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Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling and opposition parties agreed Tuesday to put a bill to establish a secondary capital of the country to a House of Representatives committee vote Wednesday, a development making it possible for the legislation to clear the

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–Rising interest rates are leading to higher interest rates on loan-type scholarships for university students in Japan. Higher rates on such scholarships may cause some people’s repayment balances to increase by more than 1 million yen. This would

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan will enhance heatstroke and cold protection measures at disaster evacuation centers under a revision of its basic disaster management plan decided Tuesday. The revised plan, which serves as the cornerstone of disaster response measures by the central

Toyama, July 14 (Jiji Press)–Police have arrested a 53-year-old man in the central Japan prefecture of Toyama for allegedly planning indiscriminate killing in Tokyo and preparing a knife for the potential rampage. The suspect, Katsumi Mori, who is unemployed and from the

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan is closely watching with concern the U.S. government’s plan to urge signatories to the International Criminal Court to withdraw from the ICC, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Tuesday. Japan has “consistently supported the ICC” from

Shusha, Azerbaijan, July 14 (Jiji Press)–Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has suggested that the country can work with Japan in the defense industry, among other sectors. “I think that we can cooperate in quite a broad range of issues–energy, technology and potentially…the defense

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–The number of children on waiting lists for “gakudo hoiku” after-school care facilities in Japan fell for the second straight year, preliminary data showed Tuesday. As of May 1, 14,713 children were on the lists, down by 1,617

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Justice Ministry has come up with a draft report calling for the protection of the voices of famous individuals, alongside their portraits, regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence. The draft report on civil responsibility over the

Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is expected to establish a national intelligence council as early as July to strengthen its command over intelligence gathering and analysis. The council, to be chaired by the prime minister, is intended to create an

Kobe, July 14 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese inquest panel has decided that public prosecutors’ decision not to indict Takashi Tachibana, head of a political group criticizing Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, over his alleged intimidation of a local assembly member in 2024 was