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Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government has decided to appoint Hiroki Tsutsui, head of the security bureau of the National Police Agency, to replace Yuji Sakoda as chief of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The appointment, which will take effect on

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara has met with Sakie Yokota, the mother of Megumi, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977. In the meeting held at the prime minister’s office on Monday, Sakie said she hopes

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–The yield on the most recent issue of 10-year Japanese government bonds, regarded as the country’s benchmark long-term interest rate, temporarily rose to 2.33 pct in Tokyo trading Tuesday, hitting a new 27-year high. The yield increase came

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–The only remaining giant pandas in Japan, Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei of Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo, will leave for China on Jan. 27, according to the Tokyo metropolitan government. They are scheduled to be transported by aircraft from

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)–With Tuesday marking one year since U.S. President Donald Trump began his second term, Japan faces a challenge of consolidating its relationship with the United States amid concerns over Trump’s diplomatic approach. Before the inauguration of his first

Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)–A Bank of Japan quarterly survey for December 2025 showed Monday that consumer sentiment in the country rose for two quarters in a row while views on living conditions deteriorated for the first time in two quarters. The

Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)–The Centrist Reform Alliance, a new political party launched by the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito, a former ruling party, said in its basic policies released Monday that it is constitutional for Japan to

(Adnkronos) – More than 160 faithful were kidnapped during an attack launched on Sunday by armed groups against two Christian churches in Kurmin Wali, an isolated village in the Kajuru district, in Nigeria’s Kaduna State, in the north of the country, AFP

(Adnkronos) – Afghan police have confirmed that seven people were killed in an explosion in Kabul, which targeted a Chinese restaurant. Police spokesman Khalid Zadran specified that among the victims were one Chinese national and six Afghans, while “several other people were

Niigata, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Monday that it has decided to put off the restart scheduled for Tuesday of the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. The postponement comes