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Tokyo, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)–Nearly half of Japanese people are concerned about a potential Taiwan conflict, a survey by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan showed on Monday. The survey found that 49.6 pct of respondents said what they

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)–Two Chinese coast guard ships entered Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, on Tuesday. As the Haijing vessels attempted to approach a Japanese fishing boat, a Japan Coast Guard patrol

Tokyo, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)–A new flu virus variant called subclade K is spreading in Japan, a survey by the Japan Institute for Health Security has found. The government-linked organization believes that the spread of the variant may be one of the

Tokyo, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese curry restaurant chain operator Ichibanya Co. aims to launch a full-scale expansion of its Curry House CoCo Ichibanya, or CoCo Ichi, restaurant network across India. The company, headquartered in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, in central Japan, now operates

Tokyo, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has vowed to realize the early restart of visits to graves on Russian-controlled northwestern Pacific islands by former Japanese residents of the islands. She made the pledge on Monday after receiving a set

Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)–Malaysian customs authorities have charged three Japanese men on suspicion of attempting to smuggle large quantities of marijuana into the Southeast Asian nation in violation of the country’s law for cracking down on dangerous drugs. Charged on

Tokyo, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte have agreed to enhance cooperation between East Asian nation and the alliance of European and North American countries. In their telephone talks Monday, Takaichi emphasized that the security

Fukui, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)–Tatsuji Sugimoto, governor of Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, has said that he plans to resign Thursday over his sexual harassment against prefectural government workers. Sugimoto, 63, showed his intention to quit at Monday’s meeting of the Fukui prefectural

Tokyo, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Tsuruha Holdings Inc. and Welcia Holdings Co. have integrated their operations to create a huge drugstore chain boasting annual sales of more than 2 trillion yen. Tsuruha, ranking second in Japan’s drugstore industry, made top-ranking Welcia a

Tokyo, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Nippon Steel Corp. hopes to narrow down a list of candidate sites by next summer and make a final decision by the end of 2026 on a location for its United States Steel Corp. subsidiary to build