Liberty, North Carolina, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that it will invest an additional 10 billion dollars in the United States over the next five years to strengthen its production of electrified vehicles. The announcement came at an

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–A 43-year-old inspector at Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department was arrested Wednesday for allegedly leaking investigative information to a group believed to have illegally brokered women it scouted on the street to sex parlors and hostess bars across Japan.

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday called on Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda to make regular reports at government panel meetings. “It is important that appropriate monetary policy management be conducted to achieve both strong economic

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–The Naha branch of Fukuoka High Court ruled on Wednesday that the July 20 election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, was conducted “in a state of unconstitutionality” due to vote-value

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. said Wednesday it will introduce an “AI concierge” service for customer consultations on wealth management, in collaboration with U.S. artificial intelligence firm OpenAI. The new service will first be offered at a digital

Kashiwazaki, Niigata Pref., Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi met on Wednesday with the mayors of Kashiwazaki and Kariwa, which host Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant, as he plans to decide as early as this month whether

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Two new private-sector members of a key Japanese government panel Wednesday called on the government to compile a fiscal 2025 supplementary budget worth at least 14 trillion yen to fund upcoming comprehensive economic measures. The two members said

Kobe, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–The Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office on Wednesday dropped an election fraud case against Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito and the head of a public relations firm, citing insufficient evidence. The prosecutors office and the Kobe prefectural police department

By Waka Ota Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Recreational vehicles are attracting ever-rising attention in Japan, not just as campers but as evacuation shelters, traveling hotels and business offices. According to the Japan Recreational Vehicle Association, the number of such vehicles owned in

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Family courts in Tokyo and Okinawa Prefecture have rejected claims for Japanese citizenship filed by four Japanese descendants living in the Philippines. The four, aged 79 to 82, were born to Japanese fathers and Filipino mothers, and became

(Adnkronos) – Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani achieved a “great victory” in the general elections held yesterday. Sources close to the Iraqi prime minister, who is seeking a second term, reported this. “Al-Sudani’s list for reconstruction and development achieved a great

(Adnkronos) – The death toll from typhoon Fung-wong, which hit the Philippines, has worsened, with 27 dead, 36 injured, two missing, and over 800,000 people evacuated in 15 regions. This brings the total death toll from typhoons Fung-wong and Kalmaegi in the

(Adnkronos) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suspended all intelligence information exchanges with the United States in response to Washington’s attacks on vessels that, according to the US, were allegedly used for drug trafficking in the Caribbean and Pacific, in which at

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s average retail price of regular gasoline inched down 0.1 yen from a week earlier to 173.5 yen per liter as of Monday, the industry ministry said Wednesday. The average price at the pump is expected to continue

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have obtained an arrest warrant for the mother of a Thai girl on suspicion of violating the child welfare law by forcing the daughter to work at an erotic massage parlor, investigative sources said Wednesday. The

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Wednesday that a proposed supplementary budget will include spending to help local governments address attacks by bears. “We’ll compile a package of measures soon and implement them using a supplementary budget,”

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–A project team of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday compiled an urgent proposal for measures to address bear attacks. The measures include the employment of people with hunting licenses as “government hunters,” training of former Self-Defense

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi agreed to strengthen cooperation in security and economic matters with his British and Canadian counterparts, Yvette Cooper and Anita Anand, in separate meetings in Canada. Motegi is visiting Canada to attend a Group

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that it has banned 30 more Japanese nationals from entering the country indefinitely. The measure is retaliation against Japan’s sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. It was Moscow’s first decision to

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party began internal discussions Wednesday on a proposal to reduce the number of seats in the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, or parliament. The party agreed with its new

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will promote disaster prevention, disaster management minister Jiro Akama said in an interview on Tuesday. “Upgrading disaster simulation and risk assessment will lead to the promotion of disaster prevention,” said Akama, who took office last

Kushiro, Hokkaido, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Seiichi Katsurada, president of the operator of a tour boat that sank off the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido in 2022, pleaded not guilty to professional negligence resulting in death in the first hearing of his criminal

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–An international research group including Japan has discovered a factory-like system in cells that prevents insulin abnormalities, a finding that may help the development of new treatments for diabetes. The system, which assembles insulin in its

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Wednesday that a proposed supplementary budget will include spending to help local governments address attacks by bears. “We’ll compile a package of measures soon and implement them using a supplementary budget,”

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Joo Ho-young, head of a suprapartisan league of South Korean lawmakers working to promote friendship with Japan, has called on Tokyo to take a restrained approach regarding the disputed Sea of Japan islets known in Japan as Takeshima.

Niigata, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Over 60 pct of residents near the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, do not believe that the conditions for restarting the facility have been met, a survey by the prefectural government showed Tuesday. The

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government said Tuesday that it will raise monthly salaries and annual bonuses for central government workers for the fourth straight year in fiscal 2025 through next March. The decision is based on recommendations from the National

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that it has banned 30 more Japanese nationals from entering the country indefinitely. The measure is a retaliation against Japan’s sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. It was Moscow’s first decision

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Controlled human infection model, or CHIM, trials, in which carefully screened volunteers are deliberately exposed to calibrated doses of pathogens, are primarily used in a number of European countries, but Japan remains wary. CHIM trials, also known as

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling and opposition parties have criticized Xue Jian, China’s consul-general in Osaka, western Japan, after he slammed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remark related to a potential crisis in Taiwan. At a joint meeting of its Research Commission