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Kusatsu, Shiga Pref., Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)–The city of Kusatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Shiga, often confused for the famous “onsen” hot spring town in eastern Japan sharing the same name, is using the mix-up as a public relations opportunity.

Tokyo, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)–Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo, the only giant pandas Japan has, will be returned to China in late January, the Tokyo metropolitan government said Monday. The male-female twins were born at the zoo in

Tokyo, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)–Business sentiment among large manufacturers in Japan improved for the third straight quarter, apparently because the impacts from the high tariff policy of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration proved to be limited, the Bank of Japan’s “tankan” survey

Beijing, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)–The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday announced sanctions against Shigeru Iwasaki, a former chief of the Japanese Self Defense Force’s Joint Staff who currently serves as a political adviser to the executive branch of Taiwan’s government. The sanctions,

Tokyo, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)–Business sentiment among large manufacturers in Japan improved for the third straight quarter, apparently because the impacts from the high tariff policy of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration proved to be limited, the Bank of Japan’s “tankan” survey

Fukuoka, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)–A 30-year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion of attempted murder in an incident in which a man and a woman were attacked near the Mizuho PayPay Dome stadium in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka. The Fukuoka

Tokyo, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)–The only two giant pandas remaining in Japan will be returned to China in late January, it was learned Monday. Xiao Xiao, male, and Lei Lei, female, are twins born at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in 2021. But they

Tokyo, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)–Rocket Lab Corp. of the United States successfully launched a technology demonstration satellite for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on Sunday, according to JAXA. The rapid innovative payload demonstration satellite-4, or RAISE-4, was launched aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron

Tokyo, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)–Business sentiment among large manufacturers in Japan improved for the third straight quarter, the Bank of Japan’s “tankan” survey for December showed Monday. The headline diffusion index for large manufacturers’ current business conditions rose to plus 15 from

Tokyo, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)–Data from Japan’s next-generation electronic toll collection system, known as ETC 2.0, are coming into broader use across the country. Unlike the conventional ETC system, which is limited to automatic toll payments, ETC 2.0 records and visualizes detailed