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By Toshifumi Sekitsuka Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Across America, the whir of lawn mowers is a soundtrack of suburban life. Even so, few homeowners and landscapers may pause to think about the decades of engineering, unconventional marketing and persistence that helped make

Kochi, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako have visited a braille library in Kochi Prefecture, interacting with junior high and high school students. At the Otepia Kochi Talking Book & Braille Library in the city of Kochi, the capital

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–A U.S. Marine indicted for alleged murder-robbery in Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, has signaled his involvement in the crime during questioning by the police department of the southernmost Japan prefecture, investigative sources said. Lance Cpl. Devin

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–The U.S. Air Force’s 18th Wing in Okinawa Prefecture is set to ban automobiles made by Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD Co. from entering the Kadena Air Base in the southernmost Japan prefecture, it has been

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–A lawyer has announced a decision to file a lawsuit against the operators of the Times Car vehicle-sharing service for up to about 50,000 yen in damages per victim of customer data breaches that hit the service. The

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young has canceled his visit to Japan planned this week, it was learned Tuesday. Sources familiar with Japan-South Korea relations said the cancellation came as Chung, who had sought a meeting with Japanese

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government said Monday that officials from the Japanese Embassy in Moscow held a consular meeting the same day with a reporter for Japan’s Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper who has been detained by Russian authorities on suspicion of

(Adnkronos) – The Serbian student list that won the elections in the country should form “a technical government” composed of experts with the necessary skills to implement the necessary reforms and bring Serbia back on the path to European Union accession. This

(Adnkronos) – “We will go all the way. We call for mobilization on October 31 and November 5.” This was stated, according to Bfm Tv, by Louis Letoublon, vice-president of the student organization Les Lycéens!, adding that “not everything is yet satisfactory.”

(Adnkronos) – “Five women have directly accused Trump of rape or sexual assault in the company or presence of Epstein.” This is what Jamie Raskin, the Democratic leader of the House Judiciary Committee, said, presenting the request for the appointment of a