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Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–A total of 2,519 people are still unaccounted for in six Japanese prefectures after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck the Tohoku northeastern region on March 11, 2011, the National Police Agency said Monday. The number stood at

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Defense Ministry has called on the United States to conduct thorough maintenance work for its military aircraft, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Monday. The request followed a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter’s emergency landing at a baseball

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan involving liabilities of at least 10 million yen totaled 851 last month, the highest level in 13 years for a February, Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd. said Monday. The figure marked a

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–The religious group known as the Unification Church on Monday filed a special appeal to Japan’s Supreme Court against a Tokyo High Court order to dissolve the group. But the liquidation procedures will continue for the group, formally

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese publisher Shogakukan Inc. said Monday that it has apologized to a sex crime victim for using a male manga artist as an author for a new series under a different pseudonym despite knowing about his history of

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo stocks plummeted Monday due to a surge in crude oil prices attributed to rising Middle East tensions, leading the key Nikkei 225 average to close with the third-largest daily point loss on record. The Nikkei index finished

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. has reduced ethylene output to avoid a production halt due to a lack of supply of raw materials from the Middle East, company officials said on Monday. The Japanese company has been producing ethylene at

(2nd para should have read “… ensuing …,” instead of as sent) Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–A survey has found that nearly 60 pct of high school students in eastern and northeastern Japan do not know correctly which company operates the 2011

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–In a Jiji Press opinion poll conducted in February, 65.4 pct of respondents said their memories of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which mainly struck northeastern Japan, were fading. Asked whether their memories of the disaster are

Tokyo, March 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Foreign Ministry said Monday that 208 Japanese nationals have been evacuated from Doha, the capital of Qatar, to Riyadh by land amid the growing conflict between U.S.-Israeli forces and Iran. The evacuees, along with Japanese nationals who