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9 Settembre 2026

S. Korea to Skip Sado Mine Memorial Service for 3rd Year

Seoul, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–South Korea will not send officials to Saturday’s memorial service at the Sado Island Gold Mines, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, it was learned Wednesday. It will be the third consecutive year
9 Settembre 2026

More Japanese Regional Banks Sending Personnel to India

New Delhi, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese regional lenders are increasingly dispatching staff to India to support clients from Japan, with nine banks having already taken such steps and at least seven more planning to follow suit. Those banks aim to support their
9 Settembre 2026

CRA Leader Ogawa Announces Decision to Disband

Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–Centrist Reform Alliance leader Junya Ogawa announced on Wednesday that the Japanese opposition party will disband after completing liquidation procedures. At an extraordinary meeting of party executives on the day, the CRA decided on its dissolution following the
9 Settembre 2026

Japanese Manga Artist Launches Crowdfunding for Kumamoto

Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for his “Ashita no Joe” series, and others have started a crowdfunding campaign to deliver temporary housing to people displaced by a massive earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in
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Sake from Yamaguchi Pref. Wins Top Award in Int’l Contest

London, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)–Sake from Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, won the top prize in the Japanese rice wine category at the annual International Wine Challenge, one of the world’s largest wine competitions, on Tuesday. The 2026 Champion Sake award went to
9 Settembre 2026

Family Marks 30 Years since Tokyo Student Murder Case

Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–The bereaved family Wednesday remembered Junko Kobayashi, a female student at Tokyo’s Sophia University killed in a high-profile unresolved case 30 years ago. In a flower-laying ceremony at the site of the murder in Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward, the
9 Settembre 2026

Heavy Rain Hits Wide Areas of Japan

Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–Heavy rain struck areas stretching from the Tohoku northeastern region to the Chugoku and Shikoku western regions of Japan on Wednesday morning due to the impact of a weather front and a tropical cyclone near Shikoku. The front
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