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Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency plans to launch a model project in fiscal 2027 to utilize artificial intelligence in handling 119 emergency calls for firefighting, rescue and ambulance services. The agency will introduce an AI-powered speech recognition

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Core inflation in central Tokyo rose to 1.8 pct in August, accelerating for the third straight month, driven by higher costs for dining out and prepared foods and rising medical fees, the Japanese internal affairs ministry said Friday.

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in July dropped 0.1 percentage point from the previous month to 2.4 pct, a level unseen in one year, the internal affairs ministry said Friday. The jobless rate fell for the first time in

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–The number of children on nursery waiting lists in Japan as of April 1 rose by 181 from a year earlier to 2,435, up for the first time in nine years due largely to a sharp increase in

Saitama, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino has indicated the possibility that the central bank will raise interest rates in September. At a press conference in the city of Saitama, near Tokyo, on Thursday, Himino said the BOJ

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed with Nippon Steel Corp. to raise steel procurement prices by about 12,000 yen per ton from October, marking the first increase in four years, according to informed sources. Toyota negotiates steel procurement prices

Sapporo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–A Hokkaido University graduate student in his 20s died after being exposed to hydrofluoric acid at a facility belonging to the Faculty of Science of the university in Sapporo, the capital of Japan’s northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. At

Kumamoto, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Nearly 2,500 people are still staying in evacuation centers amid scorching heat one month after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto. While efforts toward recovery and reconstruction are underway, challenges remain numerous, with water

(Adnkronos) – The number of deaths caused by the forest fires that have hit Algeria in recent hours has risen to 12 – including an eight-year-old child. The victims – local media report – were registered in the provinces of Jijel (5),

(Adnkronos) – The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged architect of the September 11, 2001 attacks, will begin on June 5, 2028. This was stated by a spokesperson for the US military court in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where Mohammed is detained.