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Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s internal affairs ministry has asked a panel of experts to discuss whether the country should introduce age restrictions for social media use. In its draft proposals presented at a meeting Wednesday, the ministry also included a plan

New York, April 22 (Jiji Press)–A district attorney in the U.S. state of Wisconsin has indicted a Japanese researcher for adding chemicals to a co-worker’s water bottle, according to U.S. media reports. Makoto Kuroda, 41, a staff scientist at the Influenza Research

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Justice Ministry plans to ban prosecutors from appealing court orders to grant retrials “in principle” while allowing them to do so in cases where there are sufficient grounds to overturn such orders as exceptions, government and ruling

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rose further to exceed 60,000 for the first time ever, albeit momentarily, on Thursday morning, boosted by an advance of U.S. equities overnight. At 9:06 a.m., the index of 225 selected issues

By Toshifumi Sekitsuka Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–Twelve rotors hummed into the sea breeze as SkyDrive Inc.’s flying car lifted itself straight up from land and out over Tokyo Bay, marking another moment the new mode of air mobility came a step

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–False information, including claims of an “artificial earthquake,” has spread on social media following a quake on Monday that registered up to upper 5, the fourth-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, in northeastern Japan. Immediately after

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–Employees on loan to Toyota Motor Corp. from three major Japanese nonlife insurance companies have taken out information from the automaker without permission, it was learned. The insurers are Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Mitsui Sumitomo

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rose further to exceed 60,000 for the first time ever Thursday morning, boosted by an advance of U.S. high-tech equities overnight. At 9:06 a.m., the index of 225 selected issues listed on

Beijing, April 23 (Jiji Press)–A flotilla of Chinese warships has conducted naval drills in the western Pacific, apparently in a move countering a Japanese destroyer’s recent passage through the Taiwan Strait. A spokesperson for the Chinese military’s Eastern Theater Command, which is

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has expressed support for Montenegro’s accession to the European Union. At a meeting with Montenegrin President Jakov Milatovic at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo on Wednesday, Takaichi described the European country as