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Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Friday started the seventh, or final, round of treated water discharge into the Pacific for fiscal 2025, its operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., said. The operation, scheduled to

Silicon Valley, March 5 (Jiji Press)–Nippon Life Insurance Co. has sued U.S. artificial intelligence developer OpenAI for allegedly giving legal advice via its ChatGPT chatbot without a license to a former insurance beneficiary, it was learned Thursday. According to the lawsuit, filed

Seoul, March 6 (Jiji Press)–The foundation established by South Korea and funded by Japan to implement the 2015 bilateral accord over the issue of so-called wartime comfort women has challenged a South Korean court decision to allow the plaintiffs in a related

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan plans to draw up an action plan to secure recycled materials as early as April amid China’s export restrictions on rare earths. At a meeting on a circular economy held at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested a director at Japan Broadcasting Corp., the country’s public broadcaster known as NHK, on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman in the Japanese capital’s Shibuya Ward, it was learned Friday. According to the Metropolitan

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Two Japanese nationals are being detained in Iran, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday. The Japanese government has been able to contact the two nationals even after the U.S.-Israeli attack on the Middle Eastern country on Saturday, and

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will attend a memorial ceremony in the northeastern city of Fukushima on Wednesday to mark the 15th anniversary of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Minoru said Friday. In

Silicon Valley, March 5 (Jiji Press)–Hanamaruki Foods Inc. said Wednesday that it will sell a liquid version of “shio-koji” seasoning to consumers in the United States, starting around this summer. The product is currently on display at a natural food trade show

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government Friday approved a bill to establish the planned disaster management agency, which will serve as a central command body for disaster response. The current disaster management division of the Cabinet Office will be reorganized into

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. will invest 3.4 billion dollars in the United States to boost production capacity for polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, and caustic soda, the Japanese company has said. With the funds, Shintech Inc., the major chemical firm’s