Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japanese new agriculture minister Arata Takebe said Wednesday that he had returned a political donation from a public works contractor and corrected a political funds disclosure report following a weekly magazine report about the donation, which was made

Nagoya, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s medal tally at the ongoing Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games increased further Wednesday, with swimmers and track-and-field athletes taking the center of the podium. In men’s swimming, Naohide Yamaguchi, 25, and Taiyo Kawabuchi, 18, clinched golds in the

(Adnkronos) – Japan has asked Russia for the “immediate release” of the Hokkaido Shimbun journalist arrested on October 13 on Sakhalin Island on espionage charges. NHK reports this morning on the mission to Moscow of the Director-General of the European Affairs Bureau

(Adnkronos) – “I have tried to do good things; perhaps I haven’t done them well enough.” Emmanuel Macron also spoke about young people, their anxieties and their demands, meeting journalists in Doha. Hoping for “greater transparency” for Parcoursup, the school guidance platform

Saitama, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The family of a 74-year-old driver who died after his truck fell into a sinkhole in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, last year has filed a lawsuit seeking about 125 million yen in damages from the prefectural

(Adnkronos) – Students, teachers, university students also in the streets in Greece. Protests in Athens and dozens of other cities across the country to demand better conditions in institutions, higher salaries for teachers, and more funds for public education. Among the demands

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s health ministry said Wednesday that there may be problems with the reliability of documents submitted by Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. for the approval of vasculitis drug Tavneos. In its response to a series of deaths among Tavneos users,

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Three major Japanese winemakers said Wednesday that they will start a joint project to attract new fans of Japanese wines, including by holding events and fostering a culture of celebrating “nouveau” wines made from grapes harvested in the

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, marking her first year in office Wednesday, emphasized that “challenges of the Takaichi cabinet’s second year begin today.” Speaking to reporters at the prime minister’s office the same day, she highlighted the need

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Coast Guard did not participate in the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum, held in Russia from September until earlier this month, JCG Commandant Koichi Miyazawa said Wednesday. This was the first time that Japan had skipped

Tokushima, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Tokushima prefectural police arrested on Wednesday four Japanese men who have been detained by Vietnamese authorities for their alleged involvement in a special fraud scheme operating from a base in the Southeast Asian country. The fraud suspects, aged

Osaka, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–A woman in her 50s who received the first transplant of heart muscle cell sheets made from induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells is set to be discharged from a hospital in Osaka, a city in western Japan,

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration has steadily delivered on its promises to the public over the past year, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Wednesday, the first anniversary of her taking office. “We have worked boldly to

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in September dropped 5.0 pct from a year earlier to 3,103,700, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday. The decline reflected rising airfares due to a deterioration in the situation

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Congress of Journalists on Wednesday urged Russia to ensure the safety and immediate release of a Japanese journalist detained in the country. On Oct. 13, Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, announced the detention of a

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–About 4 billion yen in proceeds from the “Nenmatsu Jumbo” series year-end public lotteries in Japan will be allocated to quake-hit Kumamoto Prefecture and the namesake capital of the southwestern prefecture on a priority basis, Jiji Press learned

Tottori, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Tottori Governor Shinji Hirai said Wednesday that he will not run for re-election after his current fifth term expires in April 2027. The gubernatorial election of the western Japan prefecture is scheduled for April 11 next year as

(Adnkronos) – North Korea has deployed new units in “firing positions”. This was stated by the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, a few days after Pyongyang had warned that it was considering deploying additional attack means to the border with the

Nagoya, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The wrong national anthems were played three times during the ongoing Asian Para Games on Monday, Nagoya Mayor Ichiro Hirosawa, acting head of the sporting festival’s organizing committee, said Wednesday. In para taekwondo, athletes from Mongolia and Taiwan

(Adnkronos) – Australian MP Helen Haines, deliberately run over by a vehicle on Monday, has had both her legs amputated. Her husband announced this, saying he was “overwhelmed by the support” received after the attack. “Helen’s left leg was amputated on Monday.

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Personal information on some 125,000 police officers and staff members in Japan may have been compromised following unauthorized access to cloud service operator Arcadia Inc., National Police Agency officials said Wednesday. Over 18,000 email addresses of citizens and

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japanese new agriculture minister Arata Takebe on Wednesday apologized over a weekly magazine report about his alleged receipt of a political donation from a public works contractor. “I instructed relevant officials to promptly investigate the facts and take

Rotterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan won its second straight men’s team all-around title at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on Tuesday, clinching its eighth title overall. The team scored a total of 251.928 points across the six

Chiba, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–While flooding has finally cleared one month after residential areas in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, were hit by heavy rain from Typhoon Dujuan, many people are still concerned about their future. In the Mabashi district in the

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Kimitake Nakamura, director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s European Affairs Bureau, urged Russia to allow early consular access to a Japanese journalist detained there and his immediate release during a meeting with a senior Russian Foreign Ministry official

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese banks are increasingly shifting their identity verification methods for applicants to open accounts online to scanning of integrated circuit chip-embedded cards, following a series of data breaches. Japan will enforce in April 2027 new regulations under

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan incurred a customs-cleared trade deficit of 2,818.4 billion yen in April-September, marking the 11th consecutive deficit on a half-year basis, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report Wednesday. While both imports and exports hit their highest

Washington, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–The leaders of the Quad, a collaborative framework among Japan, the United States, Australia and India, are expected to meet in Manila next month, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview with Indian media on

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The quality of diet in Japan is lowest among people in their teens to early 20s and relatively high among middle-aged and elderly people, according to a multiyear survey by a research group at the University of Tokyo.

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government has announced a plan to provide Malaysia’s navy with a counterdrone system under its official security assistance framework to provide defense equipment free of charge to like-minded countries. Under the plan, announced Tuesday, the government