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Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese seafood company Umios Corp. has said it will make Canadian seafood processing firm High Liner Foods Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary in a bid to strengthen its operations in the North American market. Umios, formerly Maruha Nichiro

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for the “Ashita no Joe” series and the first manga artist to receive the Order of Culture, died of myelodysplastic syndrome at a Tokyo hospital Thursday. He was 87. Born in

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–UA Zensen, a Japanese labor group representing unions in the textile, distribution and other sectors, unveiled a draft policy Tuesday calling for a 6 pct wage increase, including a 4 pct pay scale hike, in the 2027 “shunto”

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for the “Ashita no Joe” series and the first manga artist to receive the Order of Culture, died of myelodysplastic syndrome at a Tokyo hospital Thursday. He was 87. Born in

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese financial services minister Satsuki Katayama said Tuesday that five foreign exchange margin trading service firms have reported damage incurred by customers apparently due to unauthorized access that recently hit GMO Internet Inc.’s servers leased for the services.

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Tuesday that he will visit the Philippines from Wednesday to Friday to attend meetings related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Koizumi will attend a meeting of defense ministers from ASEAN

New York, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–China opened at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Monday a photo exhibition marking 80 years since the start of the so-called Tokyo Trial, which prosecuted Japanese leaders at the time of World War II. The

Osaka, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–A former head of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, charged with sexually assaulting a female subordinate, pleaded not guilty in his second court hearing at Osaka District Court on Tuesday. Defendant Kentaro Kitagawa, 67, switched to denying

Sao Paulo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–In Japan’s overseas voting for Brazil’s presidential runoff, right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro won 80.08 pct of the valid votes cast, despite being defeated nationwide by leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva by 3.58 percentage points. Following

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Major Australian life insurer Challenger Ltd. has rejected an acquisition offer from a local subsidiary of Japanese peer Daiichi Life Group Inc. In a statement released Monday, Challenger said that the offer from TAL Daiichi Life Australia Pty