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Seoul/Tokyo, April 19 (Jiji Press)–North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan from an area around Sinpo in the east of the country around 6:10 a.m. Sunday, the South Korean military said. The missiles are believed to have

Tokyo, April 19 (Jiji Press)–Competition is intensifying in the Japanese market for electric minivehicles and compact electric vehicles, with Chinese automaker BYD Co. set to join the race this summer. Some industry officials expect greater competition will help revitalize the domestic EV

Tokyo, April 19 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is actively engaging in summit diplomacy with leaders of other Asian nations and countries in Europe and the Middle East amid the prolonged crisis over Iran. She apparently aims to demonstrate Japan’s presence

Tokyo, April 19 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. plans to introduce new disclosure rules for midsize companies that have not published specific measures to improve capital efficiency, its president, Ryusuke Yokoyama, has said in a recent interview. Although three years have passed

Seoul/Tokyo, April 19 (Jiji Press)–North Korea fired several ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan from an area around Sinpo in the east of the country around 6:10 a.m. Sunday, the South Korean military said. The missiles are forecast to have fallen

(The final paragraph should have read, “…eastern province of…,” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) N. Korea Launches Possible Ballistic Missile Tokyo, April 19 (Jiji Press)–An object that may be a ballistic missile has been launched from North Korea, Japan’s

Tokyo, April 19 (Jiji Press)–With Sunday marking seven years since a woman and her daughter were killed by a runaway car in Tokyo’s busy Ikebukuro district, the lead police investigator at the time has said that he probed the accident with the

Tokyo, April 19 (Jiji Press)–High crude oil prices reflecting the turmoil in the Middle East have hit the Japanese fishing industry hard, including through surges in costs for fuel and related equipment. The owner of a company in the city of Kesennuma,

Tokyo, April 18 (Jiji Press)–The elder sister of former Japanese death-row inmate Iwao Hakamata, 90, who was acquitted in a retrial, criticized on Saturday the Justice Ministry’s current bill to reform the nation’s retrial system. Attending a rally held in front of

Tokyo, April 18 (Jiji Press)–The elder sister of former Japanese death-row inmate Iwao Hakamata, 90, who was acquitted in a retrial, criticized on Saturday the Justice Ministry’s current bill to reform the nation’s retrial system. Attending a rally held in front of