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Fukushima, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Fishermen in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, said Thursday that they will expand their fishing area near the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, starting in January. The Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations will shrink its

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police chief Yoshinobu Kusunoki and his Cambodian counterpart, Sar Theth, on Wednesday agreed to deepen cooperation to eradicate organized fraud. At a meeting in Tokyo, Kusunoki, commissioner general of Japan’s National Police Agency, told Sar Theth, commissioner

(The headline should have read, “…Ohsho Pres….,” and the second sentence in the fifth paragraph should have read, “…Gyoza no Ohsho…,” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) Kyoto Prosecutors Appeal Acquittal in 2013 Ohsho Pres. Murder Kyoto, Oct. 29 (Jiji

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hosted an autumn garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Thursday. The Imperial couple and other members of the Imperial Family walked around to converse with about 1,700 invited

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Thursday ordered a city assembly member from Kofu in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, to pay 1.1 million yen in damages to Taiwan-born author Li Kotomi over a privacy violation related to the disclosure

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–A group of Japanese researchers have uncovered the characteristics of archaea, single-celled micro-organisms, that are most closely related to eukaryotes, organisms including plants and animals, from a methane production well in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo. The group, including

Baku, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Azerbaijan is willing to extend its visa-free program for Japanese citizens, Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the president of Azerbaijan, has said. Visa exemption is “a two-way street,” Hajiyev said in talks with reporters from media outlets including Jiji

Osaka, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–A former manager at major Japanese general contractor Takenaka Corp. admitted on Thursday to having a subcontractor submit inflated bills for construction work related to the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan. Tatsumi Kawai, 61, acknowledged the

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government has requested that telecommunications carriers forcibly deny access to a website believed to be behind a cyberattack on GMO Internet Inc., people familiar with the matter said Thursday. The request was made by the communications

Paris, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Spanish authorities have informed Tokyo that the names of two Japanese nationals were on the passenger lists for the high-speed trains involved in a fatal crash that happened in Spain on Wednesday, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara