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Nagoya, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese power generation company Jera Co. has signed a contract with a unit of Malaysian state-owned energy company Petroliam Nasional Bhd. to buy up to 2 million tons of liquefied natural gas per year for 20 years, starting

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Former professional boxer Guts Ishimatsu, who became the first Japanese world lightweight champion, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo on June 2, it was learned Thursday. He was 76. The boxer, whose real name was Yuji

(Adnkronos) – A powerful explosion occurred in a military camp belonging to pro-government forces in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, killing 12 soldiers and wounding several others. According to local sources reported to Xinhua news agency, the explosion occurred in

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese semiconductor company Rapidus Corp. will sign agreements with public institutions in Britain and Italy on research and development cooperation, Rapidus executives told Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday. The signing will coincide with Takaichi’s trip to

(In the story “2 ‘Matsuya’ Companies Team Up in Ginza on Premium Beef Dishes,” moved Wednesday, the first paragraph should have read, “…seek synergies…,” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) 2 “Matsuya” Companies Team Up in Ginza on Premium Beef

(Adnkronos) – Two men of Uighur origin have been sentenced to death in Thailand on charges of detonating a bomb in 2015 at the popular Erawan shrine in the commercial heart of Bangkok, causing the death of 20 people. A Thai court

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Convenience store operator Seven-Eleven Japan Co. said Thursday that it will establish a new company on retail media business jointly with two advertising firms. The new firm, Seven-Eleven Ad Connect, to be owned 80 pct by Seven-Eleven Japan

Sagamihara, Kanagawa Pref., June 11 (Jiji Press)–The body of a 17-year-old high school girl has been found in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan. Around 2:15 a.m. Thursday, an emergency call was made to a fire department reporting that a

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has suggested that she was unable to confirm the authenticity of a voice believed to be that of her secretary in audio from an online meeting attended by a man believed to have

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday approved a bill to cut the number of proportional representation seats in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, by about 10 pct. The bill