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Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Supreme Court is expected to issue a unified ruling within this year over lawsuits demanding that the results of the 2025 election for the Senate, the upper chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, be invalidated due

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday that the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be awarded to Kenso Soai, professor emeritus at Tokyo University of Science, and Henri Kagan, who is affiliated with Universite Paris-Sud in

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with Okinawa Governor Genta Koja in Tokyo on Wednesday and expressed her willingness to talk with the United States following the arrest of a U.S. Marine for allegedly murdering a woman in

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday that the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be awarded to Kenso Soai, professor emeritus at Tokyo University of Science, and Henri Kagan, who is affiliated with Universite Paris-Sud in

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan Exchange Group Inc. said Wednesday that it will add 35 companies, including 100-yen store operator Seria Co., to the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s TOPIX index as part of a component reshuffle starting at the end of this month.

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is considering including in its three key security-related documents, slated to be revised by the end of this year, a plan to study whether the country should possess nuclear-powered submarines, government sources said Wednesday. The

Seoul, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–South Korea’s Korean Sports & Olympic Committee said Wednesday that it has received an apology letter from the Japanese organizing committee of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games over operational problems involving the South Korean delegation during the event,

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is considering compiling a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 to cover about 300 billion yen in additional personnel costs and prepare for an increase in spending on recovery efforts following recent major natural disasters,

By Yuka Moriyama Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Past Japanese laureates of the Ramon Magsaysay Award, widely regarded as Asia’s Nobel Prize, were honored at an event hosted by the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo on Wednesday, featuring a special exhibit and a panel

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday that the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be awarded to Kenso Soai, professor emeritus at Tokyo University of Science, and Henri Kagan, who is affiliated with Universite Paris-Sud in