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Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)–Japanese prosecutors Thursday sought a life sentence for Toshiya Fujita, a senior member of a crime ring behind a series of robbery and fraud cases across the country. The lay-judge trial for 41-year-old Fujita at Tokyo District Court,

Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)–Renesas Electronics Corp. said Thursday that it will sell its timing device business for 3 billion dollars to focus on its chipmaking operations. The Japanese company plans to sell the timing device business to SiTime Corp., a U.S.

New York, Feb. 4 (Jiji Press)–Yutaka Matsuo, professor of the University of Tokyo’s graduate school of engineering, is among the 40 experts who have been recommended by the United Nations’ head to sit on the new Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial

Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)–Sony Group Corp. said on Thursday that it expects to post record sales and profits for the fiscal year ending next month thanks to strong performance of its music, game and semiconductor businesses. The Japanese company raised its

New York, Feb. 4 (Jiji Press)–University of Tokyo professor Yutaka Matsuo is among the 40 experts who have been recommended by the United Nations’ head to sit on the new Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced

Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)–A total of 337 police officers and personnel were disciplined across Japan in 2025, according to a National Police Agency tally released Thursday. The figure grew by 98 from the previous year for its first rise in three

Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)–Japanese party Team Mirai has revoked its endorsement of Takeyoshi Yamamoto as an official candidate in the Kinki proportional representation bloc for Sunday’s House of Representatives election. At a press conference Wednesday, party leader Takahiro Anno explained that

Osaka, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Wednesday dismissed the party’s past electoral cooperation with its former coalition partner, Komeito, as “nonsense.” In a street speech in the western city

Washington, Feb. 4 (Jiji Press)–The United States said Wednesday that it will work with Japan and European countries to develop an action plan to secure the supply of critical minerals. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump will seek to establish a

Hyuga, Miyazaki Pref., Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese agriculture minister Taku Eto is facing an uphill battle to retain his House of Representatives seat in Sunday’s general election after resigning from the cabinet last year over insensitive remarks about rice amid a