Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–More job-hunting university students in Japan secured informal job offers as of Oct. 1 than a year before amid continued labor shortages, the labor and education ministries said Friday. The ministries said that 73.4 pct of job-hunting university

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday unveiled plans to increase financial aid from summer levels to lower household electricity and gas bills this winter. The government will “provide enhanced support for the cold season,” she told a

Niigata, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi inspected Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station on Friday, before making a decision on whether to approve the restart of a reactor at the plant in the central Japan prefecture.

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Friday proposed an 8.9-trillion-yen economic package, including cash benefits to households struggling with high prices. The package calls for providing 30,000 yen per person to low- and middle-income households

Beijing, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong on Thursday summoned Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi and lodged a strong protest over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remark regarding a possible contingency over Taiwan, it was announced Friday. Sun said

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government compiled Friday a package of measures to cope with the ongoing bear crisis including emergency culling by police with rifles and cooperation from former police officers and Self-Defense Forces members. The package, adopted at a

Las Vegas, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers won his fourth Major League Baseball MVP award on Thursday. The 31-year-old two-way player was unanimously selected for the award in the National League, being named MVP

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan and Indonesia will hold a so-called two-plus-two security meeting of their foreign and defense ministers in Tokyo on Monday, Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi told a press conference on Friday. This will be the third such meeting

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plan to visit Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures next year, or 15 years after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the three northeastern prefectures, people familiar with the matter said Thursday. Before

Liberty, North Carolina, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy has welcomed Toyota Motor Corp.’s announcement of a plan to additionally invest up to 10 billion dollars in the United States, stating that it would support the revival of U.S.

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Rakuten Group Inc. has reported a consolidated net loss of 151.2 billion yen for January-September, reflecting losses related to its partial withdrawal from the online supermarket business despite smaller losses in its mobile phone carrier operations. According

Las Vegas, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers won his fourth Major League Baseball MVP award for the National League on Thursday. The 31-year-old two-way player was unanimously selected for the award for the third

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly gave up over 1,000 points in early Friday trading, after the U.S. market tumbled the previous day on receding anticipation of an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. The Nikkei

Sydney, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Relatives of people involved in the 1945 “death marches” in Sandakan on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, then under Japanese wartime occupation, are moving to seek reconciliation. A total of over 10,000 troops and others from Japan,

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her counterpart from Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka, have agreed to elevate the two countries’ relations to a comprehensive partnership. At their meeting in Tokyo on Thursday, the two leaders adopted a joint communique

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party), have held the first meeting of their working-level forum of discussions on constitutional amendment. At the meeting Thursday, participants confirmed a policy

(Adnkronos) – New mission to Washington for Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin to continue tariff negotiations. Talks are expected with the US Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, as confirmed by the spokesperson for the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (Defr), Markus

(Adnkronos) – A man was stopped on a train traveling from Denmark to Germany, suspected of involvement in supplying weapons for Hamas. According to the German Public Prosecutor’s Office, the case is linked to the arrests of several suspected Hamas members in

(Adnkronos) – Sami Hamdi, the British journalist detained for over two weeks in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) center, returned to London today. Hamdi was stopped on October 26 at San Francisco airport, the day after his speech at the Council

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s first inter-government summit with Albania – at which the two countries inked an economic cooperation deal and 15 other accords – was an “historic” day for bilateral ties, premier Giorgia Meloni stated.  “Today can be described as historic for

(Adnkronos) – Italy is spearheading a drive to “reunify” Europe with the entry of the Western Balkans to the European Union, premier Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday in Rome after the first inter-government summit with Albania.  “We have been among nations leading

Beijing, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to retract her recent remark regarding a potential contingency over Taiwan. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a news conference that the Japanese side must

Kyoto, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese shogi sensation Sota Fujii earned “eisei” lifetime status for the Ryuo title on Thursday, becoming the third player in history to achieve the feat. Fujii, 23, who currently holds six of the traditional Japanese board game’s eight

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni and foreign minister Antonio Tajani will take part in a campaign rally in Naples on Friday in support of deputy foreign minister Edmono Cirielli, the centre-right’s candidate for governor in Campania regional polls later this month.

Tokyo, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)–The Tokyo Stock Exchange said Thursday that it has approved the listing of SBI Shinsei Bank on its top-tier Prime section, scheduled for Dec. 17. The bank’s initial public offering price is expected to be 1,440 yen per

(Adnkronos) – Only two hours a night. This is what Sanae Takaichi, the first woman to head the Tokyo government, the first woman to lead Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, claims to sleep. She had already sparked controversy in recent days for a

(Adnkronos) – “We oppose the indiscriminate mass deportation of people. We pray for an end to dehumanizing rhetoric and violence, whether directed against migrants or law enforcement.” Thus, the American Catholic bishops take a clear stance against the deportation campaign of Donald

(Adnkronos) – The ruling coalition parties in Germany have agreed on the establishment of a nationwide conscription process and troop strengthening objectives as part of a new voluntary military service model. This was anticipated by Dpa.   If voluntary enlistment proves insufficient