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Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s customs authorities blocked 31,760 imports of counterfeit and other intellectual property-infringing goods in 2025, the Finance Ministry said Friday. The annual total marked the third-highest level since the ministry began publishing such data in 1987. The figure

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Two Japanese nationals are being detained in Iran, government officials said Friday. One of the two, believed to be the Tehran bureau chief of public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, has been in detention since Jan. 20

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Major auto parts maker Denso Corp. has proposed acquiring shares in major semiconductor producer Rohm Co., it was learned Friday. “We have been considering various strategic options, including purchasing Rohm shares,” Denso said in a statement. In a

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s health ministry said Friday it has conditionally approved production and sales of two novel regenerative therapies capitalizing on induced pluripotent stem cells. The world’s first permission of iPS cell-derived medicine, albeit provisional, was given to Tokyo-based startup

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan will send a Self-Defense Forces aircraft to prepare for operations to transport Japanese nationals in the Middle East, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Friday. In view of the escalating tensions in the region, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Princess Akiko will make unofficial visits to Luxembourg and Monaco from March 16 to 24, the Imperial Household Agency said Friday. According to the agency, the princess, a second cousin of Emperor Naruhito, will give a lecture

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Friday started the seventh, or final, round of treated water discharge into the Pacific for fiscal 2025, its operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., said. The operation, scheduled to

Silicon Valley, March 5 (Jiji Press)–Nippon Life Insurance Co. has sued U.S. artificial intelligence developer OpenAI for allegedly giving legal advice via its ChatGPT chatbot without a license to a former insurance beneficiary, it was learned Thursday. According to the lawsuit, filed

Seoul, March 6 (Jiji Press)–The foundation established by South Korea and funded by Japan to implement the 2015 bilateral accord over the issue of so-called wartime comfort women has challenged a South Korean court decision to allow the plaintiffs in a related

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan plans to draw up an action plan to secure recycled materials as early as April amid China’s export restrictions on rare earths. At a meeting on a circular economy held at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo