News - Page 42

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Monday started the seventh round of treated water discharge in fiscal 2026 from its disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. About 7,800 tons of treated water containing

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda died Thursday at the age of 90, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Monday. As the country’s prime minister, he chaired a Group of Eight summit in Toyako, Hokkaido, northern Japan, in

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese shipbuilders are stepping up capital investment in shipyards across the country as part of the government’s target of doubling domestic shipbuilding volume, with the overall amount on track to exceed 1 trillion yen. A total of 900

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government takes seriously a massive grassland fire that broke out earlier this month in a nature reserve in Mongolia, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Monday. “We take the extent of the damage seriously. We’d like

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Seven in 10 people in Japan would prefer to shelter at home after a major disaster if their homes were safe, according to a recent survey by market research firm Macromill Inc. The survey also showed that only

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Shogi Association said Monday that it has accepted an application from “joryu kishi” female professional shogi player Tomoka Nishiyama to join the main pro ranks of “kishi” for the first time as a woman. Nishiyama, 31,

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government study has found that global warming intensified six major heavy rain events that happened in the country in August or September this year, highlighting growing risks of disasters. The science ministry and the Japan Meteorological

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Digital Agency has added an artificial intelligence agent function capable of autonomously performing two or more tasks simultaneously to its “Gennai” generative AI platform, which is available to about 180,000 government employees. The agent can perform a

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Tokyo metropolitan government is considering building small public crematoriums, each with two to four cremation furnaces, in the Japanese capital’s 23 special wards to ensure stable cremation capacity. Building such crematoriums would require a review of existing

Osaka, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–Police in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, have taken action against 43 minors for harassing behavior targeting police, such as throwing firecrackers, shouting a slogan and making prank calls. Such acts, known as “shorinji racing,” are spreading across the