture on Sunday, showcasing a Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile launcher to the public for the first time. The Type-25 HVGP missile

Tokyo, June 7 (Jiji Press)–Several unpublished documents for anime works by Japanese manga legend Osamu Tezuka are still kept at Tezuka Productions Co., Jiji Press learned Sunday. The materials include original drawings, storyboards, and character designs created by Tezuka. They were not

Tokyo, June 7 (Jiji Press)–Komeito, a Japanese opposition party, is considering announcing its merger into the Centrist Reform Alliance in July, sources familiar with the situation have told Jiji Press. Komeito is planning to make a formal decision at a party convention

Tokyo, June 7 (Jiji Press)–The final decision on whether to reduce Japan’s consumption tax rate on food to zero pct or 1 pct will be left to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, an executive of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party suggested on Sunday.

Paris, June 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Tokito Oda won a fourth straight men’s wheelchair singles title at the French Open tennis tournament on Saturday, becoming the second player to achieve this feat, after Japanese legend Shingo Kunieda. In the day’s final, Oda, the

Tokyo, June 7 (Jiji Press)–Local governments in Japan are facing criticism over measures to attract foreign visitors, including subsidizing Shinkansen bullet train fares and waiving admission fees, which critics call “unfair.” This fiscal year, the prefectural government of Kagoshima in the Kyushu

Bangkok, June 6 (Jiji Press)–Thai police said Saturday that they have detained a 38-year-old Japanese man suspected of leading a special fraud group based in the northwestern Cambodian city of Poipet while living in Thailand. Japanese police have obtained an arrest warrant

Tokyo, June 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Supreme Public Prosecutors Office will conduct a harassment survey of prosecutors and other employees nationwide, following a sexual assault case involving a former head of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office. The supreme office issued related instructions

Tokyo, June 6 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration is facing challenges due to a magazine report claiming that her campaign posted videos defaming her rivals on social media during last year’s Liberal Democratic Party presidential election and this year’s House