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FOCUS: Japan Has Few Cards to Play 1 Month after Putin's Isle Visit
13+ hour, 10+ min ago (164+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japan has been unable to take concrete countermeasures since Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a disputed northwestern Pacific island a month ago. Japan has lodged a strong protest following Putin's Aug. 13 visit to the island of…...
Russia Raps Japan's Request for Removal of Statue
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (135+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson has criticized Tokyo's request to remove a new statue of a Soviet soldier destroying a stone marker bearing a chrysanthemum emblem, a symbol of Japan. Japan should not interfere in the…...
FOCUS: Tokyo Museum Preserves Memories of Students Killed in War
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (537+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--In 1944, as World War II entered its final stages, Itaru Maruo was a promising student at an elite university, dreaming of a career in art. Then the Imperial Japanese military called him up. Deployed to China…...
Governor Promotes Hiroshima's Oysters, Sake in London
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (157+ words) London, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Hiroshima Governor Mika Yokota promoted the prefecture's oysters and sake at an event in London on Tuesday, expressing her desire to boost exports to Britain and deepen friendship and business relations between Hiroshima and the European…...
Japanese Prince Hisahito Turns 20, Leading Fulfilling Life
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (184+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 6 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prince Hisahito, the son of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, turned 20 on Sunday, leading a fulfilling life mainly through his studies at university. The prince, second in line to the throne, is a…...
Japan to Downsize Emperor Emeritus Akihito's Funeral Rite
1+ week, 3+ day ago (197+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Imperial Household Agency is considering holding a funeral rite for Emperor Emeritus Akihito on a considerably smaller scale than that of his father, Emperor Hirohito, posthumously called Emperor Showa, based on a request from the…...
Fukuoka Mayor Takashima Vows Not to Seek 5th Term
2+ week, 6+ day ago (361+ words) Fukuoka, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)--Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima has said that he would not seek a fifth term in the Nov. 15 election. "I want to pass the baton to the next generation," Takashima, 51, who is serving his fourth term as…...
Russia Conducts Missile Drill near Japan-Claimed Islands
3+ week, 2+ day ago (155+ words) Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--Russia has conducted a missile drill around the northwestern Pacific islands at the center of its territorial dispute with Japan, according to the Russian Pacific Fleet. The exercise followed Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Etorofu,…...
Russia Lodges Protest to Japan Envoy over Disputed Island
3+ week, 5+ day ago (159+ words) Tokyo, Aug. 18 (Jiji Press)--Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin on Tuesday summoned Japanese Ambassador to Russia Akira Muto and expressed Moscow's resolute protest over remarks by Japanese officials on Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit last week to a disputed…...
Student Recreates Cityscapes before A-Bombings in Game
3+ week, 5+ day ago (176+ words) nippon.com Tokyo, Aug. 18 (Jiji Press)--A University of Tokyo graduate student organizes workshops in which participants recreate in a game the cityscapes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki before the August 1945 U.S. atomic bombings, aiming to help people think about what the…...