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Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s new Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama on Sunday vowed to “do everything possible” to secure funds to raise the share of the country’s defense spending to its gross domestic product to 2 pct in the current fiscal year.

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s new Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Sunday that he may meet with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during U.S. President Donald Trump’s three-day visit to Japan from Monday. “I will tell (Hegseth) that Japan will strengthen its

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–A Komeito executive said that the Japanese party may give its backing to candidates of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in future parliamentary elections. “It could be possible” for Komeito, the former coalition partner of

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s health ministry has started considering ways to promote the use of follow-on products of very expensive original biological drugs. Options include increasing out-of-pocket costs of patients who choose original drugs even though the original and follow-on products

Tanegashima, Kagoshima Pref., Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, successfully launched an H3 rocket carrying the first unit of the newly developed HTV-X resupply vehicle on Sunday. The seventh H3 rocket was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center

Tanegashima, Kagoshima Pref., Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, successfully launched an H3 rocket carrying the first unit of the HTV-X resupply vehicle on Sunday. The seventh H3 rocket was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima

Paris, Oct. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Rino Yoshimoto, 22, won the second prize at the 58th Premio Paganini, an international violin competition in Genoa, Italy, on Saturday. The first round of the competition started Oct. 15 with 20 participants including four Japanese violinists.

Tokyo, Oct. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japanese opposition parties are wary of a plan by the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) to reduce the number of House of Representatives seats by 10 pct from

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Administrative authorities in Japan are calling for exercising a high level of caution against bears as the autumn foliage season is starting in earnest. The number of deaths from bear attacks in the country in fiscal 2025, which

Washington, Oct. 25 (Jiji Press)–A U.S. House committee chair has urged Japan to increase its defense spending in a bid to deter coercive actions by China, which has been intensifying pressure on Japan and other U.S. allies. “I believe it’s important that