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Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang will visit Japan from Sunday through Wednesday, Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Friday. Koizumi and Giang will meet on Monday to discuss regional security as well as defense equipment and technology

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Princess Aiko will visit Ise Jingu, a major Shinto shrine in the western prefecture of Mie, next month to observe a ritual for its once-every-20-year reconstruction, the Imperial Household Agency said on Thursday. Princess Aiko, the only

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–The House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japan’s parliament, passed a bill Friday to revise the Imperial House Law to secure an adequate number of Imperial Family members. The bill was approved at a plenary meeting and

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Thursday that it will produce humanoid robots in collaboration with Highlanders Inc., a robotics startup from the University of Tokyo. The two companies will aim to mass-produce humanoid robots developed by Highlanders by utilizing

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s House of Councillors on Friday enacted a bill to revise a law to ease restrictions on the use of personal data for artificial intelligence development while strengthening safeguards against misuse. At a plenary meeting, the upper chamber

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s producer prices in June jumped 7.1 pct from a year earlier, the steepest climb since March 2023, Bank of Japan data showed Friday. The producer price index, which measures the costs of goods traded between companies, stood

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly climbed over 1,600 points Friday morning as technology issues fared well following overnight rises in U.S. peers. The index of 225 major issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime section

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Housework, child care and nursing care burdens present bigger obstacles to women than to men for recurrent education, in which people return to education after starting work, the Japanese government said in its 2026 white paper on gender

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Venezuelan Ambassador to Japan has urged sustained support for recovery after last month’s major earthquakes. Speaking at a reconstruction event hosted by the Venezuelan Embassy in Tokyo on Thursday, Ambassador Seiko Ishikawa said no country understands the challenges

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Russian Education Minister Sergey Kravtsov visited Etorofu Island on Tuesday, marking the first visit in two years by a Russian cabinet minister to one of the Moscow-controlled northwestern Pacific islands claimed by Tokyo, the Japanese Embassy in Russia