Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s core consumer price index in July rose 1.8 pct from a year earlier, up for 59 months in a row, the internal affairs ministry said Friday. The core CPI, which excludes volatile fresh food prices, stood at

Asuncion, Paraguay, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko paid a courtesy call on Paraguayan President Santiago Pena at the Lopez Palace in Asuncion, the South American country’s capital, on Thursday. The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess,

Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government advisory panel is set to start considering ways to appropriately and effectively utilize artificial intelligence in school education amid the continuing evolution of the new cutting-edge technology. At a general meeting of the Central Council

Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Justice Ministry on Friday executed a 58-year-old man convicted of murdering five people by setting fire to a “pachinko” pinball parlor in the western Japan city of Osaka in 2009, informed sources said. The executed death-row inmate

Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–Saki Kumagai, a defender for the Japanese women’s national soccer team, nicknamed Nadeshiko Japan, is working to encourage more girls to play soccer while continuing her own career as an active player in England. Through the general incorporated

Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–Russia has conducted a missile drill around the northwestern Pacific islands at the center of its territorial dispute with Japan, according to the Russian Pacific Fleet. The exercise followed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Etorofu, one of

Hiroshima, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–A flame-lighting event for the torch relay for the upcoming Asian Games took place in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on Thursday. Participants at the event held in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park included Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui

Washington, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington, which is based in the U.S. Navy’s Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, has arrived in the Middle East, the U.S. Central Command revealed Thursday. The flattop will replace

Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–Most local members of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan are cautious about a proposed integration of the party and two other opposition parties, the Centrist Reform Alliance and Komeito, ahead of a series of local elections

Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told his Omani counterpart, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, on Thursday that it is important to ensure free and safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz without additional costs. In a meeting

Kanuma, Tochigi Pref., Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Four male workers in their 50s and 60s died on Thursday after being hit by a limited express train at a station in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan. The accident happened around 10:45 a.m. at Shin-Kanuma Station

(Adnkronos) – Six people were injured in violent attacks carried out by Israeli settlers in the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyir, near Ramallah, in the West Bank. ‘Haaretz’ reports, citing the Palestinian Red Crescent. According to the Palestinian news agency ‘Wafa’, the settlers

(Adnkronos) – Russian paramilitaries from the Africa Corps, who support Mali in the fight against insurgents, reportedly killed nine civilians, including four children, during an operation in July. This was reported by the international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW), which states that

New Delhi, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Indian counterpart, Rajnath Singh, on Thursday confirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral cooperation in maritime security and on defense equipment, with the aim of stabilizing the Indo-Pacific region. In their

Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to submit a fiscal 2027 budget request totaling 7,726.8 billion yen, it was learned Thursday. Of the total, 4,525 billion yen will be requested under a new budget quota with

(Adnkronos) – A drone attack hit a residential area in Mekelle, capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, Amanuel Assefa, vice-president of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which governs the northern region, told AFP. “Today there was a drone attack in the city. It

Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–SoftBank Group Corp. is preparing to issue about 1 trillion yen in corporate bonds for retail investors, it was learned Thursday. The Japanese technology investor is expected to use the proceeds from what is set to be the

Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Honda Motor Co. said Thursday that it will resume motorcycle production at its factory in Kumamoto Prefecture on Monday, following a suspension due to a major earthquake that hit the southwestern Japan prefecture last month. The Kumamoto Factory

Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Cashless payment services for children are increasingly available in Japan, allowing parents to check their children’s balances and spending history through an app to prevent excessive spending. They are also attracting attention as a financial education tool that

Osaka, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Princess Aiko on Thursday attended the opening ceremony of a special exhibition on Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka, western Japan. Wearing pearl earrings herself, Princess

Seoul, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–North Korea launched around 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan from an area near Pyongyang on Thursday, the South Korean military said. Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi told reporters during his visit to India that

Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her British counterpart, Andy Burnham, agreed Thursday that their countries will continue to deepen their security cooperation, including a joint fighter jet project also involving Italy. During a 30-minute phone call, their

(Adnkronos) – Clashes between settlers and Israeli security forces during the evacuation of an illegal outpost in Area B of the West Bank, which is under Palestinian civil control. According to the Times of Israel, the outpost had been set up near

(Adnkronos) – Tokyo accused Pyongyang of launching a possible ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan. This was reported by the Japanese Prime Minister’s office in a note shared on ‘X’, issuing an ”emergency alert”. The Japanese Ministry of Defense also spoke

(Adnkronos) – Kyiv, Aug 20. (Adnkronos)  Kyiv – Ukrainian authorities announced that “Russian shelling killed six people and injured dozens in the capital and surrounding region overnight.”  “The attack, which damaged residential buildings, a medical facility, and an educational institution, caused five

Osaka, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Namura Shipbuilding Co. is considering building a large dock in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, by 2035, people familiar with the matter said Thursday. It will be Japan’s first new large dock since Imabari Shipbuilding Co. completed one at

Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–The average unit price of new condominiums put up for sale in Tokyo’s densely populated 23 special wards in July surged 96.0 pct from a year before to a record 265.2 million yen, a think tank said Thursday.

Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Thursday that it will acquire PCI Energy Solutions, a U.S. provider of software for energy trading management, for 1.4 billion dollars. The acquisition is aimed at promoting the Japanese company’s so-called smart energy services

Kumamoto, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Kumamoto Prefecture said Thursday it has revised down the death toll from the major earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture on July 28 to 38 from 39. The prefectural government determined, based on a doctor’s opinion and

Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said Thursday that it will launch an H3 rocket carrying a Mars moon exploration spacecraft on Oct. 20. The No. 10 H3 rocket is scheduled to blast off from JAXA’s Tanegashima