Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan aims to strengthen soft power diplomacy, leveraging its pop culture such as manga and anime. The government plans to actively use popular works to gain more fans of Japan in Global South emerging and developing countries, and

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, said Tuesday that it has detained a male reporter of Hokkaido Shimbun Press, a newspaper publisher in the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido, on suspicion of espionage. Russian news agency Tass reported

(Adnkronos) – The total number of Ministry of Education staff members injured since the start of the protests has risen to 147. The ministry announced this. Among them, 20 people were injured yesterday, including five school principals. Regarding Monday, “this is the

(Adnkronos) – Leaders of the ‘cockroach’ movement, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), have been arrested in India. Protests continue in the Asian giant demanding the resignation of the head of the Election Commission, Gyanesh Kumar. In the background are accusations of alleged

(Adnkronos) – Exactly three weeks before the midterm elections, Democrats are seven points ahead in a generic House poll published today by NewsNation-Decision Desk Hq. According to the poll, reported by The Hill, 49% of respondents say they are ready to vote

(Adnkronos) – Katie Zacharia, the new White House spokesperson chosen by President Donald Trump to succeed Karoline Leavitt, allegedly spread conspiracy theories and unfounded accusations of pedophilia against important Democratic Party figures in the past, even going so far as to claim

(Adnkronos) – The leader of the Swedish Social Democrats, Magdalena Andersson, announced the failure of negotiations for the formation of a new government with centrist and radical left parties. Andersson, who had received the mandate to form an executive for the second

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Sushi and other food delivery service operator Ride On Express Holdings Co. said Tuesday that the personal information of up to about 6.5 million registered customers may have been compromised through unauthorized server access. According to the company,

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Nobuo Inaba, former president of Japanese public broadcaster NHK, died of aspiration pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Oct. 6. He was 75. Born in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka, Inaba, a graduate of the University of

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police said Tuesday that they have arrested a 34-year-old Vietnamese woman on suspicion of money laundering in voice phishing cases. According to the National Police Agency, Nguyen Thi Huaon has been charged with violating the organized crime

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–A delegation from China has visited Etorofu, one of the four Russian-controlled northwestern Pacific islands claimed by Japan, the government of the Sakhalin region in the Russian Far East said Tuesday. The visit by the mission, comprising local

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fair Trade Commission is poised to recognize bid-rigging by six companies in contracts for railroad track maintenance for subway and other lines operated by the Tokyo metropolitan government in violation of the antimonopoly law, sources familiar with

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday mentioned the possibility of replacing embattled agriculture minister Kazuo Yana for the first time. Yana is under fire for suggesting that he imposed significant road-related budget cuts on municipalities whose mayors

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s harvest of 2026 rice as a staple food 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

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese retail giant Aeon Co. said Tuesday that its consolidated net profit in the March-August first half of its current business year increased 3.3-fold from a year earlier to 13.3 billion yen. The surge reflected the strong performance

Cairo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese-language classes were introduced for some junior high and high school students in Egypt at the start of the new school year last month. Japanese-language lessons began at select “Egypt-Japan Schools,” which were established across the country under

(Adnkronos) – At least four people have died and over a dozen have been injured in a train derailment near Multan, in the south of Pakistan’s Punjab province. Emergency services reported this to AFP, while the causes of the incident remain unknown.

(Adnkronos) – Around 200 high schools are expected to remain closed today in France. This was stated by the Minister of Education, noting a “decrease compared to previous weeks”, while high school students have called for a new national day of demonstrations

(Adnkronos) – Ads intended to support the difficult re-election campaign of Susan Collins, Republican senator from Maine, instead reached the social media of astonished, and amused, Oregon voters. All because someone confused Portland, the most populous city in the East Coast state,

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–The proportion of people in Japan who expect prices to be higher in five years rose to 86.5 pct, the highest level in 19 years, a quarterly Bank of Japan opinion survey showed Tuesday. The results of the

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,