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Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–The electronic warrant system, in which arrest and search warrants are requested and issued online, will be introduced at courts in Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures of Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa by the end of this fiscal year

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Tuesday criticized Russia for its failure to allow consular access to a Japanese journalist detained there within a period set in their bilateral diplomatic agreement. The failure is “extremely regrettable,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s industry ministry plans to invest an additional 400 billion yen in semiconductor maker Rapidus Corp. over the three years through fiscal 2029. The planned investment, disclosed Monday at a subcommittee meeting of the Fiscal System Council, which

Osaka, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–A man in his 60s was stabbed with a knife near Osaka District Court in the western Japan city of Osaka on Tuesday morning. He was stabbed around the neck and seriously injured, but remained conscious, according to

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Shingo Kunieda, the first man to complete a career Golden Slam in wheelchair tennis, has been nominated for induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2027 in the wheelchair tennis category. Kunieda, 42, won 28

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, successfully launched an H3 rocket carrying the Martian Moons eXploration, or MMX, probe on Tuesday. The No. 10 H3 rocket took off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern

Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Empress Emerita Michiko turned 92 on Tuesday, enjoying a peaceful life with her husband, Emperor Emeritus Akihito, also 92. Her advanced age has caused a decline in her physical strength and made her get tired more frequently

Nagoya, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Shizuka Hangai, 38, and Shota Kawamoto, 30, on Monday clinched Asian Para Games gold in the women’s J1 class 52-kilogram judo event and in the men’s C1-2 class 3,000-meter individual cycling pursuit, respectively. A day after the

Tokyo, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, plans to develop a new medium-term vision in light of an accelerating decline in the country’s population and the spread of artificial intelligence, its chairman, Yoshinobu Tsutsui, said Monday. “Looking ahead to

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