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Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–A 76-year-old woman was stabbed at an apartment in Machida, Tokyo, on Tuesday evening and died shortly after being transported to hospital. Officers from Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department arrested Kota Kuwano, a 40-year-old man from Machida, who was

Osaka, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese airline ANA Holdings Inc. and U.S. startup Joby Aviation Inc. performed the first demonstration flight of their flying car for the press at the World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka on Tuesday. The electric

Kagoshima, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–A Chinese survey ship was spotted again within Japan’s exclusive economic zone off the island of Amami Oshima in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, according to the Japan Coast Guard. The JCG’s 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, based

New York, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Ryosuke Takashima, mayor of Ashiya, a city in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, is among Time’s 100 most influential emerging people, according to the list released by the U.S. magazine on Tuesday. Takashima, who became the youngest-ever mayor

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka has hit combined 200 career wins in the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization (NPB) and U.S. Major League Baseball, becoming the fourth Japanese professional baseball player to achieve this feat. With this achievement, the 36-year-old

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Talks between Japan’s ruling and opposition parties have stalled over a proposal to scrap the provisional gasoline tax surcharge. The slowdown is widely attributed to the political lull caused by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election, slated

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a candidate in the Liberal Democratic Party’s upcoming leadership election, has said that expanding the ruling coalition, currently made up of the LDP and Komeito, is the “best option.” Koizumi and four other

Mumbai, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Next-generation E10 series Shinkansen bullet trains of East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, are expected to be delivered to India in 2029 for a planned high-speed rail link in the South Asian nation, an urban development official

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Business sentiment among large manufacturers in Japan improved for two consecutive quarters, the Bank of Japan’s “Tankan” survey for September showed Wednesday. The headline diffusion index for large manufacturers’ current business conditions rose to plus 14 from plus

Misawa, Aomori Pref., Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force and the Royal Australian Air Force kicked off their “Bushido Guardian” joint exercise in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Tuesday. The Japan-Australia exercise is joined by the U.S. Air Force for the