TOKYO, April 1 (Xinhua) — The Japanese government on Monday designated five airports and 11 seaports to be upgraded for possible use by the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) and the Japan Coast Guard, local
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Death toll rises to 13 in powerful Japan quake
TOKYO, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) — At least 13 people were confirmed dead in Ishikawa prefecture after a massive earthquake hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, the national news agency Kyodo report
Japan PM Kishida to quit as ruling party faction leader
TOKYO, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will step down as chief of his faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) amid a growing slush funds scandal, local media repo
Japan\’s longtime Soka Gakkai lay Buddhist leader Daisaku Ikeda dies at 95
TOKYO, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) — Daisaku Ikeda, the longtime leader of Japan\’s major lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai, has died, local media reported on Saturday.
Ikeda, honorary president of the Soka
Opposition mounts against Japan\’s plan to dump nuclear-contaminated wastewater
Opposition against Japan\’s plan to dump nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean was mounting at home and abroad on Wednesday as Japan is
1 dead, 2 missing after heavy rain pounds wide areas of Japan
TOKYO, June 3 (Xinhua) — Torrential rains pounded a wide swath of Japan\’s Pacific coast on Friday, leaving a man dead and two people missing, local media reported on Saturday.
In Toyohashi of the cen