Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Thursday instructed relevant ministries and agencies to draw up an urgent package of measures against wild bears by mid-November amid a series of attacks on people across the country. At the

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–The yen fell past 153 per dollar in Tokyo trading on Thursday as hopes for an early interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan faded after the central bank decided to keep interest rates unchanged. At 5

(Adnkronos) – Five new arrests for the Louvre theft on October 19. The Paris prosecutor, Laure Beccau, announced this, speaking with Rtl and specifying that five people were arrested last night in the French capital region. Among them, one of the main

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Thursday started the fifth round of the fiscal 2025 release of treated water from its disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the ocean in northeastern Japan. This is the

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Three Japanese high courts ruled Thursday that the July 20 election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the country’s parliament, was constitutional in terms of vote-value disparities. The rulings by Tokyo, Nagoya and Takamatsu high

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan decided Thursday to keep its policy interest rate unchanged while raising its gross domestic product growth outlook for fiscal 2025. The BOJ kept the status quo for the sixth consecutive policy-setting meeting, as it

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Income declared by companies in Japan that closed their books in fiscal 2024, which ended in March, grew 4.1 pct from the previous year to 102,338.1 billion yen, hitting a record high for the fourth year in a

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrived in South Korea on Thursday afternoon to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit scheduled for Friday and Saturday. On the sidelines of the APEC summit, Takaichi will hold her first summit

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party will decide its proposal for economic measures, including those to address persisting inflation, by mid-November, the party’s policy leader said Thursday. “We can’t revive the LDP without responding to voices from those in

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan decided Thursday to keep its policy interest rate unchanged while raising its gross domestic product growth outlook for fiscal 2025. The BOJ kept the status quo for the sixth consecutive policy-setting meeting, as it

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Mobility Show 2025 opened at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center Thursday, showcasing new vehicles including concepts and fresh visions for future mobility, as well as so-called neo-classic cars and campers amid increasing attention on them.

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party will decide its proposal for economic measures, including those to address persisting inflation, by mid-November, the party’s policy leader said Thursday. “We can’t revive the LDP without responding to voices from those in

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan decided Thursday to keep its policy interest rate unchanged while raising its gross domestic product growth outlook for fiscal 2025. At its two-day policy-setting meeting through the day, the BOJ’s Policy Board voted seven

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s newly developed HTV-X resupply vehicle arrived at the International Space Station in the small hours of Thursday Japan time. Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, 55, successfully caught the craft with a robotic arm around 12:58 a.m. and attached

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp. has announced its plan to make Tokyo-based major information technology service provider SCSK Corp. a wholly owned subsidiary through a takeover bid valued at some 882 billion yen. Sumitomo already holds a 50.6

Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Six Japanese ruling and opposition parties on Wednesday agreed to explore the possibility of scrapping the provisional gasoline tax surcharge by the end of this year, Itsunori Onodera, tax chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said. The

(The fourth paragraph should have read, “…after starting…,” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) Honda Halts Production at Mexico Plant amid Chip Shortage Tokyo, Oct. 30 (Jiji Press)–Honda Motor Co. has halted vehicle production at a plant in Mexico due

Gyeongju, South Korea, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his South Korean counterpart, Cho Hyun, agreed Wednesday to develop the two nations’ future-oriented relations in a stable way. The first Motegi-Cho meeting since the Japanese minister took office Oct.

Gyeongju, South Korea, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–The foreign chiefs of Japan, the United States and South Korea affirmed their cooperation Wednesday, with in mind China’s growing hegemonic behavior and North Korea’s nuclear and missile development. Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, U.S. Secretary

(Adnkronos) – After 14 editions in Verona, one in the Caucasus (Baku, Azerbaijan), one in Central Asia (Samarkand, Uzbekistan) and one in the Middle East (Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates), the itinerant format of the Eurasian Economic Forum continues, which this year

(Adnkronos) – The crisis in Mali is worsening, caused by the fuel supply blockade imposed for over a month by a jihadist group, effectively an economic siege on the military junta that took control of the African country in 2021. The Minister

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told U.S. President Donald Trump at their meeting Tuesday that it is difficult for her country to withdraw from the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project in Russia’s Far East region, Japanese government source

(Adnkronos) – “No Trump! No China!”. These were the slogans shouted in Seoul and Gyeongju ahead of tomorrow’s meeting in South Korea between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, both targets of the protests, albeit for different reasons. Near

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo and Beijing are working to arrange the first meeting between new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese President Xi Jinping for Friday, on the fringe of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit starting the same day

(Adnkronos) – The World Health Organization has called for a “ceasefire” in Sudan following reports of over 460 people killed in a hospital in El-Fasher.  The WHO “is appalled and deeply shocked by reports of the tragic killing of over 460 patients

(Adnkronos) – At least 132 people have died in the police operation conducted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, according to sources from the Ombudsman’s office cited by Afp. “According to the latest data in our possession, the death toll is 132.”  Rio

(Adnkronos) – The death toll in Haiti has risen to 20 following the floods caused by Hurricane Melissa. Local authorities reported this.  Among the victims are 10 children and 10 people are missing, the country’s Director General of Civil Protection, Emmanuel Pierre,

Nara, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese lawmaker Kei Sato, who was at the scene of the shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the western Japan city of Nara in 2022, appeared in the trial of the suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, as a

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) and Komeito agreed Wednesday to launch a program in fiscal 2026 to effectively make high school education free. The agreement was reached at a meeting of

Nagoya, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, said Wednesday that the total construction costs for its planned superfast magnetically levitated Shinkansen train line is expected to swell further to 11 trillion yen, almost double the initially projected level