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Tokyo, Sept. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Justice Ministry plans to launch a pilot program to track sex offenders on parole with GPS devices from as early as fiscal 2027, which begins next April, officials said Friday. Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi told a press

Tokyo, Sept. 11 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan plans to raise its policy interest rate by 0.25 percentage point to 1.25 pct, the highest level in about 31 years, at its policy-setting meeting next week, informed sources said Friday. The last time

Osaka, Sept. 11 (Jiji Press)–North Korean soccer players entered Japan aboard an aircraft arriving at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Friday for the Asian Games. Other members of the North Korean delegation for the sporting event mainly in Aichi Prefecture will

(Adnkronos) – The AfD soars in voting intentions just over a week before the regional elections in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in eastern Germany. Alternative for Germany, which emerged victorious from the regional elections on September 6 in Saxony-Anhalt with 43.8% of the votes, could

(Adnkronos) – Iceland will present a bill in February 2027 that could permanently ban whaling in its waters, a decision that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries to allow commercial whaling. Whaling in Iceland has been the subject

(Adnkronos) – A Hong Kong court has sentenced three Tiananmen Square protest activists to prison terms of five to seven years and three months for national security crimes, following a trial condemned by the United Nations, human rights organizations, and several foreign

(Adnkronos) – According to preliminary ship tracking data published today, ship transits in the Strait of Hormuz fell to seven yesterday, compared to eleven the previous day, a figure well below the ten-year average of 15. According to the data, of the

Tokyo, Sept. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Digital Agency said Friday that about 246,000 sets of personal information, including the names and email addresses of government employees, may have been compromised through the unauthorized access of a network system operated by the agency. So

Tokyo, Sept. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Financial Services Agency plans to support the securities industry’s efforts to improve information systems for corporate bonds, Jiji Press learned Friday. The agency aims to revitalize the country’s market for corporate bonds by allowing institutional investors to

Tokyo, Sept. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Finance Ministry said Friday that it will issue a commemorative 1,000-yen coin for the International Horticultural Expo 2027 in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. Priced at 33,500 yen, the coin’s obverse design features the expo’s mascot, Tunku Tunku,