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1 Ottobre 2025

Japanese Teacher Admits Sharing Child Pornography

Nagoya, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese elementary school teacher Fumiya Kosemura pleaded guilty to charges of sharing child pornography via social media, in the first hearing on his case at Nagoya District Court on Wednesday. The charges are “correct, and I’m very sorry,”
1 Ottobre 2025

Japan Police Launch Teams to Combat “Tokuryu” Crime Groups

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police Wednesday launched special teams to reinforce their fight against “tokuryu” ad hoc crime groups made up of anonymous members. The National Police Agency and Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department took the action with no sign of decline
1 Ottobre 2025

Breakdown of Japan’s New Minivehicle Sales in Sept.:

Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association Oct. 1 Yr/Yr Change Total 162,823 units Down 0.9 pct Passenger Cars 127,951 Up 1.7 Trucks 34,872 Down 9.5 -Brand- Suzuki 54,463 Up 0.9 Daihatsu 47,267 Up 9.8 Mitsubishi 5,865 Down 21.7 Subaru 1,714 Up
1 Ottobre 2025

Japan’s Sept. New Auto Sales, Excluding Minivehicles:

Japan Automobile Dealers Association Oct. 1 Yr/Yr Change Total 265,391 units Down 3.3 pct Over-2,000-c.c. Cars 158,580 Down 1.2 Smaller Cars 70,930 Down 11.2 Trucks 35,031 Up 5.8 Buses 850 Down 3.5 -Brand- Daihatsu 1,763 Down 41.2 Honda 31,346 Down 11.3 Lexus
1 Ottobre 2025

BOJ “Tankan” Shows Continued Improvement in Big Maker Sentiment

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Business sentiment among large manufacturers in Japan improved for two consecutive quarters, apparently warmed up by a recent Japan-U.S. tariff agreement, the Bank of Japan’s “Tankan” survey for September showed Wednesday. The headline diffusion index for large manufacturers’
1 Ottobre 2025

Nintendo Establishes Subsidiary in Singapore

Kyoto, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Nintendo Co. said Tuesday that it established a subsidiary in Singapore on Friday, its first unit in Southeast Asia, to boost its business in the region. The new unit, Nintendo Singapore Pte. Ltd., is capitalized at 8 million
1 Ottobre 2025

Japan Post Notified of Ban on Mini Cargo Vehicle Use

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s transport ministry issued Wednesday a notice of suspending 111 post offices across the country from using mini cargo vehicles for delivery services for up to 160 days from Oct. 8, due to their failures to properly conduct
1 Ottobre 2025

Japanese Emperor Meets with Sri Lankan Pres.

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Emperor Naruhito met with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is visiting Japan for the 2025 World Exposition in the western city of Osaka, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. During their meeting on Tuesday, which
1 Ottobre 2025

Elderly Woman Stabbed to Death in Tokyo’s Machida

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–A 76-year-old woman was stabbed at an apartment in Machida, Tokyo, on Tuesday evening and died shortly after being transported to hospital. Officers from Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department arrested Kota Kuwano, a 40-year-old man from Machida, who was
1 Ottobre 2025

ANA, U.S. Startup Demonstrate Flying Car at Osaka Expo

Osaka, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese airline ANA Holdings Inc. and U.S. startup Joby Aviation Inc. performed the first demonstration flight of their flying car for the press at the World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka on Tuesday. The electric
1 Ottobre 2025

Chinese Ship Spotted Again in Japan EEZ off Kagoshima Island

Kagoshima, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–A Chinese survey ship was spotted again within Japan’s exclusive economic zone off the island of Amami Oshima in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, according to the Japan Coast Guard. The JCG’s 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, based
1 Ottobre 2025

Tanaka Becomes 4th Pitcher to Hit 200 Wins in Japan, U.S. Career

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka has hit combined 200 career wins in the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization (NPB) and U.S. Major League Baseball, becoming the fourth Japanese professional baseball player to achieve this feat. With this achievement, the 36-year-old
1 Ottobre 2025

INTERVIEW: Koizumi Calls Bigger Ruling Bloc “Best Option”

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a candidate in the Liberal Democratic Party’s upcoming leadership election, has said that expanding the ruling coalition, currently made up of the LDP and Komeito, is the “best option.” Koizumi and four other
1 Ottobre 2025

Japan Big Makers’ Sentiment Improves Further: BOJ Tankan

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Business sentiment among large manufacturers in Japan improved for two consecutive quarters, the Bank of Japan’s “Tankan” survey for September showed Wednesday. The headline diffusion index for large manufacturers’ current business conditions rose to plus 14 from plus
1 Ottobre 2025

U.S. Air Force Joins Japan-Australia Drill for 1st Time

Misawa, Aomori Pref., Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force and the Royal Australian Air Force kicked off their “Bushido Guardian” joint exercise in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Tuesday. The Japan-Australia exercise is joined by the U.S. Air Force for the
1 Ottobre 2025

New Products Created to Save Wakayama “Ume” from Hail Damage

Minabe, Wakayama Pref., Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–Undeterred by major setbacks that recently befell the famed “Kishu ume,” or plums grown in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, “umeboshi” pickled plum makers are working on developing new products using hail-damaged ume. Wakayama has
1 Ottobre 2025

Elderly Woman Stabbed to Death in Tokyo’s Machida

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)–An elderly woman was stabbed at an apartment in Machida, Tokyo, on Tuesday evening and died shortly after being transported to hospital. Officers from Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department rushed to the scene after a relative of the woman
30 Settembre 2025

Philippines, 6.9 magnitude earthquake

(Adnkronos) – A 6.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of the Philippines. The epicenter, according to the USGS (US Geological Survey), was recorded approximately 11 kilometers east-southeast of the Calape area, in Bohol province, with a population of approximately 33,000
30 Settembre 2025

Pakistan, 8 dead and several injured in car bomb explosion

(Adnkronos) – Eight people were killed and several others were injured in a car bomb explosion outside the headquarters of the Pakistani security forces in the southwestern city of Quetta. Local authorities reported that before the vehicle exploded, four armed men on
30 Settembre 2025

Moldova, opposition protests, 31 arrests

(Adnkronos) – At least 31 people have been arrested in Moldova during opposition protests, following the defeat in Sunday’s parliamentary elections won by the pro-European ruling party Pas. This was announced by the Chisinau police, the day after the demonstrations in front
30 Settembre 2025

LDP Leader Candidate Koizumi Calls for Curbs on Foreign Labor

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi, who is running for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership, on Tuesday called for restricting the number of foreign workers the country accepts. “I’m not thinking of accepting them without limit,” Koizumi said
30 Settembre 2025

Ishiba, Lee Affirm Continuation of Shuttle Diplomacy

Busan, South Korea, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)–Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung met in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday and agreed that the two countries will continue “shuttle diplomacy,” or reciprocal visits by their leaders, to
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