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Tokyo, July 11 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, successfully landed a small test rocket on Saturday, with the goal of reusing rockets in the future. At its Noshiro testing center in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, the RV-X test rocket

Sao Paulo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–An annual festival introducing Japanese culture began in Sao Paulo on Friday, with visitors enjoying Japanese foods, including “takoyaki” and “gyoza,” as well as a “wadaiko” drum performance and “shodo” calligraphy experience. The event, one of the

Tokyo, July 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s internal affairs ministry has begun considering the introduction of artificial intelligence agents to autonomously perform tasks at local governments facing labor shortages. On Thursday, the ministry held the first meeting of a related study group consisting of

Tokyo, July 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese mobile phone carrier SoftBank Corp. and smartphone payment firm PayPay Corp. are considering investing several hundred billion yen in major retailer Seven & i Holdings Co., it has been learned. The two SoftBank Group Corp. affiliates intend

Tokyo, July 11 (Jiji Press)–Large and strong Typhoon Bavi hit the Sakishima Islands in Okinawa Prefectures on Saturday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to urge caution against strong winds, heavy rain, high waves and high tides. As of 12:50 p.m., the ninth

Osaka, July 11 (Jiji Press)–A 54-year-old Japanese prosecutor has pleaded not guilty in the first court hearing of his trial for alleged coercive interrogations of an embezzlement suspect in 2019. At Osaka District Court on Friday, the prosecutor, Daisuke Tabuchi, said that

Los Angeles/Chicago, July 11 (Jiji Press)–Major League Baseball star Shohei Ohtani will miss this year’s All-Star Game in Philadelphia on Tuesday due to treatment for his left knee, his team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, announced Friday. The two-way Japanese player was selected

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is set to call on the World Trade Organization to ban state subsidies to zombie companies that are effectively bankrupt and unrestricted debt guarantees as part of its proposal to reform the global trade body,

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Zentoshin, a Japanese credit card payment processing service provider that has begun bankruptcy proceedings, was found to have falsified its financial statements by some 63 billion yen over at least 20 years, it was learned Friday. To maintain

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is set to advance collaboration among the public sector, the academic world and industries on research and development for dual-use technologies. At a meeting Friday of the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, the government