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Tokyo, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)–A powerful earthquake struck Japan’s Tohoku northeastern region, mainly Aomori Prefecture, on Monday night, measuring up to upper 6, the second highest level on the country’s seismic intensity scale. The temblor, with an estimated magnitude of 7.6, occurred

Tokyo, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)–A powerful earthquake struck Japan’s Tohoku northeastern region, mainly Aomori Prefecture, on Monday night, measuring up to upper 6, the second highest level on the country’s seismic intensity scale. The temblor, with an estimated magnitude of 7.6, occurred

Tokyo, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)–Taro Yamamoto won a third term as leader of Japanese opposition party Reiwa Shinsengumi on Monday. The new term of the 51-year-old will run until December 2028. “I’ll work hard for the party’s next stage,” he said. The

Tokyo, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, will promote Executive Vice President Tatsuhiko Inoue, 68, to president to succeed Nobuo Inaba, 75, whose term expires next month, the Board of Governors of the public broadcaster said Monday. Inoue will serve

Beijing, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)–Beijing claimed Monday that the Chinese military activated radars on Japanese Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets for search purposes. “To activate search radar during flight training is commonly done by carrier-based aircraft of all countries,” Chinese Foreign Ministry

By Yuka Moriyama Tokyo, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)–Justin Hayhurst, the outgoing Australian ambassador to Japan, on Monday stressed the importance of continued efforts to deepen defense and security cooperation between the two nations. At the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, he

Tokyo, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s health ministry on Monday proposed to an expert panel a plan to revise ceilings on long-term patients’ burdens for high-cost medical care. Specifically, the ministry plans to introduce an annual cap on such patients’ out-of-pocket expenses, in

Tokyo, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese Fisheries Agency panel on Monday approved a new catch quota allocation plan for Japanese common squid for the current fishing season. While the overall catch quota itself will not be changed, a total of 2,485 tons

Tokyo, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)–The yield on the latest issue of 10-year Japanese government bonds, regarded as the country’s benchmark long-term interest rate, rose to 1.970 pct in Tokyo interdealer trading Monday, hitting the highest level since June 2007. JGBs were under

Oita, Dec. 8 (Jiji Press)–Sanrio Co. on Monday unveiled a basic concept to turn its Harmonyland outdoor theme park in the town of Hiji in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita into a resort facility. Initial investment will total 10 billion yen,