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Tokyo, March 17 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government adopted a new five-year plan Tuesday to support crime victims and bereaved families, featuring measures to allow them to receive support more smoothly and in ways that reduce their psychological burden. In the new basic

Tokyo, March 17 (Jiji Press)–The government adopted a bill Tuesday to set up the Japanese version of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, to conduct cross-ministerial assessments of foreign investments in Japanese businesses. The government plans to

Tokyo, March 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Environment Ministry removed for the first time the red-crowned crane, also known as the Japanese crane, from its list of threatened species on Tuesday. The ministry’s assessment of the bird, which is designated by the Japanese government

Tokyo, March 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Environment Ministry removed for the first time the red-crowned crane, also known as the Japanese crane, from its list of threatened species on Tuesday. The ministry’s assessment of the bird, which is designated by the Japanese government

Tokyo, March 17 (Jiji Press)–All five types of nucleic acid bases that make up DNA and RNA were found in sand samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu, according to a paper by a Japanese research team that was published in British science

Tokyo, March 17 (Jiji Press)–All five types of nucleic acid bases that make up DNA and RNA were found in sand samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu, according to a paper by a Japanese research team that was published in British science

Tokyo, March 17 (Jiji Press)–Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki plans to run for a third term in the southernmost Japan prefecture’s gubernatorial election to be held ahead of the expiration of his current term in September, according to informed sources. Tamaki, 66, plans

Tokyo, March 17 (Jiji Press)–Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki plans to run for a third term in the southernmost Japan prefecture’s gubernatorial election to be held ahead of the expiration of his current term in September, according to informed sources. Tamaki, 66, plans

Maizuru, Kyoto Pref., March 17 (Jiji Press)–For Azusa Matsuura, the first woman to head the Japan Coast Guard School, one of the biggest obstacles in her career in the male-dominated service was her own self-doubt. Matsuura assumed the post in April last

Aomori, March 17 (Jiji Press)–Four people were left unconscious after a collision between a cargo ship and a fishing boat off the northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori in the early hours of Tuesday. The Japan Coast Guard’s 2nd regional headquarters in Shiogama,