Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan plans to defer a proposed merger with two other opposition parties, the Centrist Reform Alliance and Komeito, officials said Thursday. The policy was conveyed by CDP Secretary-General Masayo Tanabu to her counterparts

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese memory chip maker Kioxia Corp. said Thursday that it will build a new production facility on the premises of its plant in the city of Kitakami in the northeastern prefecture of Iwate. The company will invest

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is expected to designate record rainfall in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, in mid-August as a disaster of extreme severity, paving the way for increased state aid for recovery projects, including farmland restoration, Prime Minister

New Delhi, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–More than 1,400 people, including five Japanese tourists, are unaccounted for following deadly flash floods in the Rasuwa district of Nepal on Wednesday, authorities in the Himalayan country said Thursday. People whose whereabouts cannot be confirmed include

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government Thursday announced a package of measures to support recovery from the recent earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, such as a travel discount program to revitalize tourism in the Kyushu southwestern region including Kumamoto. The package was

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government Thursday announced a package of measures to support recovery from the recent earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, such as a travel discount program to revitalize tourism in the Kyushu southwestern region including Kumamoto. The package was

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–More than 180 toy makers are exhibiting new products and flagship items, including those targeting so-called kidults, or adults who enjoy playing with toys, and inbound tourists, as an annual Japanese toy show kicked off in Tokyo on

Uki, Kumamoto Pref., Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–The earthquake-hit municipal library in the southwestern Japan city of Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture, is moving step by step toward reopening after closing late last month. A mobile library, part of Uki City Library, has already resumed

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Cabinet Secretariat plans to seek 65.2 billion yen in its fiscal 2027 budget request for the planned disaster management agency, informed sources told Jiji Press Thursday. The planned budget request is nearly triple the 21.8 billion yen

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Meteorological Agency temporarily issued Level 5 heavy rain emergency warnings to some municipalities in the central prefectures of Toyama and Ishikawa on Thursday. The Noto Peninsula area in central Japan started to have heavy rain early

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government highlighted the need to closely monitor the impact of recent natural disasters in a monthly report released on Thursday, while keeping its basic economic assessment unchanged. “The Japanese economy is recovering at a moderate pace,

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese memory chip maker Kioxia Holdings Corp. will build a new production facility within the premises of its plant in the city of Kitakami in the northeastern prefecture of Iwate, it was learned Thursday. The company is

Nagoya, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–Chubu Electric Power Co. has improperly billed costs for decommissioning the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, for fiscal 2024, company officials said Thursday. The related costs

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, known for her polka-dot motifs and pumpkin sculptures, died of multiple organ failure at a Tokyo hospital on Aug. 14, it was learned Thursday. She was 97. Born in 1929 in Matsumoto, Nagano

(Adnkronos) – The toll from the car hitting pedestrians in Caen, northern France, has risen to two dead and about ten injured. Police sources report that a 26-year-old Russian citizen was arrested, who allegedly committed the act voluntarily after a brawl. Therefore,

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government highlighted the need to closely monitor the impact of recent natural disasters in a monthly report released on Thursday, while keeping its basic economic assessment unchanged. “The Japanese economy is recovering at a moderate pace,

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, known for her polka-dot motifs and pumpkin sculptures, died on Aug. 14, it was learned Thursday. She was 97. Born in 1929 in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, Kusama began drawing polka dots

New Delhi, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–More than 800 people, including five Japanese tourists, are unaccounted for following large-scale flooding in the Rasuwa district of Nepal on Wednesday, according to authorities of the Himalayan country. The number of people who cannot be reached

(Adnkronos) – Over 1,300 people are missing and at least 165 have been confirmed dead following floods and landslides on the border between Nepal and Tibet. The Nepalese emergency management agency reported this, specifying that the toll is still provisional and that

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–The official campaign period began on Thursday for the Sept. 13 gubernatorial election for Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. The focus is whether the Liberal Democratic Party will be able to retake the helm of the

Narashino, Chiba Pref., Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–A consortium of Japanese companies has launched a data center to train physical artificial intelligence on human tasks for deploying humanoid robots in factories and logistics operations. The facility in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo,

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Imperial Household Agency is considering a plan for Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to visit in late September the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto, which was struck by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake a month ago, informed sources said Thursday.

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Meteorological Agency issued Level 5 emergency heavy rain warnings to some municipalities in the central prefectures of Toyama and Ishikawa on Thursday morning. Torrential rain started pummeling the Noto Peninsula area in central Japan early Thursday.

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, known for her polka-dot motifs, died on Aug. 14, it was learned Thursday. She was 97. Kusama was born in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, in 1929. After moving to the United States

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Environment Ministry has started discussions on exempting hunters from hunting tax as a special measure amid increasing bear attack cases across the country, Jiji Press has learned. The tax relief, aimed at easing the financial burden on

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Environment Ministry has started discussions on exempting hunters from hunting tax as a special measure amid increasing bear attack cases across the country, Jiji Press has learned. The tax relief, aimed at easing the financial burden on

New Delhi, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–Nepalese tourism authorities said that 403 tourists, including five Japanese nationals, have been unaccounted for after flooding caused by a landslide in the Rasuwa district of Nepal on Wednesday. According to Nepalese police, the death toll from

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–A group of lawmakers from Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has proposed a set of measures to help reconstruct the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto, hit hard by a powerful earthquake about a month ago. Handing the proposal to

Utsunomiya, Tochigi Pref., Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–Safety monitoring may have not been adequate in the work to remove weeds on railway tracks at a station in eastern Japan a week ago, during which four workers died after being hit by an incoming

Tokyo, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Meteorological Agency issued Level 5 emergency rain warnings to some municipalities in the central prefectures of Toyama and Ishikawa on Thursday morning. The emergency warnings, issued at 6:20 a.m., cover the city of Himi in Toyama,