Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Mitsunari Okamoto, newly elected leader of Japanese opposition party Komeito, said in a recent interview with Jiji Press that he aims to make the party a rallying point for political realignment, emphasizing his determination to advance policy-oriented cooperation

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is considering including in its revised three key security-related documents plans to study and research the possibility of introducing a nuclear submarine. Discussions have so far been led mainly by some eager politicians, and the

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Tuesday adopted three bills to strengthen and diversify the country’s energy supply chains amid disruptions caused by the war in the Middle East. One of the bills calls for providing subsidies to refineries to

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–The number of Japanese municipalities whose foreign residents account for over 5 pct of the population climbed 2.5-fold from 53 in 2020 to 132, according to 2025 census data released by the internal affairs ministry. The data show

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s rice harvest for 2026 is estimated at 7,406,000 tons, down about 1 pct from the previous year’s 7,468,000 tons, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. The forecast is relatively high despite concerns about the impact of prolonged rain

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police officers are stationed at Haneda Airport, Japan’s busiest airport located near the heart of the capital, to remain on the lookout day and night for criminals trying to flee the country. Their importance is growing in

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average plunged over 1,900 points at one point on Tuesday due to heavy selling of semiconductor-related issues. The index of 225 major issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime section ended at

Bangkok, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised its economic growth projection for Japan to 0.7 pct for 2026, up 0.1 percentage point from its July forecast. The IMF’s World Economic Outlook report cited “fiscal support measures partly cushioning

Brussels, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)–Navi Pillay, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a former International Criminal Court judge, visited the ICC headquarters in The Hague, on Monday, the ICC said. During the visit, Pillay, 85, met with officials and staff members,

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agriculture minister Kazuo Yana on Tuesday denied allegations that he had violated the public offices election law by providing free bus transportation for voters during recent elections for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament.

Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Pref., Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Train services on a section of the Hisatsu Orange Railway line in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, resumed Tuesday after having been suspended due to damage from the July earthquake. All railway lines in affected areas are

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s producer prices in September grew 6.8 pct from a year before, with prices continuing to rise at a high rate across a wide range of products, including nonferrous metal, petroleum and coal products, amid turmoil in the

Chiba, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge digital technologies are on display as the CEATEC international exhibition opened on Tuesday at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, a city near Tokyo, joined by 821 companies and organizations from Japan

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average gave up over 1,900 points temporarily in Tuesday morning trading. Market participants rushed to sell from the outset, following a decline in the tech-heavy U.S. Nasdaq Composite Index on Monday. At 10:56

Seoul, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–North Korea’s Missile Administration test-fired a tactical ballistic missile Monday, the country’s Korean Central News Agency reported Tuesday. According to the state-run news agency, the missile firing was held to “confirm the success in the research for the

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–A growing number of people in Japan are carrying debts from multiple lenders, including consumer finance companies. According to Japan Credit Information Reference Center Corp., which manages individuals’ credit information, 1.55 million people had three or more unsecured,

(Adnkronos) – A 21-year-old Ukrainian student has been arrested in Poland on charges of planning a racist murder to participate in an online challenge called ‘Bloody Friday’. This was announced by prosecutors in Lublin, in the east of the country. The suspect,

(Adnkronos) – Federal agents today conducted a search of Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s home in Washington. A Justice Department spokesperson confirmed this, adding that the search was conducted as part of an ongoing investigation.  Sources cited by Abcnews revealed that the investigation

Tokyo, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama will become the next chair of the joint ministerial committee of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced on Monday. Katayama will be the first Japanese national

Tokyo, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is struggling to address the growing number of personal data leaks at Japanese companies due to cyberattacks, which are believed to have begun to use artificial intelligence. Currently, the government seems only capable of collecting

(Adnkronos) – The former premier of Rhineland-Palatinate, Alexander Schwetizer will be the new Minister of Labor of the German federal government, following the resignation of his party colleague, the social democrat Baerbel Bas. Der Spiegel writes this. 

(Adnkronos) – Protests continue in New Delhi. Opposition parties are demanding the resignation of the head of the Election Commission, Gyanesh Kumar. In the background are accusations of alleged irregularities in the electoral rolls during a contested review process. According to AFP

(Adnkronos) – Two weeks before the elections in Israel, former Prime Minister and chairman of the B’Yachad party, Naftali Bennett, reiterates that he will not join a government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. His statements yesterday, which he claims were ironic,

(Adnkronos) – Andy Burnham has stated that Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum and warned that similar interferences are taking place in France and Germany. The British Prime Minister told ‘The Rest is Politics’ podcast that, upon his arrival at 10 Downing

Tokyo, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese Communist Party has drafted a revision of its manifesto to express concern about the full revival of militarism following the government’s decisions to boost defense spending and enable the export of weapons. The draft was presented

Cairo, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)–Gaza is “becoming an increasingly unlivable place for humans” due to Israel’s large-scale military operations, a senior official of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or UNRWA, has said. Akihiro Seita,

Seoul/Tokyo, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)–North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles from around Pyongyang into the Sea of Japan on Monday, according to the South Korean military. The missiles, which varied in type, were launched at around 9:20 a.m., and some traveled over

Tokyo, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi has strongly condemned the pro-Iran Houthi militant group in Yemen for attacking international airports in Saudi Arabia. Among the series of attacks since last week, Saturday’s attack on King Khalid International Airport in