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Atami, Shizuoka Pref., July 3 (Jiji Press)–A memorial ceremony was held Friday to honor the 28 victims of a major mudslide that struck Atami in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka five years ago. Bereaved families, Shizuoka Governor Yasutomo Suzuki and Atami

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese Justice Ministry project team Friday proposed offering opportunities to learn the Japanese language to foreigners before their arrival, utilizing information and communications technology. The team included the proposal in a report on a government program to

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund said Friday that it posted an investment profit of 41,399.5 billion yen for fiscal 2025, marking the sixth consecutive year of surplus. Higher stock prices at home and abroad boosted investment returns for

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Saudi Arabian counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, have agreed on the importance of the international community speaking with one voice to restore safe and free navigation through the Strait of

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Kyoto University is expected to become the third recipient of state aid designed to support universities with potential to produce world-class research results, a government panel report released by the education ministry showed Friday. The education minister is

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan announced a draft cabinet order Friday to raise the fees for permission to change temporary residence status and extend the period of stay to up to 75,000 yen from the current 6,000 yen. The new fees will

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–The yield on the most recent issue of 10-year Japanese government bonds briefly hit a 29-year high of 2.81 pct in Tokyo interdealer bond trading Friday morning. The key Japanese long-term interest rate rose to the highest level

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–The leader of Japan’s opposition Democratic Party for the People has expressed reluctance to join the ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party, citing the ruling camp’s heavy-handed management of the Diet, the country’s parliament. Given that

(Adnkronos) – Eight Buddhist monks have been killed and ten injured in northeastern Thailand after a pick-up truck, driven by an 11-year-old child, ran them over while they were in procession. The group, consisting of 35 monks and five lay devotees, was

(Adnkronos) – A man has been pulled alive from the rubble in Venezuela, after the devastating earthquake on June 24. He remained trapped for eight days and rescuers, the BBC reports, worked for more than a hundred hours to save him after