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Tokyo, May 20 (Jiji Press)–A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan on Wednesday, measuring upper 5, the fourth-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, on an island in Kagoshima Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The temblor with an estimated magnitude

Paris, May 19 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama on Tuesday warned of risks of Asian countries’ heavy reliance on the Middle East for oil and other products amid the war in Iran. The war’s “impact on Asia, which is dependent on

Kobe, May 20 (Jiji Press)–A mother and her daughter have been found dead and bleeding in their house in the city of Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. At around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Hyogo prefectural police found one woman collapsed near the entrance

Hiroshima, May 20 (Jiji Press)–A register of people who died from the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 was aired at a memorial park in the western Japan city on Wednesday for its upkeep. City officials took the books out of

Paris, May 19 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Tuesday that her Group of Seven counterparts showed their understanding on Japan’s recent yen-buying, dollar-selling market intervention. At the just-ended meeting in Paris of the finance ministers and central bank governors of

Tokyo, May 20 (Jiji Press)–Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will deliver a speech to the Diet, the Japanese parliament, on May 28, it was learned Wednesday. Executives of the steering committee of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet,

Tokyo, May 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has called on the government to consider making My Number personal identification card ownership mandatory. There would be no penalty for noncompliance, according to the proposal compiled Tuesday by the LDP’s Headquarters for

Tokyo, May 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly gave up over 1,200 points in early trading Wednesday, slipping below 60,000 for the first time in about three weeks, as investor sentiment was battered by rising global interest rates. At

Tokyo, May 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly gave up over 1,200 points in early trading Wednesday, slipping below 60,000 for the first time in about three weeks. At 9:23 a.m., the Nikkei index of 225 selected issues listed

Tokyo, May 20 (Jiji Press)–More than six months after the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka closed, buildings, artworks, construction materials and equipment from the western Japan city venue are being repurposed in communities across the country. The Japan Association for the 2025