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Tokyo, Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan has been unable to take concrete countermeasures since Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a disputed northwestern Pacific island a month ago. Japan has lodged a strong protest following Putin’s Aug. 13 visit to the island of Etorofu,

Tokyo, Sept. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Meteorological Agency raised the alert level for Mount Tokachidake in the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido to Level 3 on Saturday morning, banning entry to the 2,077-meter mountain. This is the first time that Level 3 has

By Waka Ota Tokyo, Sept. 12 (Jiji Press)–Canadian Ambassador to Japan Ian McKay has expressed expectations for his country’s participation in the Global Combat Air Program among Japan, Britain and Italy to develop a next-generation fighter jet, targeting 2035 for its rollout.

Aomori, Sept. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. has disclosed the amount of spent nuclear fuel held by each electric power company at its reprocessing plant under construction in the northeastern prefecture of Aomori, Jiji Press learned Saturday. According to the data,

Beijing, Sept. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s parliamentary vice industry minister Toshiyuki Ochi has said that he held brief talks with Wang Hongzhi, head of China’s National Energy Administration, on the sidelines of a meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum’s energy ministers in

Nagoya, Sept. 12 (Jiji Press)–Chubu Electric Power Co. Chairman Satoru Katsuno is considering how to take responsibility for an earthquake risk data fraud scandal involving its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan, including the possibility of resigning, informed sources have said.

Tokyo, Sept. 12 (Jiji Press)–Reo Morimoto, a Japanese actor and narrator known for his gentle voice, died on Sept. 4. He was 83. Morimoto, whose real first name was Haruyuki, was from the central city of Nagoya. His agency said Friday that

Beijing, Sept. 12 (Jiji Press)–Energy ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum have vowed in a joint statement to boost energy security cooperation, including by fortifying supply chains, amid soaring crude oil prices and growing artificial intelligence-related power demand. At their two-day

Seoul, Sept. 12 (Jiji Press)–North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan from the Wonsan area in the eastern province of Kangwon on Saturday, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The missiles were fired around 5:20 a.m.

Tokyo, Sept. 12 (Jiji Press)–Shoichiro Irimajiri, former president of what is now Japan’s Sega Co., said in a recent interview that he had decided to invest 5 million dollars in then-fledgling U.S. chipmaker Nvidia Corp. in the late 1990s because he was