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Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.5 struck Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, around 12:07 a.m. Thursday, with no tsunami reported. A seismic intensity of lower 5, the fifth-highest level on the Japanese scale, was recorded in

Seoul/Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–North Korea fired some 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Thursday, the South Korean military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. A Japanese Defense Ministry official said the missiles are believed to have fallen into

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–The secretaries-general of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its Japan Innovation Party ally and the opposition Democratic Party for the People signed on Thursday an agreement on a reform of the House of Representatives election system, including a

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–A Chinese coast guard ship has passed through the Osumi Strait off Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, along with three Chinese naval ships including missile destroyers, the Japanese Defense Ministry’s Joint Staff has said. The announcement, made Wednesday, marked

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Loan contracts had been signed for projects totaling 69 billion dollars as of the end of September, out of 130 billion dollars’ worth of U.S. investment projects already announced under the Japan-U.S. tariff agreement, according to Japan’s Finance

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–North Korea on Thursday fired a projectile that could be a ballistic missile, Japan’s Defense Ministry said. The South Korean military said that the projectile was fired toward the Sea of Japan. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.] 

Cebu, Philippines, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has said that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth mentioned Japan’s defense spending at their meeting in the Philippine city of Cebu on Wednesday. “We didn’t exchange views with any specific amount or

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s industry ministry has signed a memorandum of cooperation with a German energy firm on wind power generation. Under the memorandum, inked Wednesday, the ministry and Siemens Energy AG will jointly promote floating offshore wind power projects in

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Yoshinobu Tsutsui, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, has urged the European Union not to exclude Japanese-made vehicles from preferential treatment under its proposed Industrial Accelerator Act. “We hope that (the proposed act) will not hinder

Berlin, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–German drone startup Quantum Systems said Wednesday that it has established a Japanese subsidiary and opened an office in Tokyo. The move coincided with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit to Japan. Quantum Systems also signed separate memorandums of