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Tokyo, June 28 (Jiji Press)–A cut of 45 House of Representatives proportional representation seats pushed by Japan’s ruling coalition will severely affect smaller opposition parties, an estimate by Jiji Press shows. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan

Tokyo, June 28 (Jiji Press)–Attention is being paid to whether Japanese parliamentary business will be normalized this week following the opposition camp’s boycotting of proceedings in both chambers of the Diet, the country’s parliament, amid a showdown with the ruling coalition. The

Tokyo, June 28 (Jiji Press)–A strong earthquake hit northeastern Japan on Sunday morning, measuring up to lower 5, the fifth-highest level on the country’s seismic intensity scale. Lower 5 was recorded in the city of Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture and the village

Tokyo, June 27 (Jiji Press)–Typhoon Mekkhal moved close to the Kanto region of eastern Japan on Saturday night. The seventh typhoon of the year then traveled off the Boso Peninsula in Kanto and turned into an extratropical cyclone over the sea east

Futaba, Fukushima Pref., June 27 (Jiji Press)–An international workshop on Japan’s worst nuclear accident 15 years ago was held in the town of Futaba in the eastern prefecture of Fukushima on Saturday. The gathering took place at a hotel that opened this

Seoul, June 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Saturday inspected the Black Eagles aerobatic demonstration team of South Korea’s Air Force at a base in the city of Wonju in Gangwon Province, northeastern South Korea. South Korean National Defense Minister

Ishinomaki, Miyagi Pref., June 27 (Jiji Press)–Some 3 million yen in donations from across Japan is helping the efforts to preserve the remains of an elementary school where a total of 84 students and staff workers died due to a tsunami that

Tokyo, June 27 (Jiji Press)–Typhoon Mekkhal is expected to approach the Kanto region of eastern Japan on Saturday night after moving east-northeast off the coast of the Tokai central region. The seventh typhoon of the year is forecast to become an extratropical

Tokyo, June 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government plans to set a goal of reducing annual heatstroke deaths to below 1,000 in a review of its current action plan. With annual deaths exceeding 1,500 on average in the five years to 2024 amid record-breaking

Tokyo, June 27 (Jiji Press)–European aerospace giant Airbus has signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. on cooperation for the development of military drones. They will consider collaboration on the development of unmanned systems for antisubmarine warfare, aiming