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Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–The president of a company in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, has developed a children’s toy resembling an automated external defibrillator, or AED, to reduce the fear associated with using the lifesaving device. The toy sold out soon after going

Osaka, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police arrested a couple in Osaka Prefecture on Monday on suspicion of attempting to fraudulently import rice, disguising the shipment as mung beans. The Osaka prefectural police department arrested Tran Thi Thu Huyen, 36, chief of a

(Adnkronos) – Children whose parents died in the devastating earthquakes that struck Afghanistan a month ago have been taken in by their relatives, whose survival depends on humanitarian aid and whose needs will increase in the coming months with the arrival of

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government plans to revise its action plan for preventing human rights violations linked to corporate activities by the end of the year. A draft of the revised plan designates human rights due diligence procedures and the

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average closed at an all-time high Monday after soaring more than 2,300 points briefly, on expectations for an aggressive fiscal policy by Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former MUFG Bank employee to nine years in prison for stealing cash and gold from customers’ safe deposit boxes. Prosecutors had sought a 12-year sentence for 47-year-old Yukari Yamazaki, saying that

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan lowered its economic assessment for Hokkaido, while keeping unchanged those for the remaining eight of the country’s nine regions, in a quarterly report released Monday. In the report, the central bank said that the

Osaka, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Two officers from Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force who served with the U.N. Mission in South Sudan, or UNMISS, spoke about their peacekeeping experiences in a talk event at the U.N. pavilion of the 2025 World Exposition in the

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–With the inauguration of Sanae Takaichi as president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the LDP is likely to shift its focus in coalition talks from the opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) to the Democratic

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–A diffusion index showing the outlook for rice prices in Japan remained above the bullish-or-bearish dividing line of 50 in September, an industry group said Monday. The index stood at 57 in September, down from the previous month’s