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Tokyo, July 12 (Jiji Press)–With the current session of the Diet in its final stretch, ruling-opposition battles are entering the endgame amid a very tight schedule. The session is scheduled to end on Friday but may be extended slightly if deliberations are

Wimbledon, July 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Yui Kamiji shut out Diede de Groot of the Netherlands 6-0, 6-0 in the women’s wheelchair singles final at Wimbledon on Saturday, earning her first Wimbledon title. This is Kamiji’s 12th Grand Slam singles title and makes

Tokyo, July 11 (Jiji Press)–While bluefin tuna stocks have recovered from overfishing-caused plunges under international fishing management, a surge in the population is causing new problems in Japan. At an international conference on tuna haul quotas being held in the southwestern Japan

Wimbledon, July 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Yui Kamiji shut out Diede de Groot of the Netherlands 6-0, 6-0 in the women’s wheelchair singles final at Wimbledon on Saturday, earning her first Wimbledon title. This is Kamiji’s 12th Grand Slam singles title and completes

Tokyo, July 11 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, successfully landed a small test rocket on Saturday, with the goal of reusing rockets in the future. At its Noshiro testing center in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, the RV-X test rocket

Sao Paulo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–An annual festival introducing Japanese culture began in Sao Paulo on Friday, with visitors enjoying Japanese foods, including “takoyaki” and “gyoza,” as well as a “wadaiko” drum performance and “shodo” calligraphy experience. The event, one of the

Tokyo, July 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s internal affairs ministry has begun considering the introduction of artificial intelligence agents to autonomously perform tasks at local governments facing labor shortages. On Thursday, the ministry held the first meeting of a related study group consisting of

Tokyo, July 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese mobile phone carrier SoftBank Corp. and smartphone payment firm PayPay Corp. are considering investing several hundred billion yen in major retailer Seven & i Holdings Co., it has been learned. The two SoftBank Group Corp. affiliates intend

Tokyo, July 11 (Jiji Press)–Large and strong Typhoon Bavi hit the Sakishima Islands in Okinawa Prefectures on Saturday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to urge caution against strong winds, heavy rain, high waves and high tides. As of 12:50 p.m., the ninth

Osaka, July 11 (Jiji Press)–A 54-year-old Japanese prosecutor has pleaded not guilty in the first court hearing of his trial for alleged coercive interrogations of an embezzlement suspect in 2019. At Osaka District Court on Friday, the prosecutor, Daisuke Tabuchi, said that