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Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese actress Tamao Nakamura, known for her roles in historical movies and her unique character in television variety shows, died of pneumonia Tuesday. She was 86. Born to a family of kabuki actors in 1939, Nakamura, whose real

Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)–The annual number of consultation requests made to consumer affairs centers across Japan regarding social media topped 100,000 for the first time in 2025, a government report showed Friday. Such consultations totaled 101,045 last year, nearly double the

Osaka, June 12 (Jiji Press)–The Osaka prefectural and city governments Friday held the first meeting of a statutory council discussing a system for the so-called Osaka metropolis plan, with an eye toward an envisioned third referendum on the plan. Osaka Governor Hirofumi

Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)–Drunken driving accounted for some 10 pct of accidents involving specified small motorized two-wheel vehicles, including electric kick scooters, in Japan in 2025, a government white paper on traffic safety said Friday. Drunken driving was blamed for 43

By Hiroki Shimoo Tokyo, June 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan and Canada can work more closely together to accelerate the real-world adoption of artificial intelligence, an expert at a Toronto-based, cutting-edge research institute says. “AI will be the technology that will power the future,”

Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Friday decided to revise its basic plan that outlines measures to be taken over the next decade in preparation for a possible powerful earthquake occurring directly beneath the Tokyo metropolitan area. In the revised

Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese parliamentary panel Friday approved a bill submitted by the government to reform the country’s retrial system. The Judicial Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, passed the

Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Fair Trade Commission plans to order about 30 construction companies, including Haseko Reform Inc., to pay a total of 1.6 billion yen in fines for bid-rigging in large-scale condominium renovation contracts in violation of the antimonopoly

Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average temporarily surged over 2,800 points Friday morning, reflecting rising anticipation that the ongoing armed conflict between the United States and Iran would end. After rising as high as 67,065.94 in the early

Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, successfully launched an H3 rocket on Friday morning, after an unsuccessful launch attempt last December. The H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at