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Naha, Okinawa Pref., Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–Genta Koja, who won Sunday’s gubernatorial election in Okinawa Prefecture, vowed on Monday to reform the prefectural administration. “I will work to improve people’s lives, shore up the local economy and enhance support for child-rearing families

Kesennuma, Miyagi Pref., Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and his son, Prince Hisahito, visited on Sunday the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was hit hard by major tsunami from the March 2011 powerful earthquake. They visited the

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–Genta Koja won a gubernatorial election in Okinawa Prefecture on Sunday, meaning that the southernmost Japan prefecture will have a leader tolerant of the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma air station within Okinawa for

Jakarta, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Self-Defense Forces will soon begin work to extinguish forest fires in western Kalimantan, Indonesia, in its first firefighting operation abroad. The Maritime SDF’s Kunisaki transport vessel, carrying three CH-47 large helicopters of the Ground SDF, arrived at

Tokyo, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average gave up over 1,200 points at one point on Monday morning, due to artificial intelligence-related concerns. At 9:20 a.m., the index of 225 major issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime

Tokyo, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–Major real estate developers in Japan are stepping up their data center development, as further growth is expected on the back of an artificial intelligence boom. According to the communications ministry, the data center-related market in Japan is

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)–Genta Koja is certain to win Sunday’s gubernatorial election in Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, bringing the Liberal Democratic Party back into power in the prefectural government for the first time in 12 years. The 42-year-old

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)–Genta Koja won Sunday’s gubernatorial election in Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, bringing the Liberal Democratic Party back into power in the prefectural government for the first time in 12 years. The 42-year-old former vice mayor

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)–Genta Koja won a gubernatorial election in Okinawa Prefecture on Sunday, meaning that the southernmost Japan prefecture will have a leader tolerant of the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma air station within Okinawa for

Tokyo, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japanese megabanks have successively launched new financial services designed for small and midsize enterprises, seeking to tap their funding demand and expand earnings following the Bank of Japan’s interest rate hikes. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. has introduced a