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A total of nine Japanese and U.S. fighter jets and U.S. bombers conducted a joint exercise over the Sea of Japan on Sunday, according to the Defense Ministry.

SEOUL -- Following North Korea's launch Saturday of a long-range projectile, likely an intercontinental ballistic missile, the Kim Jong Un regime is expected to accelerate its military provocations under the pretext of countering the upcoming joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises.

MUNICH -- Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and South Korean counterpart Park Jin, meeting on Saturday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, exchanged views on reaching a final solution for the unresolved issue of former wartime requisitioned workers from the Korean Peninsula, the most pressing matter currently between the…

MUNICH -- Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told China's top diplomat Wang Yi a recurrence of airspace incursions by flying objects suspected of being unmanned Chinese surveillance balloons would be problematic, during their talks in Munich on Saturday afternoon.

The Emperor on Saturday attended a symposium on water-related disasters, held at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Minato Ward, Tokyo.

The Ground Self-Defense Force held a press viewing of Iron Fist, a joint Japan-U.S. training exercise, at the Hijudai maneuvering ground in Oita Prefecture on Saturday.

The Legislative Council has decided on an outline for revision of the Family Register Law to set criteria on phonetic readings of names, to be written in kana characters, in family registers. The advisory panel to the justice minister presented the outlines to Justice Minister Ken Saito on Friday.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday gave a special adviser a new role of facilitating understanding of the LGBT community following discriminatory remarks made against sexual minorities by an executive secretary.

HIROSHIMA -- The Hiroshima city board of education plans to replace a long-used and globally known manga series that depicts the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima as part of its peace education materials used at municipal schools in the next academic year.

OITA -- A flying car has successfully completed Japan's first manned open-air test flight in Oita City with approval from the transportation ministry.

About 1,200 corrections have been made to an atlas distributed by major textbook publisher Tokyo Shoseki Co. that is currently being used by high schools, it has been learned.