Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–A research team at Fujita Health University in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, has applied to an internal review committee to conduct Japan’s first clinical study of uterus transplants, the university said Wednesday. The team submitted a research plan

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–The opposition Democratic Party for the People and the Japan Innovation Party, the coalition partner of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, will support the LDP’s revised proposal to cut 31 proportional representation seats in the House of Representatives,

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday issued joint declarations on economic security and on cooperation over cutting-edge technologies, including artificial intelligence. The declarations were adopted at their meeting at the prime minister’s

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–The father of a high school student who died in a fatal boat accident off the coast of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, in March has met with representatives of the vessel operator. The father disclosed details of

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Cyberattack-hit GMO Internet Inc. said Wednesday that it has confirmed the shutdown of a website that had disclosed personal information purportedly belonging to a GMO customer on Tuesday after the company refused to pay a ransom. According to

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a cyberattack that recently hit Japan’s GMO Internet Inc. after being contacted by the company for consultations, investigative sources said Wednesday. The police examined the extent of damage from the cyberattack as

(Adnkronos) – Flavio Bolsonaro and his family are flying to Ecuador from Argentina, after leaving Brazil following his defeat in the presidential elections. This was reported by Argentine authorities. The son of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro crossed the land border with

Kumamoto, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Young local government employees who experienced the devastating 2016 earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture are now engaged in relief efforts following a major earthquake that struck the same southwestern Japan prefecture in July this year. Drawing on their own

(Adnkronos) – Serbian police reported that an Israeli embassy security guard in Belgrade was stabbed outside the building. The assailant was neutralized, and his identity is not yet known. Belgrade’s Interior Minister, Ivica Dačić, confirmed that the incident is being treated as

(Adnkronos) – The bloc of parties supporting Benjamin Netanyahu remains at 54 seats in the latest projections based on 76.8% of the ballots counted, according to data from the Israeli Election Commission, which assigns 47 seats to the bloc led by Gadi

(Adnkronos) – At least 39 people are reported dead in the collision on the Madrid-Seville high-speed line, between the towns of Los Yebenes and Urda in the province of Toledo. Local authorities told Sky News.  

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Environment Ministry said Wednesday that a dead wild goose recovered in Kurihara in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Tuesday had tested positive for avian influenza virus in a preliminary test. If the virus is confirmed to be

Beijing, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Chinese media outlets have criticized the popular Japanese television drama “Vivant,” claiming that it excessively portrays China as a threat. Vivant features a fictional secret intelligence unit of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces. Depicted scenes include Chinese intelligence agents cutting

Washington, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth highlighted the need for more defense investment to boost deterrence, with China in mind, according to a U.S. Defense Department announcement. At a meeting held in Cebu

Osaka, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–The Osaka prefectural police arrested three men, including a 17-year-old local high school student, on Wednesday on suspicion of attempting to smuggle Indian star tortoises, a rare species, from Thailand into Japan. The three also include Takayuki Fukushima,

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan Post Bank is considering investing in Matsui Securities Co., an online brokerage firm, apparently aiming to provide a wider range of investment products to customers nationwide, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. “We are in discussions

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Visiting Italian Minister for Disabilities Alessandra Locatelli has called on the Group of Seven major democracies to prioritize addressing problems that people with disabilities face in emergencies such as natural disasters and armed conflicts. In an interview in

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s GMO Internet Inc., recently hit by a cyberattack, said Wednesday it had confirmed that a website disclosing personal information purportedly belonging to a GMO customer had been taken down. The website is believed to have been created

Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Pref., Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Excavation is underway at an archaeological site in a western Japan city, with both researchers and local residents anxious to unravel the mystery of when and how humans arrived in the Japanese archipelago. The Kanmuri ruins

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese opposition Democratic Party for the People on Wednesday approved the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s revised proposal that includes a cut of 31 proportional representation seats in the House of Representatives. The DPFP had drawn up its

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–More than 70 pct of elementary and junior high school students in Japan spend less than an hour a week reading, despite about seven in 10 saying they like reading books, a recent survey has shown. The survey

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Retail egg prices in Japan hit a record high in October apparently because of the effects of a bird flu outbreak last year and rising demand as the year-end approaches. The average price of a pack of 10

New Delhi, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–A business mission led by Ken Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has begun a week-long visit to India. This is the first time in eight years that the JCCI has sent a

New York, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–A U.N. General Assembly committee adopted by majority vote a Japan-led resolution seeking the abolition of nuclear weapons. At the assembly’s First Committee dealing with disarmament, the resolution received support from 150 countries, while seven, including China,

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–The bereaved family of a Kurdish man holding Turkish nationality who died in custody at a Tokyo police station has sued the Tokyo metropolitan government and the clinic where the police station’s contract doctor works. In the suit

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a cyberattack that recently hit Japan’s GMO Internet Inc. after being contacted by the company for consultations, investigative sources said Wednesday. The police examined the extent of damage from the cyberattack as

Hiroshima, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, which exhibits items from the Aug. 6, 1945, U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima. At the invitation of an acquaintance,

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–More than 90 pct of bicycle users said they had felt unsafe while riding on roads shared with automobiles, a survey by a Tokyo-based bicycle parking lot operator has found six months after Japan introduced the “blue ticket”

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s new agriculture minister, Arata Takebe, has said that thorough “scientific discussions” must be held on a plan to lift the ban on imports of fresh potatoes from the United States. The discussions will take “considerable time,” he

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s agriculture ministry plans to buy back an additional 100,000 tons of rice from the private sector to replenish the government’s stockpiles after some of the state rice reserves was released in and after March last year, it