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Naha, Okinawa Pref., Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)–Genta Koja is certain to win Sunday’s gubernatorial election in Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, bringing the Liberal Democratic Party back into power in the prefectural government for the first time in 12 years. The 42-year-old

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)–Genta Koja is certain to win Sunday’s gubernatorial election in Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, bringing the Liberal Democratic Party back into power in the prefectural government for the first time in 12 years. The 42-year-old

Kesennuma, Miyagi Pref., Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and his son, Prince Hisahito, visited a disaster-hit area in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sunday. They visited the Ruins of the Great East Japan Earthquake Kesennuma City Memorial Museum,

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)–Genta Koja is certain to win Sunday’s gubernatorial election in Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, bringing the Liberal Democratic Party back into power in the prefectural government for the first time in 12 years. The 42-year-old

Tokyo, Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)–The Centrist Reform Alliance is facing criticism over its decision to keep one lawmaker in the party so it can receive about 1.1 billion yen in government subsidies before officially disbanding. On social media, the CRA has been

Tokyo, Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering appointing former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hideki Murai as parliamentary affairs chief of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a party leadership reshuffle, informed sources said Sunday. It is customary for

New York, Sept. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Yui Kamiji won the U.S. Open women’s wheelchair tennis singles title on Saturday, securing her second straight U.S. Open title and marking her 13th Grand Slam singles title. In Saturday’s wheelchair women’s singles final at the

Budapest, Sept. 12 (Jiji Press)–Haruka Kitaguchi set a new Japanese record in women’s javelin, improving her own domestic record to 68.92 meters at an international competition in Budapest on Saturday. Kitaguchi, who won a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games,

Tokyo, Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)–A visit to Japan by North Korean sports minister Kim Il Guk is being arranged for the Asian Games in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, according to officials. The plan was unveiled by the sports association of

Venice, Italy, Sept. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda’s “Look Back” has won five collateral awards at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival. Koreeda’s film, which is about two girls united by their passion for comics, was in competition for the Golden