Munich, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)–The foreign ministers from the Group of Seven major democracies on Saturday confirmed their policy of closely cooperating to respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and developments in the Middle East. At their meeting in Munich, Germany, they

Munich, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday agreed to work closely to make an upcoming summit between the leaders of the two countries an opportunity to demonstrate the unwavering Japan-U.S. alliance.

Munich, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)–Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi again criticized Japan at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks from last year regarding a possible Taiwan contingency. Responding to a moderator’s question about

Tokyo, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Saturday it has fixed a malfunction found in a measuring instrument for the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, by replacing parts. Due

Tokyo, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s revised corporate governance code is expected to encourage listed companies to redirect accumulated cash and deposits to growth investment, informed sources told Jiji Press on Saturday. The board of directors “should constantly check whether cash and deposits

Yokohama, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)–The prefectural police department of Kanagawa, south of Tokyo, is set to cancel about 2,700 traffic violations that are believed to have been based on documents allegedly falsified by some officers, investigative sources said Saturday. The police department

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Ito, Shizuoka Pref., Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)–Shizuoka prefectural police have raided the home of former Ito Mayor Maki Takubo, who faces allegations of falsifying her academic background, investigation sources said Saturday. At the former mayor’s residence, located in an area of the

Tokyo, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi held talks separately with his counterparts from Britain and Italy in Munich, southern Germany, on Friday, confirming cooperation toward joint development of a next-generation fighter jet. Koizumi, British Defense Secretary John Healey and

Munich, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Friday emphasized the need for unity among Japan, the United States and Europe at a security conference in Munich, Germany. “The security of the Indo-Pacific and the Euro-Atlantic is indivisible,” Koizumi said

(In the story “Takaichi Expecting Additional BOJ Rate Hike: Adviser,” moved on Friday, the first paragraph should have read, “…to raise its policy interest rate in the near future, Etsuro Honda, an economic adviser to the Japanese leader, has said…,” and the

Milan, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese snowboarder Yuto Totsuka snatched the gold medal in the men’s halfpipe event at the Milano Cortina Games on Friday, giving Japan its third gold medal in snowboarding at the Winter Olympics. Among other Japanese snowboarders, Ryusei Yamada

Tokyo, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)–The families of missing persons believed to have been abducted by North Korea but not designated as such on the Japanese government’s official list of abduction victims need broader support as their activities have been affected by aging.

(Adnkronos) – The American Central Command (Centcom) announced that it has completed the transfer to Iraq of ISIS detainees who were prisoners in Syria. In a statement, Centcom specified that it had “concluded the transfer mission after a night flight from northeast

(Adnkronos) – ”Two men have been sentenced to life imprisonment” after being found guilty of planning to attack the Jewish community in Manchester in what could have been “the deadliest terrorist attack in the United Kingdom.” The BBC reports, explaining that it

(Adnkronos) – According to data from the Bangladesh Election Commission, the nationalist BNP party alliance won 212 seats in Parliament, more than two-thirds, while 77 went to the coalition led by Jamaat-e-Islami. The Commission’s secretary, Akhtar Ahmed, told reporters. Approximately 59% of

Fukuoka, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fisheries Agency has seized a Chinese fishing boat and arrested its 47-year-old Chinese captain as the ship allegedly tried to flee to evade an inspection in the Japanese exclusive economic zone off an island in the southwestern

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–The labor union at Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric Corp. plans to demand annual bonuses equivalent to 6.5 months’ salary in this year’s “shunto” spring labor-management negotiations, Jiji Press learned Friday. The planned request amount matches the record high, which

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–An advisory panel to Japan’s health minister decided Friday to allow public health insurance coverage for a gene therapy for muscular dystrophy beginning Feb. 20 and set the drug’s official price at about 304.97 million yen. Elevidys, a

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expects the Bank of Japan to raise its policy interest rate in the near future, but not this spring, Etsuro Honda, an economic adviser to the Japanese leader, has said in a recent

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will hold a meeting with Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on Monday, the government said Friday. Takaichi and Ueda are expected to exchange views on the economic and price situations, and financial

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s health ministry released on Friday the five-year survival rates of people newly diagnosed with cancer across the country in 2017 and 2018, showing that prostate cancer patients had the highest rates among those aged 15 or over.

Nagoya, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp.’s labor union decided Friday to demand pay scale and regular wage increases of 8,590-21,580 yen a month in this year’s “shunto” spring negotiations. The request amount differs depending on employee’s job type and wage grade.

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani and his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand are due to hold talks Monday at the foreign ministry in Rome, followed by a joint press conference, the ministry said in a statement.  Italy and Canada enjoy friendly ties

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese restaurant chains posted robust consolidated earnings in their financial reports released by Friday as their efforts to retain customers, such as introducing seasonal menu items amid inflation, paid off. Skylark Holdings Co.’s net profit in the

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi instructed her ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday to expedite deliberations at the upcoming special session of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, so the government’s initial budget for fiscal 2026 can pass through the Diet

Kyoto, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–A weakening of a mechanism that produces a sense of satisfaction after drinking could lead to excessive alcohol consumption, a team of Japanese and other researchers has found. The discovery by the team, including researchers from Kyoto University,

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Dentsu Group Inc. said Friday that it logged a record consolidated net loss of 327.6 billion yen for the year through December 2025, due chiefly to an impairment loss of 310.1 billion yen from sluggish overseas operations. The

Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)–Kimi Onoda, Japanese minister in charge of intellectual property strategy, on Friday criticized a new video-generating artificial intelligence product developed by Chinese technology giant ByteDance Ltd. “A situation in which existing copyrighted materials are used without permission cannot

(Adnkronos) – The views of United Nations special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese – who is accused of calling Israel “a common enemy of humanity” – are not shared by Italy’s government and are “incompatible” with her role, according