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6 Ottobre 2025

Asahi Resumes Beer Production after Cyberattack

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. resumed production of its mainstay Super Dry beer product at its six domestic breweries on Thursday after a halt due to a cyberattack-caused computer system failure, company officials said Monday. The Japanese food and
6 Ottobre 2025

US: Italian pasta exports ‘not dumping’ – Tajani

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani has defended pasta exports to the United States, denying dumping is involved, claiming Italian industry’s behaviour is ethical, and vowing that Italy will keep backing its quality products.  “Quality Italian pasta is not dumping,” Tajani wrote
6 Ottobre 2025

Hokkaido Company Pres. Develops AED Toy to Promote Awareness

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–The president of a company in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, has developed a children’s toy resembling an automated external defibrillator, or AED, to reduce the fear associated with using the lifesaving device. The toy sold out soon after going
6 Ottobre 2025

Osaka Couple Arrested for Attempting to Import Rice Illegally

Osaka, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police arrested a couple in Osaka Prefecture on Monday on suspicion of attempting to fraudulently import rice, disguising the shipment as mung beans. The Osaka prefectural police department arrested Tran Thi Thu Huyen, 36, chief of a
6 Ottobre 2025

Japan to Revise Corporate Human Rights Action Plan

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government plans to revise its action plan for preventing human rights violations linked to corporate activities by the end of the year. A draft of the revised plan designates human rights due diligence procedures and the
6 Ottobre 2025

Nikkei Ends at Record High after Takaichi Wins LDP Poll

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average closed at an all-time high Monday after soaring more than 2,300 points briefly, on expectations for an aggressive fiscal policy by Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic
6 Ottobre 2025

Ex-MUFG Bank Employee Gets 9 Yrs for Safe Deposit Box Thefts

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former MUFG Bank employee to nine years in prison for stealing cash and gold from customers’ safe deposit boxes. Prosecutors had sought a 12-year sentence for 47-year-old Yukari Yamazaki, saying that
6 Ottobre 2025

GSDF Officers Share PKO Experiences at Osaka Expo

Osaka, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Two officers from Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force who served with the U.N. Mission in South Sudan, or UNMISS, spoke about their peacekeeping experiences in a talk event at the U.N. pavilion of the 2025 World Exposition in the
6 Ottobre 2025

Japan’s Rice Price Outlook Index Remains High in Sept.

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–A diffusion index showing the outlook for rice prices in Japan remained above the bullish-or-bearish dividing line of 50 in September, an industry group said Monday. The index stood at 57 in September, down from the previous month’s
6 Ottobre 2025

Japanese Emperor Makes Speech at Int’l Forum in Kyoto

Kyoto, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Emperor Naruhito has made an English speech at the opening ceremony of the 22nd annual meeting of the Science and Technology in Society forum in the western Japan city of Kyoto. On Sunday morning, the Emperor and
6 Ottobre 2025

Dollar Tops 150 Yen for 1st Time in 2 Months

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–The dollar climbed above 150 yen for the first time in roughly two months Monday. At 1 p.m., the greenback stood at 150.05-07 yen, up from 147.40-42 at 5 p.m. Friday. The U.S. currency last exceeded the 150-yen
6 Ottobre 2025

LDP Head Takaichi Likely to Tap Motegi for Key Cabinet Post

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s newly elected Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi is expected to appoint former Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi, 69, to a key cabinet post if she becomes prime minister. Takaichi, 64, elected LDP president Saturday, aims to launch her
6 Ottobre 2025

Train Derails near Tokyo after Collision

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–A local train collided with a parked train at Kajigaya Station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, shortly past 11 p.m. Sunday. This resulted in the derailment of the parked train but no one was injured. The
6 Ottobre 2025

Nikkei Soars over 1,900 Points to Hit Record Intraday High

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average surged more than 1,900 points in morning trading Monday to hit a record high above 47,000 on an intraday basis. The election of Sanae Takaichi, an advocate of expansionary fiscal policy, as
5 Ottobre 2025

Takaichi to Pick Aso Faction’s Suzuki as LDP Secretary-General

Tokyo, Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, who was elected president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday, has decided to appoint Shunichi Suzuki, the current chairman of the LDP’s General Council, as party secretary-general, informed sources said Sunday. Takaichi is also
5 Ottobre 2025

EXCLUSIVE: Osamu Tezuka’s Unknown Storyboards Discovered

Tokyo, Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)–Three unknown storyboards apparently by Osamu Tezuka, dubbed the “god of manga,” have been discovered in the original artwork repository of Tezuka Productions Co. in the city of Niiza, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, Jiji Press learned Sunday.
5 Ottobre 2025

Takaichi’s Win in LDP Race Owed to Aso, Rank-and-File Members

Tokyo, Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)–In Saturday’s Liberal Democratic Party leadership election, former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi unexpectedly defeated agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi in a runoff vote. This outcome is largely attributed to support from the intraparty faction led by party supreme
5 Ottobre 2025

Chinese Survey Ship Spotted within Japan EEZ for 5th Time

Tokyo, Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)–A Chinese marine survey vessel has been spotted within Japan’s exclusive economic zone off the island of Amami Oshima in Kagoshima Prefecture for the fifth time since late last month, Japanese Coast Guard officials said. The Xiang Yang
4 Ottobre 2025

Komeito Conveys Concerns to New LDP Leader Takaichi

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Komeito, the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, has conveyed concerns among its supporters to Sanae Takaichi, who was elected leader of the LDP on Saturday. Following Takaichi’s win in the LDP leadership election, Komeito leader
4 Ottobre 2025

Opposition Leaders React to Takaichi’s Election as LDP Leader

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Following Sanae Takaichi’s election as president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday, opposition parties are expected to consider their responses to a parliamentary vote to choose the next prime minister. Speaking to reporters in the eastern
4 Ottobre 2025

Taiwan’s Lai Congratulates Takaichi on LDP Leadership Win

Taipei, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te “exuberantly” congratulated former Japanese economic security minister Sanae Takaichi on her victory in the leadership election of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday, calling her a steadfast friend of Taiwan. In a post
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