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Haenam, S. Korea, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese golfer Yuri Yoshida has won the BMW Ladies Championship in Haenam, South Korea, claiming her first-ever U.S. LPGA Tour victory. She became the fourth Japanese golfer to claim an LPGA Tour title this season. The

Narita, Chiba Pref., Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s new agriculture minister Arata Takebe has visited the city of Narita, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, to inspect farmland and agricultural pump stations damaged by Typhoon Dujuan, this year’s 25th typhoon, which struck in September. Takebe

Beijing, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Mongolian government plans to consider seeking compensation over a recent large-scale grassland fire in the country after identifying those responsible for the blaze, according to media outlets including the country’s national broadcaster. The plan was shown at

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Three and a half years after a revised road traffic law called on all cyclists in Japan to make efforts to wear helmets, their use has risen, but only slowly, with just one in four cyclists now wearing

Saitama, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese opposition heavyweight Yukio Edano has sounded negative about forming a new political party. Discussing his future political activities at a meeting with his supporters in the city of Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Saturday, Edano said:

Fukushima, Oct. 25 (Jiji Press)–Incumbent Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori won a fourth term in Sunday’s gubernatorial election in the northeastern Japan prefecture. Uchibori, 62, received support from local chapters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and three opposition parties–the Democratic Party for

Tokyo, Oct. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japan is facing a shortage of Japanese language teachers for foreign workers ahead of the introduction next April of a new system for accepting foreign workers, according to a recent government survey. Under the new Employment for Skill

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 25 (Jiji Press)–Public prosecutors in Okinawa Prefecture indicted U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, on robbery and murder charges on Sunday after a 39-year-old woman was found dead in the southwestern Japan prefecture earlier this month.

Kochi, Oct. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended the opening ceremony of the 41st National Cultural Festival and the 26th National Arts and Culture Festival for Persons with Disabilities in Kochi Prefecture on Sunday. The Imperial couple arrived in

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 25 (Jiji Press)–Public prosecutors in Okinawa Prefecture indicted U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, on Sunday on robbery and murder charges after a 39-year-old woman was found dead in the southwestern Japan prefecture earlier this month.