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Tokyo, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)–Suzuki Motor Corp. unveiled online Monday a prototype of its first electric vehicle with a reference range of 310 kilometers, among the longest for electric minivehicles. The e Sky is expected to go on sale within the current

Tokyo, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)–Japan is stepping up diplomatic efforts to ensure free and safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, both critical transport waterways for Middle East crude oil. Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi visited Saudi Arabia

Tokyo, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)–Japanese local government leaders are stepping up calls for legislation to create “special cities,” a new status that would allow ordinance-designated major cities to operate independently of prefectural governments with expanded authority. These major cities say the proposed

Tokyo, Aug. 23 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government has drawn up draft guidelines outlining 150 measures that should be taken to enhance cybersecurity for businesses managing critical infrastructure. The draft said that even closed networks disconnected from the internet “are not necessarily safe.”

Tokyo, Aug. 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese photojournalist Bunyo Ishikawa died of malignant lymphoma at a hospital in Chino, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Sunday. He was 88. Ishikawa, a native of Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, accompanied U.S. forces as a freelance photographer and captured

Tokyo, Aug. 23 (Jiji Press)–Over 53,000 workers at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s meltdown-stricken Fukushima No. 1 power plant have received radiation doses exceeding a key level of 5 millisieverts per year, Jiji Press has learned. The level of 5 millisieverts

Tokyo, Aug. 23 (Jiji Press)–A memorial gathering was held in Tokyo on Sunday for those who died in detention in Siberia and elsewhere after being captured by the former Soviet Union following World War II. About 200 people, including former detainees and

Tokyo, Aug. 23 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government has drawn up draft guidelines outlining 150 measures that should be taken to enhance cybersecurity for businesses managing critical infrastructure. The draft said that even closed networks disconnected from the internet “are not necessarily safe.”

Nikko, Tochigi Pref., Aug. 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police Sunday searched a group company of Tobu Railway Co. over Thursday’s train accident in Tochigi Prefecture that resulted in the deaths of four workers. The Tochigi prefectural police searched the general affairs department office

Tokyo, Aug. 23 (Jiji Press)–A major earthquake occurred in Ibaraki Prefecture early Sunday morning, rocking eastern Japan areas including Tokyo and leaving at least 37 injured. The quake with an estimated magnitude of 5.9 occurred in southern Ibaraki at a depth of