Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will operate chartered flights from Oman and Saudi Arabia on Sunday to transport Japanese citizens in the Middle East back home amid growing regional tensions in the wake of the escalating conflict between the U.S.-Israeli

(Adnkronos) – Tycoon Jimmy Lai will not appeal after the conviction under the controversial “national security” law imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong, a former British colony increasingly within Beijing’s orbit. Lai’s lawyers, a British citizen and former director of a newspaper

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s customs authorities blocked 31,760 imports of counterfeit and other intellectual property-infringing goods in 2025, the Finance Ministry said Friday. The annual total marked the third-highest level since the ministry began publishing such data in 1987. The figure

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Two Japanese nationals are being detained in Iran, government officials said Friday. One of the two, believed to be the Tehran bureau chief of public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, has been in detention since Jan. 20

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Major auto parts maker Denso Corp. has proposed acquiring shares in major semiconductor producer Rohm Co., it was learned Friday. “We have been considering various strategic options, including purchasing Rohm shares,” Denso said in a statement. In a

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s health ministry said Friday it has conditionally approved production and sales of two novel regenerative therapies capitalizing on induced pluripotent stem cells. The world’s first permission of iPS cell-derived medicine, albeit provisional, was given to Tokyo-based startup

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan will send a Self-Defense Forces aircraft to prepare for operations to transport Japanese nationals in the Middle East, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Friday. In view of the escalating tensions in the region, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Princess Akiko will make unofficial visits to Luxembourg and Monaco from March 16 to 24, the Imperial Household Agency said Friday. According to the agency, the princess, a second cousin of Emperor Naruhito, will give a lecture

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Friday started the seventh, or final, round of treated water discharge into the Pacific for fiscal 2025, its operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., said. The operation, scheduled to

Silicon Valley, March 5 (Jiji Press)–Nippon Life Insurance Co. has sued U.S. artificial intelligence developer OpenAI for allegedly giving legal advice via its ChatGPT chatbot without a license to a former insurance beneficiary, it was learned Thursday. According to the lawsuit, filed

Seoul, March 6 (Jiji Press)–The foundation established by South Korea and funded by Japan to implement the 2015 bilateral accord over the issue of so-called wartime comfort women has challenged a South Korean court decision to allow the plaintiffs in a related

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan plans to draw up an action plan to secure recycled materials as early as April amid China’s export restrictions on rare earths. At a meeting on a circular economy held at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested a director at Japan Broadcasting Corp., the country’s public broadcaster known as NHK, on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman in the Japanese capital’s Shibuya Ward, it was learned Friday. According to the Metropolitan

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Two Japanese nationals are being detained in Iran, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday. The Japanese government has been able to contact the two nationals even after the U.S.-Israeli attack on the Middle Eastern country on Saturday, and

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will attend a memorial ceremony in the northeastern city of Fukushima on Wednesday to mark the 15th anniversary of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Minoru said Friday. In

Silicon Valley, March 5 (Jiji Press)–Hanamaruki Foods Inc. said Wednesday that it will sell a liquid version of “shio-koji” seasoning to consumers in the United States, starting around this summer. The product is currently on display at a natural food trade show

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government Friday approved a bill to establish the planned disaster management agency, which will serve as a central command body for disaster response. The current disaster management division of the Cabinet Office will be reorganized into

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. will invest 3.4 billion dollars in the United States to boost production capacity for polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, and caustic soda, the Japanese company has said. With the funds, Shintech Inc., the major chemical firm’s

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–A Japan-linked vessel anchored in the Gulf of Oman suffered mild damage apparently due to objects that fell on it, Japanese transport minister Yasushi Kaneko said Friday. There were no Japanese nationals on board, and no one on

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–As of the end of 2025, the cumulative number of deaths indirectly linked to the massive March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan had reached 3,810, with little sign that such losses will cease anytime soon. The disaster,

Naha, Okinawa Pref., March 6 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese high court on Thursday upheld a seven-year prison sentence given to a 23-year-old U.S. Marine charged with nonconsensual sexual intercourse resulting in injury to a woman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, in May 2024.

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, submitted a proposal Friday for revising the operational guidelines for the country’s three principles on defense equipment exports, aiming to pave the way for allowing

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Friday adopted a bill to promote work-style reform for truck drivers by supporting systems that enable logistics firms to relay cargo, allowing drivers to limit their work to day trips. The bill to revise

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, submitted a proposal Friday for revising the operational guidelines for the country’s three principles on defense equipment exports, aiming to pave the way for allowing

Yamamoto, Miyagi Pref., March 6 (Jiji Press)–Suguru Kikuchi, an employee of the Yamamoto town government in Miyagi Prefecture, worked to support recovery and reconstruction in a disaster-hit area of the Noto Peninsula following the powerful earthquake that struck there on New Year’s

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)–Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay will visit Japan for six days from Thursday, the Japanese government has said. It will be the first trip to Japan by a Bhutanese prime minister since Tobgay made a visit roughly eight

Tokyo, March 5 (Jiji Press)–Japan and the United Arab Emirates have concluded negotiations on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement for free trade, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday. The UAE will eliminate its tariffs on major finished vehicles imported from Japan within seven

(Adnkronos) – The United States-Israel-Iran war could have a disastrous impact on hunger worldwide, as soaring fuel and transport costs will be followed by fertiliser and food price hikes, United Nations World Food Programme chief Cindy McCain warned on Thursday.  “The crisis

Tokyo, March 5 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi condemned Iran on Thursday over the country’s counterstrikes following attacks by the United States and Israel. In telephone talks with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Takaichi noted that Iran’s attacks targeted diplomatic facilities as

(Adnkronos) – The international order broke down when Russia launched its full-scale military invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Italy’s foreign minister told the Senate upper house of parliament on Thursday while reporting to lawmakers on the widening United States-Israel-Iran conflict.  “Everything