Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan urged other opposition parties Tuesday to back a unified candidate to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. The call was made at a meeting of parliamentary affairs heads from the

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Full-time teachers in Japan work longer hours than those in the other economies surveyed, a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development showed Tuesday. Japanese teachers worked 52.1 hours per week in elementary schools and 55.1

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Household consumption spending in Japan in August rose 2.3 pct from a year earlier in inflation-adjusted real terms, the fourth consecutive month of growth, the internal affairs ministry said Tuesday. The average spending by households with two or

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, new president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, launched the LDP’s new leadership team Tuesday. Takaichi named former Prime Minister Taro Aso, 85, as LDP vice president, and General Council Chairman Shunichi Suzuki, 72, as secretary-general.

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, new president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, launched the LDP’s new leadership team Tuesday. Takaichi named former Prime Minister Taro Aso, 85, as LDP vice president, and General Council Chairman Shunichi Suzuki, 72, as secretary-general.

Washington, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, the new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is “a highly respected person of great wisdom and strength,” U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Monday. Trump applauded Takaichi’s victory in

Fukuoka, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Amaou, a premium strawberry variety developed and grown in Fukuoka Prefecture, remains one of Japan’s most sought-after fruits, consistently fetching top prices. In January, however, the plant breeder’s right for Amaou, granting exclusive control over the production and

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average scaled yet another all-time intraday high on Tuesday morning, led by buying of semiconductor and other large-cap names traced to overnight gains in U.S. high-tech issues. At 9:09 a.m., the Nikkei index

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese precision equipment maker Nikon said that major French eyeglasses maker EssilorLuxottica, which owns the Ray-Ban sunglasses brand, has become its largest shareholder with an equity stake of over 10 pct on a voting rights basis. According to

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan in a quarterly report released Monday lowered its economic assessment for Hokkaido while keeping unchanged the views for the remaining eight of the country’s nine regions. The central bank noted that the impact of

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Retail gold prices in Japan surged to top 21,000 yen per gram for the first time on Monday, lifted by the yen’s weakening and gains in gold futures in New York. Tanaka Precious Metal Technologies Co., a major

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden said Monday that it has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to three researchers, including Japan’s Shimon Sakaguchi, for their discoveries of regulatory T

(Adnkronos) – The Supreme Court rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal, confirming her 20-year sentence for luring and recruiting minors for Jeffrey Epstein’s network. The lawyers for the former partner and accomplice of the pedophile financier, who committed suicide in a New York cell

(Adnkronos) – The FSB announced that it had thwarted attacks against synagogues in the Krasnoyarsk and Stavropol regions. Two men from Central Asia were arrested in the city of Krasnoyarsk and one Russian in Pyatigorsk. The three are reportedly linked to an

(Adnkronos) – The Secretary General of the French Socialist Party, Pierre Jouvet, believes that “priority must be given to the left and the Ecologists to govern this country and propose a strong alternative.” “We ask the President of the Republic to appoint

(Adnkronos) – Over 40 Italians detained by Israel’s military when it intercepted an international aid flotilla off Gaza last week are “well”, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told lawmakers on Monday, saying the indirect talks between Israel and Hamas in Egypt on US

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden said Monday that it has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to three researchers, including Japan’s Shimon Sakaguchi, for their discoveries of regulatory T

(Adnkronos) – Italy and Lithuania’s amity is “truly profound” and wide-ranging and their peoples enjoy “a shared sensibility”, president Sergio Mattarella told Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nauseda on Monday during a visit to Rome.  “The friendship between Lithuania and Italy is truly profound.

(Adnkronos) – The federal government shutdown reaches its sixth day, and hundreds of thousands of workers begin their second week with frozen salaries with few, if any, signs of an imminent bipartisan breakthrough that could reopen the government. Several members of Congress,

(Adnkronos) – Toshimitsu Motegi in a Sanae Takaichi government. If she is given the position of Japan’s prime minister, the new LDP leader, the first woman in the role, could choose Motegi, former secretary-general of the political force, as foreign minister, and

(Adnkronos) – Federal judge Karin Immergut last night again blocked Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy the National Guard in Portland, prohibiting the president from sending 300 California National Guard soldiers to Oregon. The judge granted California Governor Gavin Newsom’s request for a

(Adnkronos) – The number two of the Security Council in Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, will visit North Korea for the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of North Korea on the 10th of this month. Medvedev is

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is slated to launch a new party leadership team Tuesday, picking General Council Chairman Shunichi Suzuki, 72, as secretary-general, and former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, 50, as

(Adnkronos) – A group of 15 Italians removed last week from an Israeli-intercepted aid flotilla headed for war-ravaged Gaza were flown home on Monday via Greece, foreign minister Antonio Tajani wrote on X (formerly Twitter)  “The 15 Italians from the (Global Sumud)

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former MUFG Bank employee to nine years in prison for stealing cash and gold worth a total of over 390 million yen from customers’ safe deposit boxes. “The crimes were exceptionally

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–The victory of Sanae Takaichi in the Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election is expected to “hasten the decline” of the party that has governed Japan for most of the postwar period, Columbia University professor emeritus Gerald Curtis said

Osaka, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday visited the World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka for the second time. At the Future of Life pavilion, which envisions a society 50 years from now, the

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani has been honoured by for helping keep the country a top destination for US students thanks to a decree exempting them from biometric data collection for visa applications.  Tajani received a plaque of recognition from the

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–South Korean automaker Kia Corp. will enter the Japanese market next spring through the release of the PV5 midsize electric van. The PV5 is expected to have few rival models in Japan, whose market for electric vans of

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)–Honda Motor Co.’s N-Box minivehicle topped domestic new car sales in Japan in April-September, marking its fourth consecutive year in the lead for the first half, industry data showed Monday. Despite a 4.2 pct decline in sales from