Tokyo, Aug. 30 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Meteorological Agency issued Level 5 emergency rain warnings for the cities of Fukui, Ono and Katsuyama in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui on Sunday, but later downgraded them. Level 5 is the highest on the

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., Aug. 30 (Jiji Press)–Business leaders from Japan and South Korea on Sunday launched a bilateral exchange committee to address falling birthrates and population decline, challenges common to both countries. The committee’s secretariat is based at Japan’s Conference for Choosing

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., Aug. 30 (Jiji Press)–Color photographs of Japan under Allied occupation are vanishing more than 70 years after U.S. service members captured vivid scenes that may hold lost pieces of history. From 1945 to 1952, when Allied forces governed Japan

Tokyo, Aug. 30 (Jiji Press)–Of Japan’s 47 prefectures, 45 regard tracking the location and number of people evacuating in their vehicles during disasters as a challenge, a Jiji Press survey showed Sunday. In large-scale disasters, many people choose to shelter in their

Tokyo, Aug. 30 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Meteorological Agency issued Level 5 emergency rain warnings for the cities of Fukui, Ono and Katsuyama in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui on Sunday, before later downgrading them. Level 5 is the highest on the

Tokyo, Aug. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is under scrutiny regarding the country’s commitment to the rule of law following U.S. sanctions against International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane, the first Japanese to lead the organization. Initially, Takaichi merely said

Tokyo, Aug. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako sent a condolence telegram to Norway’s new King Haakon VIII over the death of King Harald V, Japan’s Imperial Household Agency said Saturday. The Imperial Family and the Norwegian Royal Family have

Newcastle, Australia, Aug. 29 (Jiji Press)–A 134-year-old former courthouse in Newcastle, Australia, is now a facility of Japan’s Nihon University, with its preserved courtrooms offering students a hands-on lesson in the justice system. Completed in 1892, the former Newcastle Courthouse, distinguished by

Tokyo, Aug. 29 (Jiji Press)–The number of written questions submitted to Japan’s House of Representatives by lawmakers seeking the government’s views during a special session of the Diet, the country’s parliament, that ended in July fell by 90 pct from an ordinary

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., Aug. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Environment Ministry on Saturday began reusing in the northeastern city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, soil collected during decontamination work following the 2011 nuclear accident at the disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant. The project is

Washington, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned in a letter released on X on Friday that disorderly movements in the yen market could lead to higher borrowing costs in the United States, signaling concern about upward pressure on U.S.

Tokyo, Aug. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan will deploy three CH-47 transport helicopters of its Ground Self-Defense Force to Indonesia as part of an international emergency relief operation in response to the ongoing forest fires in the Southeast Asian country, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi

(Adnkronos) – “Three Palestinian terrorists were killed” in the Jenin area, West Bank. This is what the IDF reports in a statement published on ‘Telegram’. As part of a joint operation by the Israeli army with the Shin Bet in the Jenin

(Adnkronos) – A necklace with 673 diamonds has been stolen from the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. The Austrian police announced this, releasing images of the two perpetrators of the theft, still at large, who acted with their faces uncovered. Ten

(Adnkronos) – Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, King of Tooro, Uganda, recognized last year by Guinness World Records as the world’s youngest reigning monarch, having ascended to the throne at the age of three, has died at 34. “It is with

(Adnkronos) – Also in the Sverdlovsk region, the Yabloko party has been banned from submitting its list for the regional elections associated with the national vote for the renewal of the Duma next September (18-20). The regional court accepted the complaint filed

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s National Police Agency on Friday said that it will upgrade its Foreign Affairs and Information Department to a bureau, in order to improve the handling of espionage threats from other countries and foreign-affiliated organizations. The upgrading of

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–The opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan informed the Centrist Reform Alliance and Komeito on Friday that it will not take part in a proposed merger with the two other opposition parties. The three parties had tried to

(Adnkronos) – Talks on the future of the Strait of Hormuz, promoted by Turkey and Germany, which were supposed to be held on Sunday in Istanbul, have been postponed. The Berlin government announced this, explaining that the talks were postponed due to

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese authorities spent 15,399.3 billion yen in foreign exchange market interventions from July 30 to Wednesday, the Finance Ministry said Friday. The figure marked the largest-ever monthly amount spent on yen-buying, dollar-selling interventions. The Japanese government and the

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Active faults in and around the Kinki western Japan region could trigger an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 or larger with a 50-60 pct probability within the next 30 years, a government panel said Friday. The probability

(Adnkronos) – The Syrian Ministry of Education has announced a new plan for teaching Kurdish in areas of the country where the Kurdish population is in the majority. The language will become a compulsory subject, with three lessons per week at all

(Adnkronos) – The merchant ship “Progress IV”, flying the flag of the Dominican Republic, sank in the Black Sea, in Romania’s exclusive economic zone, beyond territorial waters, after a fire broke out on board yesterday. All 12 crew members were rescued in

(Adnkronos) – Zhang Youxia formally removed from the powerful Central Military Commission, led by Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Zhang came under scrutiny in January when news broke of an investigation into “serious violations of law and discipline,” terms that in the Asian

(Adnkronos) – During the night, Russian forces attacked Nova Post warehouses in the Bilohorodka community and a production facility in Sviatopetrivske, in the Kyiv region. This was reported by the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform, citing Anton Ovsiienko, head of the Bilohorodka village

(Adnkronos) – Alarm in Nepal over the collapse of a dam in Tibet. Nepalese authorities have issued a warning to citizens and rescuers ‘to move to higher ground’ after an upstream dam in Tibet reportedly collapsed, two days after a glacier detachment

Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Pref., Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Children returned to school after the summer break in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture on Friday, a month after a major earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture. The second term started at 40 elementary, junior high schools and

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Defense Ministry on Friday concluded a contract with Nippon Steel Corp. to acquire a former plant site in Kure in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, to develop a multifunctional defense complex there. The approximately 140-hectare land plot, Nippon

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Friday held 20-minute phone talks with International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan. This was the first such discussion between Motegi and Akane since the United States announced sanctions against Akane

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese system developer Dentsu Soken Inc. said Friday that it plans to go private through a tender offer by a subsidiary of trading house Itochu Corp. The tender offer will start in early November at the earliest, contingent