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Tokyo, Sept. 24 (Jiji Press)–The five candidates for the Oct. 4 leadership election of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party discussed economic policies in a debate hosted by the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Wednesday. They indicated a willingness to cooperate

Tokyo, Sept. 24 (Jiji Press)–Major opposition parties in Japan can hardly become united to pick a new prime minister, with Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) and the Democratic Party for the People uncooperative with the opposition leader Constitutional Democratic Party

Tokyo, Sept. 24 (Jiji Press)–Shareholders of GungHo Online Entertainment Inc. voted down on Wednesday a proposal to dismiss director Kazuki Morishita, its president and CEO, which had been put forward by Tokyo-based investment company Strategic Capital Inc. At GungHo’s extraordinary general shareholder

Brasilia, Sept. 23 (Jiji Press)–Brazil marked its first national celebration day for “ikebana,” the traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement, at its parliament in Brasilia on Tuesday. In January, Brazil enforced a law designating Sept. 23 as the national day of ikebana,

Tokyo, Sept. 24 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese court on Friday ruled a provision under a law on gender dysphoria requiring a change in the appearance of people’s genital organs to that of the preferred sex to change their legal gender as unconstitutional and

Tokyo, Sept. 24 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rewrote its all-time closing high on Wednesday, backed by the popularity of high-tech issues, especially those related to artificial intelligence. The Nikkei gained 136.65 points, or 0.30 pct, from Monday to end

Nagano, Sept. 24 (Jiji Press)–Public prosecutors Wednesday sought the death penalty for Masanori Aoki, 34, who has been accused of murdering four people in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, in May 2023. Aoki has been indicted on charges of fatally stabbing two local

New York, Sept. 23 (Jiji Press)–Internationally renowned Japanese economist Takatoshi Ito, a professor at Columbia University, died on Saturday at the age of 74, his office said Tuesday. The cause of his death has not been disclosed. Ito, a leading researcher on

Silicon Valley, Sept. 23 (Jiji Press)–U.S. tech giants OpenAI and Oracle Corp., along with Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp., on Tuesday announced plans to establish five new artificial intelligence data centers in Texas and other locations in the United States. The initiative is

New York, Sept. 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba promoted the attraction of Japanese agricultural products and food at an event in New York on Tuesday. The country will promote food exports so that people around the world can enjoy Japanese