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Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agriculture minister Kazuo Yana, mired in a series of scandals such as suspected election law violations, resigned in an effective dismissal Wednesday, dealing a serious blow to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration. Yana submitted his resignation to

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–A university established by the Japanese and Turkish governments held an opening ceremony on its campus in Ankara, the Turkish capital, on Wednesday. At Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University, about 100 Turkish students will study artificial intelligence, earthquakes

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–IDC Frontier Inc., a cloud service subsidiary of Japanese telecommunications and technology company SoftBank Corp., said Wednesday that no breaches of customer information it stores has been confirmed following unauthorized access last week. IDC Frontier explained that an

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government scrambled to gather information Wednesday following the news of Russia’s detention of a Japanese reporter on suspicion of espionage, a move likely to further strain the two countries’ relations that have already soured due to

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–A U.S. semiconductor plant project has been selected for the third round of Japanese funding in the United States under the bilateral tariff agreement, Jiji Press learned Wednesday. Japan’s Renesas Electronics Corp. is expected to participate in the

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–Embattled Japanese agriculture minister Kazuo Yana submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in a meeting at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo on Wednesday. Takaichi later told reporters that she accepted the minister’s resignation and takes

Beijing, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–The Chinese Navy said Wednesday that its Liaoning aircraft carrier has headed for the western Pacific to conduct drills. Last December, a Chinese J-15 fighter jet that took off from the vessel during drills directed its radar on

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–Embattled Japanese agriculture minister Kazuo Yana submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday. Yana did this when he met with Takaichi at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo. He told reporters later that he decided

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–Senji Kuroi, a prominent writer of the “introverted generation” in Japan, died of pneumonia on Monday. He was 94. Kuroi, whose real name was Shunjiro Osabe, published “Aoi Kojo” in 1958 while working for Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.,

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–Norwegian International Development Minister Asmund Aukrust has highlighted the importance of international cooperation amid the Middle East turmoil and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There is “a very challenging world out there,” Aukrust said in a recent interview with