Atami, Shizuoka Pref., July 3 (Jiji Press)–A memorial ceremony was held Friday to honor the 28 victims of a major mudslide that struck Atami in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka five years ago. Bereaved families, Shizuoka Governor Yasutomo Suzuki and Atami

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese Justice Ministry project team Friday proposed offering opportunities to learn the Japanese language to foreigners before their arrival, utilizing information and communications technology. The team included the proposal in a report on a government program to

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund said Friday that it posted an investment profit of 41,399.5 billion yen for fiscal 2025, marking the sixth consecutive year of surplus. Higher stock prices at home and abroad boosted investment returns for

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Saudi Arabian counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, have agreed on the importance of the international community speaking with one voice to restore safe and free navigation through the Strait of

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Kyoto University is expected to become the third recipient of state aid designed to support universities with potential to produce world-class research results, a government panel report released by the education ministry showed Friday. The education minister is

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan announced a draft cabinet order Friday to raise the fees for permission to change temporary residence status and extend the period of stay to up to 75,000 yen from the current 6,000 yen. The new fees will

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–The yield on the most recent issue of 10-year Japanese government bonds briefly hit a 29-year high of 2.81 pct in Tokyo interdealer bond trading Friday morning. The key Japanese long-term interest rate rose to the highest level

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–The leader of Japan’s opposition Democratic Party for the People has expressed reluctance to join the ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party, citing the ruling camp’s heavy-handed management of the Diet, the country’s parliament. Given that

(Adnkronos) – Eight Buddhist monks have been killed and ten injured in northeastern Thailand after a pick-up truck, driven by an 11-year-old child, ran them over while they were in procession. The group, consisting of 35 monks and five lay devotees, was

(Adnkronos) – A man has been pulled alive from the rubble in Venezuela, after the devastating earthquake on June 24. He remained trapped for eight days and rescuers, the BBC reports, worked for more than a hundred hours to save him after

(Adnkronos) – There are also more than 800,000 books among the ‘victims’ of the massive Russian attack against Kyiv denounced by Ukrainian authorities, which left at least 21 dead. Last night’s Russian attack on Kyiv destroyed Denka Logistics’ central warehouse and also

(Adnkronos) – The United States is preparing for what could be its hottest July 4th weekend ever, with a widespread heatwave already affecting over half the country. While meteorological agencies and local authorities recommend staying indoors and taking all necessary precautions, President

(Adnkronos) – The death toll from a bomb explosion in a cafe in the Hijaz district, in the center of Damascus, has risen to seven dead and 22 injured. The Syrian Ministry of Health announced this. 

(Adnkronos) – The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused more than 400 deaths, with a case recently detected in Kisangani, a large city in the northeast of the country located almost 600 km from the epicenter of the

(Adnkronos) – There would be over two million, including dead, wounded and missing, Russian and Ukrainian military casualties of the war launched on February 24, 2022, by Russian President Vladimir Putin. This is the estimate of the American think tank Center for

New Delhi, July 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, on Thursday affirmed their intentions to deepen the two countries’ strategic cooperation with the aim of achieving common goals, including realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific

New Delhi, July 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, on Thursday affirmed their intentions to deepen the two countries’ strategic cooperation with the aim of achieving common goals, including realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific

Tokyo, July 2 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have sent to prosecutors papers on Takashi Tachibana, leader of a political group criticizing Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, for suspected defamation related to campaign posters for the July 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election, it was learned

New Delhi, July 2 (Jiji Press)–A Japan-India economic forum event was held in New Delhi on Thursday to discuss public-private economic cooperation between the two countries, with a total of over 230 companies from both countries participating. The event was hosted by

Tokyo, July 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, agreed Thursday on a host of cooperation projects, including a plan to promote biogas-fueled vehicles in India. At their summit in New Delhi, the two leaders agreed

New Delhi, July 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, on Thursday affirmed their intentions to deepen the two countries’ strategic cooperation with the aim of achieving common goals, including realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific

Tokyo, July 2 (Jiji Press)–Hajime Moriyasu, head coach of the Japanese men’s national soccer team expressed his regret for the team’s exit from the ongoing FIFA World Cup, at a press conference after returning home on Thursday. “It would have been possible

New Delhi, July 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, on Thursday affirmed their intentions to deepen the two countries’ strategic cooperation with the aim of achieving common goals such as realizing a free and open

Tokyo, July 2 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government’s general-account tax revenue for fiscal 2025, which ended in March, is believed to have reached around 84.2 trillion yen, setting a record high for the sixth consecutive year, it was learned on Thursday. This figure

Tokyo, July 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Atsushi Mimura on Thursday declined to comment on a brief surge of the yen against the dollar in the day. “I’m not going to say anything,” Mimura told reporters. “I’ll make

New Delhi, July 2 (Jiji Press)–The Japan International Cooperation Agency held a memorial ceremony in Dhaka on Thursday to mark the 10th anniversary on Wednesday of the 2016 terrorist attack in the Bangladeshi capital, in which 20 hostages were killed, including seven

New Delhi, July 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, at their meeting in New Delhi on Thursday agreed to deepen the two countries’ strategic cooperation. A joint document adopted at the bilateral summit calls for

Tokyo, July 2 (Jiji Press)–The baby hatch at San-ikukai Hospital in Tokyo has accepted 20 newborns during its first year of operation, it was learned Thursday. Seven of the babies were born under confidentiality, with only a few hospital workers knowing their

Tokyo, July 2 (Jiji Press)–The Group of Seven major powers will discuss standards on artificial intelligence security and defense, Japanese financial services minister Satsuki Katayama has told Jiji Press. Speaking in a recent interview, Katayama said that financial institutions “need to decide

Tokyo, July 2 (Jiji Press)–Summer bonuses at major Japanese companies this year topped 1 million yen for the first time since comparable data became available in 1981, a survey by the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, showed Thursday. The weighted average amount