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Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–The bereaved family Wednesday remembered Junko Kobayashi, a female student at Tokyo’s Sophia University killed in a high-profile unresolved case 30 years ago. In a flower-laying ceremony at the site of the murder in Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward, the

Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–Heavy rain struck areas stretching from the Tohoku northeastern region to the Chugoku and Shikoku western regions of Japan on Wednesday morning due to the impact of a weather front and a tropical cyclone near Shikoku. The front

Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–Mizuho Bank said Wednesday it will raise its long-term prime lending rate by 0.15 percentage point to 3.4 pct, its highest level in about 30 years, effective on Thursday. The long-term prime rate serves as a benchmark for

London, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)–Hiroshima Governor Mika Yokota promoted the prefecture’s oysters and sake at an event in London on Tuesday, expressing her desire to boost exports to Britain and deepen friendship and business relations between Hiroshima and the European country through

Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government has outlined a draft strategy for combating the red-necked longhorn beetle, which damages fruits and roadside trees, Jiji Press learned Wednesday. Setting a goal of stopping the expansion of and starting to reduce areas with

Beijing, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–Sales of new vehicles by three major Japanese makers in China fell sharply year on year in August amid continued weak demand for their mainstay gasoline-powered models, according to data released by the firms by Wednesday. Toyota Motor

Yokohama, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–South Korean chip giant Samsung Electronics Co. has held a ceremony to mark the full opening of its semiconductor research base in Yokohama, the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. Amid growing demand for higher-end chips in

Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–Major convenience store operator Seven-Eleven Japan Co. has said it will launch new clothing and accessories developed jointly with an affiliate of Japanese apparel firm And ST HD Co. in stages from Sept. 25. The products will be

Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, has unveiled images of three candidate characters for its Suica smart card system to succeed the current character based on a penguin. The three candidates–a brown squirrel, a purple rabbit and

Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)–Members of the opposition Centrist Reform Alliance from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan are considering forming a new party after leaving the CRA following the failure of a planned merger among the CRA, the CDP and Komeito,