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Otsuchi, Iwate Pref., March 11 (Jiji Press)–Victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami were remembered in the hardest hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima in northeastern Japan on Wednesday, the 15th anniversary of the disaster. Along the Pacific coast of

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–The leaders of the Group of Seven major industrial economies will meet online on Wednesday to discuss the impact on the world economy and energy supply from the widening conflict in the Middle East, the Japanese government said.

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–East Japan Railway Co. has said it will launch a trial in April of a system that uses artificial intelligence to monitor pantographs on trains running on its busy Yamanote Line in Tokyo to detect defects in train

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese alcoholic drink maker Asahi Breweries Ltd. plans to resume shipments of all its products starting April 7 after a halt due to a computer system failure caused by a cyberattack on its parent. In the alcoholic drink

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese interior affairs minister Ryota Takeda was appointed chair of the Japan-South Korea parliamentarians’ union, a suprapartisan group of Japanese lawmakers promoting ties between the two countries, on Tuesday. Takeda, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s three major nonlife insurers will expand the sea areas in which extra premiums are required under ship insurance policies to cover war and terror risks, in the wake of the conflict between U.S.-Israeli forces and Iran, it

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)–Energy ministers from the Group of Seven major countries said in a joint statement on Tuesday that their countries are ready to take necessary measures, including releasing their oil reserves, in response to the deteriorating situation in the

Namie, Fukushima Pref., March 11 (Jiji Press)–The town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which suffered a major earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident in March 2011, has transformed into a hub for land-based aquaculture. Although a vast area of Namie remains

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rose more than 1,200 points in early trading in Tokyo on Wednesday, thanks to buybacks reflecting easing concerns over oil prices and the situation in the Middle East. At 9:17 a.m., the

Futaba, Fukushima Pref., March 11 (Jiji Press)–Jun Izumita, a former elementary school teacher, recounts stories about the children who lost their lives in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, as well as those who endured hardships in the aftermath of the ensuing