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Nagoya, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japanese skateboarders Mizuho Hasegawa and Izuru Nagahara, both 15, won gold in the women’s and men’s park events, respectively, at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday. In swimming, Kodai Nishiono won the gold medal in the men’s 200-meter

Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday that she affirmed Tokyo’s support for the International Criminal Court during her meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday. In talks with reporters at the prime minister’s

Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court ruled Friday that a public offices election law provision that prohibits minors from conducting campaigning activities on their own and imposes penalties on violators is unconstitutional. Presiding Judge Mizuho Ebi said that the provision “violates

Fukuoka, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, said Friday that it will launch financial services in earnest in partnership with SBI Holdings Inc. The railway operator will develop an app, tentatively called JQ Bank, to centrally manage services

London, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japan retook the top spot among 110 economies in the World Economic Forum’s 2026 Travel and Tourism Development Index rankings, released on Friday. Japan was followed by the United States in second place, Spain in third, Australia in

Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–About half of 120 civic groups working in Japan to save and rehome dogs and cats received more requests to take in such animals for protection in the past year than in the preceding year, a private-sector survey

Osaka, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japanese credit card payment processing service firm Zentoshin’s bankruptcy trustee said Friday that seven credit card companies will pay in full the 5.4 billion yen in sales proceeds that Zentoshin’s member stores had been unable to collect following

Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested an Uzbek food delivery worker on suspicion of committing indecent acts against an elementary school girl who answered the door. Muminov Dilshod Komiljonovich, a 45-year-old resident of Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward, allegedly hugged and kissed

Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court ruled Friday that a public offices election law provision that prohibits minors from engaging in campaigning activities and imposes penalties on violators is unconstitutional. In the lawsuit filed by four people against the government, however,

Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japan will launch the National Disaster Management Agency on Nov. 2 to serve as the government’s command center for disaster preparedness and response, minister for disaster management Goshi Hosono said Friday. The agency will substantially expand the Cabinet