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Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–The Yomiuri Giants said Friday that former star Hideki Matsui has become new manager of the Japanese professional baseball team under a three-year contract. Matsui, 52, played for the Tokyo-based Giants in the Central League of the Nippon

Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday that the government will step up cybersecurity measures across relevant ministries and agencies in response to a recent series of personal data breaches caused by cyberattacks. “Under the leadership of the

Beijing, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–A massive grassland fire that broke out in a nature reserve in Mongolia earlier this month has been linked to a local unit of Japanese telecommunications carrier KDDI Corp. The fire reportedly spread from one of the vehicles

Kushima, Miyazaki Pref., Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s industry ministry on Friday briefed the city of Kushima in the southwestern prefecture of Miyazaki about a possible literature survey, the first phase of the three-part process to select a final disposal site for high-level

Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan is highly likely to conclude at its next policymaking meeting from Thursday that the rate of the country’s underlying inflation, excluding temporary factors, has reached the BOJ’s 2 pct target. The BOJ set the

Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese and South Korean governments have been unable to identify five sets of remains found at an undersea mine in western Japan where a fatal flooding accident occurred during World War II, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said

Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–South Korea is considering sending Unification Minister Chung Dong-young to Japan next week for possible talks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, sources familiar with relations between the two countries told Jiji Press on Friday. Seoul apparently wants to

Osaka, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–A delegation of business leaders from the Kansai western Japan region will visit Beijing from Dec. 20 to 22 to meet with senior Chinese government officials, organizers have said. The visit is aimed at paving the way for

Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese industry minister Ryosei Akazawa on Friday announced a plan to establish a team of so-called white hat hackers, or ethical experts with advanced cybersecurity knowledge, to strengthen the country’s cyber defenses. The minister told a press conference

New York, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s National Governors’ Association held an event in New York on Thursday to promote famous sights and food cultures in six prefectures in the Asian country. The six were Toyama, Shizuoka, Mie and Nagano in central Japan,