Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo-born Hiro Murai won this year’s Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, becoming the first Asian recipient of the prize. The award was presented at the 78th Emmy Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles on

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force said Tuesday that a Global Hawk surveillance drone had presumably crashed after a part of the drone was found in the sea following its disappearance earlier in the day. The ASDF lost contact with

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force said Tuesday that a malware-infected USB memory stick used within the GSDF was brought in by a service member. The GSDF also said it was unable to determine how the USB stick had been

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Junichi Ishii, secretary-general of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the Senate will be replaced from his post, it was learned Tuesday. Ishii, 68, was informed of the replacement by Masaji Matsuyama, the LDP’s chairman in the upper

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force said that it lost contact with a Global Hawk surveillance drone over waters some 50 kilometers off the coast of Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, around 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Debris believed to be from

Beijing, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–A senior Chinese Foreign Ministry official has told visiting Japanese lawmakers that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks last November on a possible Taiwan contingency are the main reason for difficulties in bilateral relations, it was learned Tuesday.

(Adnkronos) – Over 200 Israeli directors have signed a petition to express solidarity with Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, authors of the documentary ‘Naza’ awarded at the Venice Film Festival. Abraham and Szor have been challenged by Israeli government ministers, who have

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government said on Tuesday that it will add tougher measures against malicious host clubs in its action plan to fight human trafficking. Host clubs are bars where male companions entertain women. Malicious ones make customers heavily

(Adnkronos) – More than one in five people killed or injured in recent violence in Yemen is a child. Over 80% of child victims were caused by airstrikes, bombings, or drones. This is denounced by Save the Children, the organization that has

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Financial Services Agency said Tuesday that it will closely monitor financial institutions to ensure consumer protection amid the growing use of ultra-long-term mortgages as interest rates and housing prices rise. The popularity of 40- to 50-year mortgages

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Chubu Electric Power Co. said Tuesday that a fire occurred on the day at its idled Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan. The fire caused no injury or had no impact on the safety of the plant

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Sharp Corp. said Tuesday that it has begun accepting orders for servers designed to run artificial intelligence models. The Japanese company, a unit of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., a Taiwanese contract electronics manufacturer, aims to achieve 250

(The first sentence of the fourth paragraph should have read, “…did not check her identification…,” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) Ex-Tokyo Massage Shop Owner Found Guilty of Exploiting Thai Girl Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese court on Tuesday

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government adopted a tax system reform package featuring a temporary consumption tax cut for food and an income-linked benefit program, at an extraordinary cabinet meeting Tuesday. The consumption tax rate on food will be lowered from the

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force said that it lost contact with a Global Hawk surveillance drone over waters some 50 kilometers off the cost of Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, around 1 p.m. on Tuesday. According to the ASDF website,

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japanese land price data released Tuesday show cases in which municipalities that have attracted new residents through their child-rearing and relocation support programs enjoyed higher residential land prices. In areas along the Tsukuba Express, or TX, railway line,

(Adnkronos) – Jiji press – The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), which organizes the Games, is committed to bringing people together across languages, cultures, and borders and passing international friendship and peace on to future generations. Aichi-Nagoya 2026 aims to harness the

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–The benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond yield, a key long-term interest rate, rose to a new 30-year high of 3.035 pct on Tuesday after U.S. long-term rates rose on surging crude oil prices. According to Japan Bond Trading

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s land prices rose for the fifth consecutive year amid a mild economic recovery trend in the country, the land ministry said Monday. As of July 1, the nationwide average land price climbed 1.5 pct from a year

Shizuoka, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Chubu Electric Power Co. President Kingo Hayashi on Tuesday apologized to local government leaders over the company’s earthquake risk data fraud involving the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. Chubu Electric submitted to the

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–The benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond yield, a key long-term interest rate, rose to a new 30-year high of 3.03 pct on Tuesday after U.S. long-term rates rose on surging crude oil prices. According to Japan Bond Trading

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–The number of people aged 100 or over in Japan stood at 107,677 as of Sept. 1, topping 100,000 for the first time since statistics began in 1963, the health ministry said Tuesday. The centenarian population hit a

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Go Inc., operator of a taxi-hailing app, Waymo LLC and Nihon Kotsu Co. said Tuesday that they will jointly launch driverless taxi services in Tokyo in 2027, marking Japan’s first such commercial service. The service would use Level

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons has voiced his hopes that Tokyo would host another Summer Paralympics. In a recent interview with the Jiji Press in Tokyo, the 49-year-old praised again the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021, held without

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who also heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, announced Tuesday that she will reshuffle the party’s leadership team Wednesday and the cabinet Thursday. The announcement was made at a meeting of LDP executives

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government at an extraordinary cabinet meeting Tuesday afternoon is set to adopt a tax system reform package featuring a temporary consumption tax cut for food and an income-linked benefit program. Under the package, the consumption tax rate

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government at an extraordinary cabinet meeting Tuesday afternoon is set to adopt a tax system reform package featuring a temporary consumption tax cut for food and an income-linked benefit program. Under the package, the consumption tax

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who also heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, announced Tuesday that she will reshuffle the party’s leadership team Wednesday and the cabinet Thursday. The announcement was made at a meeting of LDP executives

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)–Artificial intelligence is gaining ground in weather forecasting. Weather forecasts have traditionally relied on numerical weather prediction, in which supercomputers process observational data and simulate atmospheric conditions on the basis of the laws of physics. In recent years,