Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fair Trade Commission is poised to recognize bid-rigging by six companies in contracts for railroad track maintenance for subway and other lines operated by the Tokyo metropolitan government in violation of the antimonopoly law, sources familiar with

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday mentioned the possibility of replacing embattled agriculture minister Kazuo Yana for the first time. Yana is under fire for suggesting that he imposed significant road-related budget cuts on municipalities whose mayors

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s harvest of 2026 rice as a staple food is estimated at 7,406,000 tons, down about 1 pct from the previous year’s 7,468,000 tons, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. The forecast is relatively high despite concerns about the

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese retail giant Aeon Co. said Tuesday that its consolidated net profit in the March-August first half of its current business year increased 3.3-fold from a year earlier to 13.3 billion yen. The surge reflected the strong performance

Cairo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese-language classes were introduced for some junior high and high school students in Egypt at the start of the new school year last month. Japanese-language lessons began at select “Egypt-Japan Schools,” which were established across the country under

(Adnkronos) – At least four people have died and over a dozen have been injured in a train derailment near Multan, in the south of Pakistan’s Punjab province. Emergency services reported this to AFP, while the causes of the incident remain unknown.

(Adnkronos) – Around 200 high schools are expected to remain closed today in France. This was stated by the Minister of Education, noting a “decrease compared to previous weeks”, while high school students have called for a new national day of demonstrations

(Adnkronos) – Ads intended to support the difficult re-election campaign of Susan Collins, Republican senator from Maine, instead reached the social media of astonished, and amused, Oregon voters. All because someone confused Portland, the most populous city in the East Coast state,

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–The proportion of people in Japan who expect prices to be higher in five years rose to 86.5 pct, the highest level in 19 years, a quarterly Bank of Japan opinion survey showed Tuesday. The results of the

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Mitsunari Okamoto, newly elected leader of Japanese opposition party Komeito, said in a recent interview with Jiji Press that he aims to make the party a rallying point for political realignment, emphasizing his determination to advance policy-oriented cooperation

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is considering including in its revised three key security-related documents plans to study and research the possibility of introducing a nuclear submarine. Discussions have so far been led mainly by some eager politicians, and the

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Tuesday adopted three bills to strengthen and diversify the country’s energy supply chains amid disruptions caused by the war in the Middle East. One of the bills calls for providing subsidies to refineries to

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–The number of Japanese municipalities whose foreign residents account for over 5 pct of the population climbed 2.5-fold from 53 in 2020 to 132, according to 2025 census data released by the internal affairs ministry. The data show

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s rice harvest for 2026 is estimated at 7,406,000 tons, down about 1 pct from the previous year’s 7,468,000 tons, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. The forecast is relatively high despite concerns about the impact of prolonged rain

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police officers are stationed at Haneda Airport, Japan’s busiest airport located near the heart of the capital, to remain on the lookout day and night for criminals trying to flee the country. Their importance is growing in

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average plunged over 1,900 points at one point on Tuesday due to heavy selling of semiconductor-related issues. The index of 225 major issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime section ended at

Bangkok, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised its economic growth projection for Japan to 0.7 pct for 2026, up 0.1 percentage point from its July forecast. The IMF’s World Economic Outlook report cited “fiscal support measures partly cushioning

Brussels, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)–Navi Pillay, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a former International Criminal Court judge, visited the ICC headquarters in The Hague, on Monday, the ICC said. During the visit, Pillay, 85, met with officials and staff members,

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agriculture minister Kazuo Yana on Tuesday denied allegations that he had violated the public offices election law by providing free bus transportation for voters during recent elections for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament.

Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Pref., Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Train services on a section of the Hisatsu Orange Railway line in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, resumed Tuesday after having been suspended due to damage from the July earthquake. All railway lines in affected areas are

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s producer prices in September grew 6.8 pct from a year before, with prices continuing to rise at a high rate across a wide range of products, including nonferrous metal, petroleum and coal products, amid turmoil in the

Chiba, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge digital technologies are on display as the CEATEC international exhibition opened on Tuesday at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, a city near Tokyo, joined by 821 companies and organizations from Japan

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average gave up over 1,900 points temporarily in Tuesday morning trading. Market participants rushed to sell from the outset, following a decline in the tech-heavy U.S. Nasdaq Composite Index on Monday. At 10:56

Seoul, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–North Korea’s Missile Administration test-fired a tactical ballistic missile Monday, the country’s Korean Central News Agency reported Tuesday. According to the state-run news agency, the missile firing was held to “confirm the success in the research for the

Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)–A growing number of people in Japan are carrying debts from multiple lenders, including consumer finance companies. According to Japan Credit Information Reference Center Corp., which manages individuals’ credit information, 1.55 million people had three or more unsecured,

(Adnkronos) – A 21-year-old Ukrainian student has been arrested in Poland on charges of planning a racist murder to participate in an online challenge called ‘Bloody Friday’. This was announced by prosecutors in Lublin, in the east of the country. The suspect,

(Adnkronos) – Federal agents today conducted a search of Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s home in Washington. A Justice Department spokesperson confirmed this, adding that the search was conducted as part of an ongoing investigation.  Sources cited by Abcnews revealed that the investigation

Tokyo, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama will become the next chair of the joint ministerial committee of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced on Monday. Katayama will be the first Japanese national

Tokyo, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is struggling to address the growing number of personal data leaks at Japanese companies due to cyberattacks, which are believed to have begun to use artificial intelligence. Currently, the government seems only capable of collecting