Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is considering delaying its goal of raising the country’s average minimum hourly wages to 1,500 yen by the end of the 2020s, people familiar with the matter said Friday. One idea being discussed is allowing

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo stocks plummeted Friday as profit-taking dragged down artificial intelligence-linked issues that had jumped the previous day, sending the benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average skidding over 3,700 points briefly. The index of 225 major issues on the Tokyo

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Honda Motor Co. President and CEO Toshihiro Mibe apologized to shareholders Friday for the Japanese automaker’s huge net loss incurred mainly for scaling back its electric vehicle ambitions. “I deeply apologize for the great concern and inconvenience we

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Typhoon Mekkhala moved close to the main island of Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, on Friday morning and is expected to approach the Amami Islands region in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima in the night. The seventh typhoon of

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Two Japan-linked vessels have passed through the Strait of Hormuz, Japanese Transport Minister Yasushi Kaneko said Friday. Crew members are in good health and there are no abnormalities in the vessels, Kaneko said at a press conference. The

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fuji Media Holdings Inc. and financial group SBI Holdings Inc. said Friday that they have begun talks on a capital and business alliance for cooperation in media and content operations. The two companies plan to collaborate in

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–The leaders of the Centrist Reform Alliance, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito at a meeting Friday agreed to set up a body for discussions on a potential merger of the three Japanese opposition parties. CRA

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, enacted a bill Friday to reorganize the Air Self-Defense Force as the Air and Space Self-Defense Force. With the reorganization, Japan aims to ramp up capabilities for space operations in light of the growing

Paris, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Luffy and other major characters of the globally popular Japanese manga and anime series “One Piece” have joined a wax museum in Paris. The 10 wax dolls of the Straw Hat Crew members, the first Japanese anime characters

Dallas, Texas, June 25 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese men’s national soccer team, nicknamed Samurai Blue, advanced to the knockout stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after a 1-1 draw against Sweden in its final group stage match in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday.

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Core consumer prices in central Tokyo rose 1.6 pct in June from a year before, driven higher by surging crude oil prices amid the conflict in the Middle East, the Japanese internal affairs ministry said Friday. The pace

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–The 12 member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership decided Friday to begin preparatory talks with the Philippines, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates, a step toward launching accession negotiations. The decision was made

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average plunged to slip below 70,000 Friday morning as artificial intelligence-linked and other high technology names succumbed to profit-taking after their hefty gains the previous day. The index of 225 major issues on

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Friday that he will visit Seoul on Saturday and Sunday to meet with his South Korean counterpart, Ahn Gyu-back. The two ministers are expected to discuss establishing regular refueling support from Japan’s

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Cabinet Secretariat improperly handled 9,424 sets of administrative documents containing specially designated secrets last year, a government report showed Friday. The documents were stored inappropriately, such as being left in office drawers, instead of being kept in

Brussels, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako bid farewell to Belgian King Philippe and Queen Mathilde at the Castle of Laeken in Brussels on Thursday, concluding their state visit to the European country. The Emperor shook hands firmly with

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–The names of the 11 members of a prosecution inquest panel in the city of Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, have been leaked, it was learned. Sources in the Yamaguchi District Public Prosecutors Office said Thursday that

Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government, in an effort to realize a strong economy, aims to enhance the country’s growth potential and ensure citizens’ security and safety mainly through planned public-private investments worth over 370 trillion yen, it has been learned.

(Adnkronos) – In Spain, at least 212 deaths recorded between Sunday and Wednesday are attributable to the record heatwave. This emerged from data published by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III in Madrid. In the same days of 2025, 98 deaths were

(Adnkronos) – At least 17 people were injured overnight in Cabo San Lucas, a renowned tourist destination on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, when a vehicle crashed into a crowd celebrating the Mexican national team’s victory against the Czech Republic in the third

(Adnkronos) – With the favorable votes of the six conservative justices, and the dissenting votes of the three liberal justices, the Supreme Court has affirmed that the American government can legally reject asylum seekers before they set foot on American territory. The

(Adnkronos) – Delegations from Israel and Lebanon are working in Washington for the third day of the ongoing round of talks mediated by the United States. The focus, reports the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, is on understandings for a ceasefire, security coordination, and

(Adnkronos) – A merchant ship was damaged off the coast of Oman, in the Strait of Hormuz, after being hit by an unidentified projectile. This was announced by the British maritime agency UKMTO, specifying that no casualties were reported.  “A merchant ship

(Adnkronos) – Italy remains “at the forefront” of international support for Ukraine, its future recovery and reconstruction, continues to give civilians health and emergency treatment and to help with demining the war-stricken country while remaining commmitted to supporting the energy sector and

Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government-drafted outline of a bill to revise the Imperial House Law to secure an adequate number of Imperial Family members is facing objections from both ruling and opposition parties. On Thursday, a panel of representatives from

Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Stacy Smith, executive chairman of Kioxia Holdings Corp., received 4,431 million yen in annual pay for fiscal 2026, up about 15-fold from the previous year thanks to the firms’ soaring stock price, a securities report by the semiconductor

(Adnkronos) – Italy never joined “any military initiative” during the US-Israel war against Iran – which ended last week with an interim peace deal – and strongly supports freedom of navigation in the key Strait of Hormuz waterway. Furthermore, the re-opening of

Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. are considering using shared core parts for their next-generation software-defined vehicles to reduce development and procurement costs, it was learned Thursday. The Japanese automakers plan to launch vehicles using the commonized

Tokyo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is in talks with five candidates to form a capital tie-up, it was learned Thursday. The five include major Japanese telecommunications carrier SoftBank Corp. and investment fund Japan Industrial Partners Inc., as

Sapporo, June 25 (Jiji Press)–Sapporo District Court on Thursday sentenced three youths over a robbery resulting in death, in which then 20-year-old college student was beaten to death by six people at a park in Ebetsu in the northernmost Japan prefecture of