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Beijing, June 1 (Jiji Press)–China’s coast guard said Monday that it has conducted patrols in waters east of Taiwan, in response to the decision by Japan and the Philippines last week to begin talks to delimit a maritime boundary between the two

Tokyo, June 1 (Jiji Press)–The share of pregnant women in Japan who underwent prenatal checkups mainly for fetal chromosomal abnormalities quadrupled to 11.5 pct in 2023 from 3.2 pct in 2011, a Japanese research team said. The surge followed the 2013 introduction

Tokyo, June 1 (Jiji Press)–SoftBank Group Corp. became the most valuable Japanese company on Monday, ending Toyota Motor Corp.’s 22-year reign. On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, SoftBank Group’s market capitalization reached 48,784.8 billion yen, surpassing Toyota’s 45,892.3 billion yen. The milestone comes

Tokyo, June 1 (Jiji Press)–Jun Hashimoto, who wrote many Japanese oldies songs, died of cirrhosis at a Tokyo hospital on May 21. He was 86. His works include “Blue Chateau,” sung by Jackey Yoshikawa and His Blue Comets, which won the Japan

Tokyo, June 1 (Jiji Press)–Salesforce Japan Co., a customer relationship management software company, plans to step up investments in artificial intelligence, focusing on data management, to help Japanese companies deploy AI effectively, Chairman and CEO Shinichi Koide said. “Data management is particularly

Tokyo, June 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s key Nikkei 225 stock average finished at a fresh closing high Monday after briefly topping 67,000 for the first time, as growing optimism over the continuation of peace talks between the United States and Iran boosted purchases

Tokyo, June 1 (Jiji Press)–Typhoon Jangmi swept north with a violent wind zone toward the main island of the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Monday morning. The sixth typhoon of the year is expected to pass through Okinawa’s main island on

Tokyo, June 1 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Monday started the second round of treated water discharges for fiscal 2026 from its disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The plant will release 7,800 tons of treated water containing

Hida, Gifu Pref., June 1 (Jiji Press)–An artificial intelligence-powered system that detects bears and automatically sprays repellent is being tested in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu in response to a rise in bear incursions into populated areas. The system, dubbed AIBeS,

(Last para should have read “… that became the first to make informal job offers …,” instead of as sent) Tokyo, June 1 (Jiji Press)–Recruitment activities, such as job interviews, for college students scheduled to graduate next spring were given the official