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Hiroshima, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Representatives from 127 countries and regions plus the European Union are expected to attend this year’s Aug. 6 ceremony in Hiroshima to honor the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city, the municipal

Nara, July 8 (Jiji Press)–As Wednesday marked four years since the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the western Japan city of Nara, about 1,000 visitors paid their respects to him at a floral tribute stand at the shooting

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–NEC Corp. said Wednesday that it has rolled out the first service under its strategic collaboration with Anthropic, a U.S. artificial intelligence startup, that the Japanese electronics maker announced in April. The service, which utilizes Anthropic’s Claude generative

Los Angeles, July 7 (Jiji Press)–Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani hit his 300th career home run in U.S. Major League Baseball on Tuesday, becoming the first Japanese MLB player to achieve the milestone. In his ninth year in MLB, Ohtani achieved

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi paid tribute to her late predecessor, Shinzo Abe, whom she sees as her mentor, on Wednesday, exactly four years after his assassination. “I will never forget that day for the rest of my

(Adnkronos) – Premier Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday underscored Italy’s unwavering support for Ukraine and achieving a “just and lasting peace” during talks with the war-ravaged country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky.  During the talks, held on the sidelines of a Nato summit in Ankara,”Italy’s

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Regional banks across Japan are facing risks of their loans to credit card payment processing service firm Zentoshin, which has gone bust, becoming irrecoverable. The company based in the western Japan city of Osaka filed for bankruptcy with

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan logged a current account surplus of 3,968.3 billion yen for May, supported by robust export growth, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday. The current account balance, the broadest indicator of a country’s international trade and investment flows, remained

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s parliament enacted a bill Wednesday to add six islands to the country’s list of inhabited border islands eligible for state aid to promote settlement. The revised special measures law for the preservation of inhabited border islands calls

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. said Wednesday that it expects to post record consolidated sales and net profit for this year after a recovery from the fallout of last year’s system failure. The Japanese beverage maker said that its