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Seoul, Jan. 4 (Jiji Press)–North Korea fired apparent ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Sunday, sources in the South Korean military said. They were launched from around Pyongyang, the sources said. According to Japan’s Defense Ministry, at least two projectiles

Tokyo, Jan. 3 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Saturday set up a liaison office at the Foreign Ministry following a U.S. attack on Venezuela. The office is headed by Motoyuki Ishize, director-general of the ministry’s Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau. The

Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref., Jan. 3 (Jiji Press)–Business closures are continuing at a rapid pace in areas hit hard by the powerful Noto Peninsula earthquake two years ago, especially in the Okunoto region in the peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan. This is

Tokyo, Jan. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan Railways Group companies are set to continue talks on the fate of loss-making local lines with regional communities concerned. While the number of users of those unprofitable local lines is unlikely to recover amid falling populations in

Tokyo, Jan. 3 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese business leader has called on the government to take measures to support small companies, which face an increasingly tough business environment. In an interview with media organizations including Jiji Press, Ken Kobayashi, head of the Japan

Wajima, Ishikawa Pref., Jan. 3 (Jiji Press)–A facility serving as a cafeteria and supermarket is supporting the livelihoods of people affected by a powerful earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in central Japan two years ago. Sumika Shibata, 60, one of those

Tokyo, Jan. 3 (Jiji Press)–Top Japanese business leader Yoshinobu Tsutsui has sounded cautious about the yen’s depreciation against other major currencies while expecting Japan’s economy to follow “a moderate upward trajectory” this year. “Exchange rates reflect the strength of a nation,” Tsutsui,

Tokyo, Jan. 3 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Innovation Party is bound to face a real test this year as to whether it can produce results as a member of the country’s ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party. The JIP replaced Komeito

Beijing, Jan. 3 (Jiji Press)–A spokesperson at China’s Ministry of National Defense has issued a statement rebutting concerns shown by Japan, the United States and other countries over Beijing’s recent large-scale military drills conducted around Taiwan. The Chinese military is ready to

Beijing, Jan. 3 (Jiji Press)–The administration of Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to maintain its hard-line stance toward Japan this year, following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remark over Taiwan last November. Also concerned over Tokyo’s security policy, China will unlikely