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Relatives of those abducted by North Korea have called on that country's leader Kim Jong Un to swiftly return their loved ones.Their appeals came on Saturday at a symposium in Tokyo sponsored by the Japanese government.

People who died in N.Korea remembered

About 40 people gathered at a port in Niigata City on the Japan Sea coast on Saturday to mourn the deaths of Japanese nationals and their relatives who died in North Korea.Saturday marked 60 years since the Japanese government launched a program to assist Koreans living in Japan to relocate to...more

Suzuki Announces New 48-Volt Hybrid Powertrain For Swift Sport, Vitara And SX4 S-Cross

Suzuki will introduce a new 48-volt self-charging hybrid powertrain early next year, which will be offered in the Swift Sport, Vitara and SX4 S-Cross models.

Obukuro Nariaki to release 2nd album

Obukuro Nariaki's second album "Piercing" will be digitally released on December 18.

Items given by Pope Francis on display in Nagasaki

A cross and other items that Pope Francis donated to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki have been put on display in the southern Japanese city.Pope Francis visited Nagasaki City on November 24. He issued a call for the abolition of nuclear weapons and held a mass which drew about 30,000...more

Forecasting sea temperatures with help of turtles

A Japanese research group has developed a method that increases the accuracy of predicting long-term seawater temperatures by collecting data with the help of turtles.Researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, and elsewhere, installed sea temperature sensors on five...more

Group asks prosecutors to probe Kansai Electric

More than 3,200 people have asked prosecutors to investigate a dozen former and current executives of Kansai Electric Power Company who received cash and gifts from a local government official.A citizens' group filed the criminal complaint at the Osaka District Public Prosecutors' Office on Friday...more

Empress Emerita suffers 'stress-induced' sickness

Japan's Imperial Household Agency says Empress Emerita Michiko has felt sick over the past several months probably because of mental stress.The agency says the 85-year-old Empress Emerita vomited several times since mid-September and she was apparently bleeding from the stomach.

Arashi's documentary to be distributed on Netflix for one year

Arashi's documentary series 'ARASHI's Diary -Voyage-' will be available on Netflix for one year beginning this December 31. 'ARASHI's Diary -Voyage-' is an original program that will follow Arashi's activities until they go on hiatus on December 31, 2020. Through archived footage from the past...more

Abe's visit to India to be postponed

The Japanese government plans to reschedule Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to India. The move comes amid intensifying violence in parts of the country he is due to visit.Abe was due to leave Japan for India on Sunday for the three-day trip.

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