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Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co. has announced a decision to drop a plan to invest in leading Polish convenience store operator Zabka Group. The parent of convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan Co. had been considering

Tokyo, July 26 (Jiji Press)–Cyberattacks are becoming faster and more sophisticated with the use of artificial intelligence, Nobuo Miwa, president of Tokyo-based information security service provider S&J Corp., has said in a recent interview. His remarks came after a series of cyberattacks

Tokyo, July 26 (Jiji Press)–Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co., which have been discussing areas of cooperation, are considering jointly developing the operating system for software-defined vehicles based on Nissan’s technology, informed sources said Sunday. SDVs can add or improve functions

Sagamihara, Kanagawa Pref., July 26 (Jiji Press)–Many people visited the Tsukui Yamayuri-en residential facility for people with disabilities in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on Sunday, the 10th anniversary of a mass stabbing attack that left 45 residents

Tokyo, July 26 (Jiji Press)–A total of 45 local governments and regional groups across Japan had offered to host regional offices of the country’s disaster management agency, expected to be launched in November, as of Friday, Jiji Press has learned. Among them,

Tokyo, July 26 (Jiji Press)–Long lines formed from early morning at “kabayaki” grilled eel stores and restaurants across Tokyo on Sunday, this year’s Day of the Ox, with the popular delicacy attracting customers despite scorching temperatures. Japanese people traditionally eat grilled eel

Busan, South Korea, July 26 (Jiji Press)–The UNESCO World Heritage Committee on Sunday decided to inscribe the Asuka-Fujiwara archaeological sites, a collection of Asuka-period ruins in the western Japan prefecture of Nara, on the World Heritage List as a cultural property. The

Tokyo, July 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi spent significantly less time attending intensive deliberations of the budget committees of both chambers of the Diet, the country’s parliament, than her recent predecessors during the latest special Diet session that ended Saturday.

Sagamihara, Kanagawa Pref., July 25 (Jiji Press)–A memorial ceremony was held Saturday to remember the 19 victims of the 2016 mass stabbing at a care home for people with disabilities in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, a day before the 10th

Tokyo, July 25 (Jiji Press)–Tadahito Iguchi, a former manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines, a Japanese professional baseball team, has been appointed the new manager of the Japanese national baseball team, nicknamed Samurai Japan, the country’s Nippon Professional Baseball Organization said Saturday.