Bangkok, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–A senior International Monetary Fund official has expressed his support for Japan’s plan to lower the consumption tax on food as a temporary measure to address soaring prices. With Japan also planning to introduce a benefit program linked

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made a ritual “masakaki” tree stand offering to war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Saturday, the start of its autumn festival. She offered the masakaki in her capacity as prime minister. Takaichi is

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–Speculation is growing that Russia will seek a prisoner exchange following the recent detention of a Japanese journalist for alleged spying in Sakhalin in the Russian Far East. Some believe that the detention of the Hokkaido Shimbun reporter

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will focus on efforts to raise young people’s awareness about a territorial issue involving the four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan, the new minister for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs has said. Such efforts will

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–Sony Corp. said Friday that it will release a flagship model of its Walkman portable digital music player on Nov. 27, with the price expected to be around 655,000 yen. The new gold-colored model incorporates various measures to

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–More Japanese companies on Friday made announcements regarding customer data breaches due to cyberattacks. Yamato Transport Co. said that 5.31 million sets of personal information belonging to some users of its deferred payment service were compromised in a

(Adnkronos) – American journalist Heidi Levine of the Washington Post and two Palestinians were injured in a settler attack against farmers during the olive harvest in the village of Abu Falah, east of Ramallah, in the West Bank. This was reported by

(Adnkronos) – Great mobilization tomorrow in France against the high cost of living, with 250 gatherings and 80 processions planned throughout the day: “This morning we have just over forty notifications,” announced Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, who spoke of “a rather substantial

(Adnkronos) – High fuel prices linked to the war in Iran – but especially to the one in Ukraine according to President Trump – weigh on American family budgets and threaten to become one of the key issues in the midterm elections.

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. can strengthen “strategic energy partnerships” with Japan and other customers “with greater flexibility” after the United Arab Emirates’ exit from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, according to a senior ADNOC official.

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, said Friday that it will introduce a new Shinkansen bullet train model equipped with an autonomous operation system for the first time. JR Tokai aims to put the new S0 Series

(Adnkronos) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree transferring control of other foreign assets in Russia to the Russian holding company Management Company Center Capital LLC. These include French flooring manufacturer Tarkett, Belgian personal care and baby products company Ontex,

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–The average price of rice sold from collectors to wholesalers in Japan plunged 42 pct from a year earlier to 21,293 yen per 60 kilograms of brown rice in September, the agriculture ministry said Friday. The September figure,

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Meteorological Agency on Friday canceled an emergency earthquake warning after erroneously estimating that a magnitude-9.9 earthquake had occurred in the Chishima Islands off the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido the same day. The agency issued the

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi apologized on Friday over the resignation of scandal-hit former agriculture minister Kazuo Yana and vowed to restore public trust in her government. “I feel remorseful, and I take my responsibility seriously for appointing”

Kyoto, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–Kyoto District Court on Friday found a 59-year-old gang member not guilty of the 2013 murder of the president of “gyoza” dumpling restaurant chain Ohsho Food Service Corp. Presiding Judge Atsushi Nishikawa said that there was “room for

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–The international body overseeing global measurement standards on Thursday approved the effective abolition of the leap second. The gap between Earth’s rotation and atomic clocks, which are highly precise, will be allowed to widen to as much as

Bangkok, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–Inflation in the Asia-Pacific region may persist and worsen amid global uncertainty, Asian Development Bank President Masato Kanda has warned. “The global economy is facing unprecedented uncertainty,” Kanda, a former Japanese vice finance minister for international affairs, said

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition group Chudo on Friday agreed that the Diet, the country’s parliament, will begin deliberations on bills to cut the consumption tax on food and introduce an income-linked benefit program at

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–The Mie prefectural assembly on Friday enacted an ordinance imposing penalties for customer harassment, or nuisance behavior by customers toward employees, in the central Japan prefecture. The ordinance, which will take effect on April 1 next year, was

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Friday adopted a bill to allow police to analyze remotely communication devices linked to crimes, a fresh measure to prevent damage caused by “tokuryu” loosely organized anonymous criminal groups. The bill would allow police

Kyoto, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–Kyoto District Court on Friday found a 59-year-old gang member not guilty of the 2013 murder of the president of “gyoza” dumpling restaurant chain Ohsho Food Service Corp. Prosecutors had sought a life sentence for the defendant, Yukio

(The first paragraph should have read, “…, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Friday,” and the third paragraph should have read, “Russia announced Tuesday…,” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) Russia Notifies Japan of Detention of Reporter; Access Denied Tokyo,

Paris, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)–Some members of the Group of Seven wealthy countries expressed their intention Thursday to provide 260 million euros for repairs at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine, which was damaged by a Russian drone attack, France, this year’s

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)–The number of foreign residents in Japan as of the end of June rose 3.8 pct from the end of 2025 to a record 4,281,026, Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita said Friday. Foreign residents accounted for 3.5 pct of

Kyoto, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)–The mother of a man who died in Japan last year filed a damages lawsuit against a YouTuber on Thursday, claiming that the defendant’s video led to her son’s suicide. Saeko Nakano, 73, filed the lawsuit with Kyoto

(Adnkronos) – Over 200,000 people have been displaced in Yemen due to dwindling food and fuel supplies following an increase in fighting. These are data from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Alison Bottomley, advocacy manager at the NRC, told Al Jazeera that

(Adnkronos) – The Trump administration is reportedly working on a plan for the formation of an Israeli national unity government, in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would remain in office for a maximum of two years before definitively retiring from politics. This

(Adnkronos) – The German Spd will elect its new leadership in an extraordinary congress to be held on January 16 and 17 in Bremen. According to local media reports, in addition to the two co-leaders, the entire party executive will be renewed.

(Adnkronos) – Tax revenues from the sale of gas and oil in Russia will increase by ten percent in October, to 11.97 billion dollars, compared to the same period last year, and will more than double compared to September, Reuters calculated, as