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Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Defense Ministry has emphasized the urgent need to prepare for what it calls new ways of warfare leveraging drones and artificial intelligence technology in an annual white paper adopted Tuesday. The 2026 report, submitted by Defense Minister

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japanese internal affairs minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Tuesday sent a letter asking local governments to bolster cybersecurity in response to a series of cyberattacks and the advancement of artificial intelligence. The letter urged prefectural governors and municipal mayors

Nishinomiya, Hyogo Pref., Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Female umpires are set to take the field for the first time in this year’s national summer high school baseball championship at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in the city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, from Wednesday.

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi urged Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda at their meeting in May to buy Japanese government bonds if necessary to curb rising long-term interest rates, informed sources told Jiji Press Tuesday. It is unusual

(Adnkronos) – Iran was ready to strike three locations in Ukraine in response to what Tehran called a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian merchant ship in the Caspian Sea last week. This was stated by a senior military advisor to Supreme Leader

(Adnkronos) – A fire, caused by a drone attack, broke out at a Wildberries logistics facility in Krasny Bor, Leningrad region. According to a statement from the company’s press office, there were no casualties. “An attack on the company’s logistics center in

(Adnkronos) – “The capabilities of Iran and the resistance front are greater than in the past. Despite the threats, the enemies do not have the capacity to launch a large-scale attack against Iran.” This was stated by Ibrahim Razaei, a member of

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday revised up its full-year net profit forecast to 3.25 trillion yen from 3 trillion yen. For fiscal 2026, which ends next March, the leading Japanese automaker also upgraded its operating profit projection to

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–Cases involving artificial intelligence-generated sexual deepfakes targeting children more than doubled in number in Japan in the first half of 2026, the National Police Agency said Monday. Police handled 123 such cases in the six months, exceeding both

Tokyo, Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)–A third-party panel of Shogakukan Inc. said Monday that the Japanese publisher has encouraged human rights violations by hiring a male manga artist who had committed sexual misconduct as an author for a new series under a different