Tokyo, Nov. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan launched the National Disaster Management Agency on Monday to strengthen its preparedness for possible huge natural disasters, such as a temblor in the Tokyo metropolitan area and an eruption of Mount Fuji. The agency, set to serve

Tokyo, Nov. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called for early stability in the Strait of Hormuz and the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb in a video message shown at an international conference in Bahrain’s capital of Manama on Sunday. In the

Tokyo, Nov. 1 (Jiji Press)–A Vietnamese farmed fish is attracting attention as an alternative ingredient for “surimi” fish paste, which is used to make products such as “chikuwa,” “satsuma-age” and “kamaboko” fish cakes. Surimi prices are soaring amid tight supplies, putting processed

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Nov. 1 (Jiji Press)–The Chinese marine research ship Tongji has left the Japanese exclusive economic zone off Hateruma Island in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, the Japan Coast Guard said Sunday. The ship was spotted dropping what appeared to

Atlanta, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–Foreign ministers of the Group of 20 developed and emerging economies Saturday ended their two-day meeting in Atlanta in the U.S. state of Georgia without a joint statement. The meeting showed the difficulty of forming a consensus in

Atlanta, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–The so-called Quad countries of Japan, the United States, Australia and India on Saturday announced a plan to provide over 85 million dollars to support access to reliable artificial intelligence services in the Indo-Pacific region. The plan was

Atlanta, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Saturday that his country will cooperate even more closely with Saudi Arabia to restore free and safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. At a meeting with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal

Atlanta, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Saturday that he exchanged frank opinions with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on Russia’s detention of a Japanese newspaper reporter. But Motegi declined to disclose details of his conversation with Lavrov, saying

Tokyo, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–Whether Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will attend deliberations at a House of Representatives committee will be crucial to efforts to pass legislation to cut the consumption tax through the lower chamber as early as Friday. The ruling

Sapporo, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–Former residents of Russian-held islands called the Northern Territories in Japan took a chartered flight Saturday to fly near the northwestern Pacific islands so that they can pay respect to their ancestors from above. The aerial memorial service

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–The Okinawa prefectural police in southern Japan arrested U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kalvin Montoya Cardona, 21, of Camp Hansen on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol early on Saturday. Cardona is suspected of violating

Chennai, India, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Omron Healthcare Co. will hike the annual production capacity for home-use blood pressure monitors by 10 times at its first Indian plant for its mainstay products, President Ayumu Okada has said. The rise will take the

Tokyo, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s corporate income reported in fiscal 2025 rose 16.2 pct from the previous year to 118.9 trillion yen, hitting a record high for five years in a row, National Tax Agency data have shown. All industries posted increases,

Atlanta, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Friday demanded the immediate release of a reporter for Japan’s Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper detained by Russian authorities, in a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said. The 30-minute

Tokyo, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–Users of the foreign exchange margin trading service affected by a cyberattack on GMO Internet Inc. have called on the company to explain how millions of yen in assets were lost virtually overnight. In the cyberattack, perpetrators gained

Tokyo, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is expected to continue cautiously considering whether to declare that the country has fully emerged from deflation, despite the Bank of Japan’s announcement Friday that underlying inflation has reached its 2 pct target. Opposition parties

Atlanta, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Friday signed a memorandum on the Trilateral Arctic Pacific Partnership to strengthen their countries’ cooperation in Arctic affairs. The three were Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, U.S.

By Sakurako Nakagawa Yokohama, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–The Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History in the eastern Japan city of Yokohama, south of Tokyo, attracted some 6,800 visitors, including locals, on its reopening day on Oct. 17, after a 21-month closure for

Kyoto, Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–The head of Doshisha, which operates Doshisha International Senior High School, has apologized over a boat accident in Okinawa Prefecture that killed a female student, at his first press conference since the March 16 accident. “I offer my

Atlanta, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Friday demanded the immediate release of a reporter for Japan’s Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper detained by Russian authorities, in a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said. The meeting

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 31 (Jiji Press)–Final preparations are underway to reopen the main hall of Shuri Castle in Okinawa Prefecture in November, as Saturday marked the seventh anniversary of the fire that destroyed the landmark in the southwestern Japan prefecture. The

(Adnkronos) – Almost six million people in Haiti, including over 2.2 million children, face critical levels of food insecurity. This situation is expected to worsen by mid-2027, when the number of affected people could reach 6.35 million, an increase of about 400,000

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump’s in-person rallies scheduled for Sunday in Kansas and Iowa are back on the agenda. Fox News reported this, citing an informed source. Today, meanwhile, the president will address his supporters in Daytona Beach, Florida. 

(Adnkronos) – Tens of thousands of young Germans are preparing to demonstrate tomorrow in about thirty cities across Germany, including Berlin, Frankfurt, and Cologne, to denounce the high cost of living, school conditions, and public spending cuts affecting sectors ranging from education

(Adnkronos) – There is a ”significant risk” that ”violent actions” will be committed tomorrow, a new day of mobilizations in France, ”especially in the evening, coinciding with Halloween”. This was stated by French Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin, who reiterated his call to

(Adnkronos) – The night curfew returns to Paris. The Police Prefecture has ordered restrictions in the areas of Place de la République and Châtelet-Les Halles for the nights between Saturday and Sunday and between Sunday and Monday, when the curfew will be

(Adnkronos) – Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente has ruled out resignation, stating that his way of “being responsible is to face the situation”. During a press conference on the Urda railway accident at the Ministry of Transport, Puente said that “my duty

(Adnkronos) – Scottish police have received “information” and have “launched an investigation” into the period spent by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Balmoral, the King’s private estate in Scotland. British media report this. The convicted pedophile, who committed suicide

(Adnkronos) – The routes for tomorrow’s demonstration in central Paris proposed by the Cgt and the Yellow Vests against “the high cost of living” have been banned by the police prefecture, which has authorized the march only in the suburbs, between Porte

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday that it will launch the first driverless taxis in Japan in 2027, in partnership with Waymo LLC, a unit of U.S. technology giant Alphabet Inc. The taxis will operate at Level 4 autonomous