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Sapporo, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)–Hokkaido Railway Co., or JR Hokkaido, has said it will withdraw a proposal to ask local municipalities to share the cost of maintaining eight loss-making sections in the northernmost Japan prefecture. JR Hokkaido made the announcement Wednesday after

Tokyo, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)–Shiro Akagi, 78, a member of the group that hijacked Japan Airlines’ “Yodo” jet in 1970, is seen to have died in North Korea, where he was living, his supporters have said. Japanese police are believed to have

Tokyo, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will launch her reshuffled cabinet later on Thursday, retaining most of her key ministers. Takaichi, who also heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gathered the letters of resignation from her ministers at an

Tokyo, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)–Shiro Akagi, a member of the group that hijacked Japan Airlines’ “Yodo” jet in 1970, is seen to have died in North Korea, where he was living, his supporters have said. He was 78. Japanese police are believed

Yokohama, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)–The Mitsui Ocean Sakura, an all-suite Japanese cruise ship, is set to go into service Saturday. Ahead of the debut, its operator, Tokyo-based MOL Cruises Ltd., an affiliate of major Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., invited

Tokyo, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)–The ongoing economic expansion in Japan has lasted 74 months through July based on recent preliminary government statistics, highly likely surpassing the “Izanami” boom from February 2002 to February 2008, the longest period of growth since the end

Jakarta, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Self-Defense Forces has started work to extinguish forest fires in western Kalimantan, Indonesia. The Ground SDF’s CH-47 helicopters started spraying river water scooped into large buckets Wednesday. According to Japan’s Defense Ministry, it is the SDF’s first

(Adnkronos) – Nikolai Zyuzev, a 70-year-old Russian-Canadian academic, has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Russia for “high treason”. According to the Russian security services (FSB), the man allegedly collaborated with foreign organizations and promoted, at their behest, “national liberation

Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to unveil her second cabinet on Thursday, retaining most of her key ministers from the first cabinet. This will be her first cabinet reshuffle since taking office last October. Takaichi plans

London, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japan ranked 117th among 145 countries in the World Economic Forum’s global gender equality rankings for 2026, the lowest among the Group of Seven major democracies, a WEF report showed Wednesday. Japan’s ranking improved by one spot from