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Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, will increase fares by an average 7.1 pct on Saturday, marking the first full-scale fare revision since the privatization of Japan National Railways in 1987, excluding changes due to consumption tax

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–A container ship owned by Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. has been damaged while anchored in the Persian Gulf, it was learned Wednesday. The Japanese and other crew members were unharmed. The ship is able to sail on

Saitama, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Two members of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force have recounted the experience of risking their lives during a hydrogen explosion at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in March 2011. “When the situation becomes

(Adnkronos) – Italian and Chinese companies will be encouraged to team up on joint film projects under an accord that also aims to foster cultural exchange and grow the national film industry after the cabinet approved a bill ratifying and implementing the

Osaka, March 11 (Jiji Press)–A large underground pipe rose about 13 meters from the ground at a construction site in the western Japan city of Osaka on Wednesday. At around 6:50 a.m., police received a call about the pipe protruding from the

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday that the government will release its oil reserves as early as Monday amid soaring crude oil prices. Takaichi also said that the government will keep retail gasoline prices around 170 yen

(Adnkronos) – The United Nations World Food Programme has appealed for fresh funds to keep helping 700,000 people forced to flee their homes since Israel began bombing the south of the country in retaliation for drone and missile attacks against the Jewish

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government-chartered flight carrying South Korean nationals, along with Japanese evacuees from the Middle East, arrived at Narita International Airport near Tokyo on Wednesday. This marked the first application of a memorandum of understanding, signed by the

Natori, Miyagi Pref., March 11 (Jiji Press)–People in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures observed a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m. Wednesday, the exact time when a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of the northeastern Japan region 15 years ago,

(Adnkronos) – ”There is no evidence, for the moment,” that the fire on the regular bus in Kerzers, Switzerland, which caused the death of at least six people and the injury of five others, was a terrorist attack. This was stated by