Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government said Monday that officials from the Japanese Embassy in Moscow held a consular meeting the same day with a reporter for Japan’s Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper detained by Russian authorities on suspicion of espionage. The reporter,

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government expert panel on Monday kicked off discussions on an envisaged foreign agent registration system as the first step toward the country’s proposed anti-espionage legislation. Under the system, individuals and organizations engaged in lobbying activities in

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday compiled a proposal for the government to gradually cut subsidies for gasoline and other fuels. The party said that the government should gradually reduce the subsidies mainly by raising the benchmark

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday vowed to implement cybersecurity measures “strategically,” saying that the government would also keep open the option of using active cyber defense to prevent major cyberattacks before they occur. Speaking at the

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–The opposition Democratic Party for the People on Monday drew up its own proposal to reduce by 19 the number of seats allocated through the proportional representation system of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the

(Adnkronos) – The leader of the opposition, Avigdor Liberman, has asked the Israeli Prosecutor’s Office to open a criminal investigation into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of treason. This was reported by the Kan television broadcaster. In particular, Liberman accuses

(Adnkronos) – On Saturday during demonstrations in France, “a total of 1,435 people were stopped”. Among these, more than one hundred were stopped for possession of weapons usable as improvised weapons. This was announced by the French Interior Minister, Laurent Nuñez. “The

(Adnkronos) – Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, almost 81, won a fourth term in the runoff against Flavio Bolsonaro last Sunday.  The left-wing leader secured 51.7% of the votes, against 48.2% for the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, according

(Adnkronos) – Japanese prosecutors have indicted a US Marine on charges of killing a woman in Okinawa, according to reports Monday.  AFP reports that the case has sparked public outrage, prompted the Japanese prime minister to condemn the “heinous crime,” and reignited

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–A 22-year-old Japanese man who suffered from a rare cancer died in October last year, leaving a social media post reading, “Guee, shindango,” an internet slang expression used to make light of a shocking situation, to be published

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese and Finnish governments on Monday signed a bilateral pact on the transfer of defense equipment and technology. Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Finnish Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen signed the deal at a ceremony at the

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese manga artist Yoshinori Kobayashi sued the government Monday, saying that the revised Imperial House Law, which allows male paternal-line descendants of former Imperial Family branches to be adopted into the family, violates the Constitution. In the lawsuit,

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Nikon Corp. said Monday that it will launch new lithography equipment in December 2027 that achieves the world’s first resolution of less than 1 micrometer for the production of high-performance displays used in devices such as foldable

Watarai, Mie Pref., Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–A father of a woman who was killed after being struck by a man who jumped from an apartment building in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, is gathering signatures calling for the man to be charged

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda died at a Tokyo hospital on Thursday. He was 90. The House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, announced his death Monday. As the country’s prime minister,

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Russia’s detention of a Japanese reporter appears to be part of Moscow’s broader campaign of hostility toward Japan. Unverified reports circulated this summer that records of espionage activities in Russia had been accessed from a computer belonging to

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda died at a Tokyo hospital on Thursday. He was 90. The House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, announced his death Monday. As the country’s prime minister,

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda died Thursday at the age of 90, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Monday. As the country’s prime minister, he chaired a Group of Eight summit in Toyako, Hokkaido, northern Japan, in

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Monday started the seventh round of treated water discharge in fiscal 2026 from its disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. About 7,800 tons of treated water containing

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda died Thursday at the age of 90, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Monday. As the country’s prime minister, he chaired a Group of Eight summit in Toyako, Hokkaido, northern Japan, in

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese shipbuilders are stepping up capital investment in shipyards across the country as part of the government’s target of doubling domestic shipbuilding volume, with the overall amount on track to exceed 1 trillion yen. A total of 900

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government takes seriously a massive grassland fire that broke out earlier this month in a nature reserve in Mongolia, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Monday. “We take the extent of the damage seriously. We’d like

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Seven in 10 people in Japan would prefer to shelter at home after a major disaster if their homes were safe, according to a recent survey by market research firm Macromill Inc. The survey also showed that only

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Shogi Association said Monday that it has accepted an application from “joryu kishi” female professional shogi player Tomoka Nishiyama to join the main pro ranks of “kishi” for the first time as a woman. Nishiyama, 31,

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government study has found that global warming intensified six major heavy rain events that happened in the country in August or September this year, highlighting growing risks of disasters. The science ministry and the Japan Meteorological

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Digital Agency has added an artificial intelligence agent function capable of autonomously performing two or more tasks simultaneously to its “Gennai” generative AI platform, which is available to about 180,000 government employees. The agent can perform a

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Tokyo metropolitan government is considering building small public crematoriums, each with two to four cremation furnaces, in the Japanese capital’s 23 special wards to ensure stable cremation capacity. Building such crematoriums would require a review of existing

Osaka, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Police in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, have taken action against 43 minors for harassing behavior targeting police, such as throwing firecrackers, shouting a slogan and making prank calls. Such acts, known as “shorinji racing,” are spreading across the

Haenam, S. Korea, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese golfer Yuri Yoshida has won the BMW Ladies Championship in Haenam, South Korea, claiming her first-ever U.S. LPGA Tour victory. She became the fourth Japanese golfer to claim an LPGA Tour title this season. The

Narita, Chiba Pref., Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s new agriculture minister Arata Takebe has visited the city of Narita, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, to inspect farmland and agricultural pump stations damaged by Typhoon Dujuan, this year’s 25th typhoon, which struck in September. Takebe