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Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld a damages order against a website operator who made imitation band scores available for free. The top court’s Second Petty Bench thus finalized the Tokyo High Court order that the website operator

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–The average number of new influenza cases per regularly monitored medical institution in Japan stood at 11.35 in the week through Sunday, exceeding the alert level of 10, the health ministry said Friday. The figure, based on reports

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced a 32-year-old man to nine years in prison for attempting to murder Takashi Tachibana, head of a political group criticizing public broadcaster NHK, or Japan Broadcasting Corp., in March last year. Presiding

(Adnkronos) – Five people, including three children, died in yesterday’s collapse of a building in Istanbul, where the lower floors crumbled while the upper ones remained standing on the rubble. The collapse occurred in the Asian part of the metropolis, the city

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Financial Services Agency on Friday ordered Prudential Life Insurance Co. and Gibraltar Life Insurance Co., both part of the U.S. Prudential Financial Inc. group, to suspend some operations for more than three months over fraud committed by

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reiterated her intention on Friday to keep embattled agriculture minister Kazuo Yana in his post. “I want him to leverage his abundant knowledge and policymaking ability and work harder than anyone to strengthen

Manila, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan and the Philippines applied their Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement, or ACSA, for the first time during a joint exercise in the Philippines, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force said Friday. During the Doshin Bayanihan exercise with the Philippine

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–The share of couples in Japan who arranged child support payments upon divorce rose to 74.7 pct in the second quarter of the year from 55.5 pct a year before, the Justice Ministry said Friday. The rise followed

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Financial Services Agency on Friday called on financial institutions to review their cybersecurity measures in response to a recent series of customer data breaches caused by unauthorized access. The agency asked financial institutions to examine their response