Tokyo, Dec. 11 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government Thursday proposed a draft financial support plan for oyster farmers affected by the mass deaths of farm-raised oysters in the western prefectures of Hiroshima, Okayama and Hyogo facing the Seto Inland Sea. Attending a meeting

Tokyo, Dec. 11 (Jiji Press)–Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet fell 3.9 percentage points from the previous month to 59.9 pct in December, a monthly survey by Jiji Press showed Thursday. The approval rate dipped after logging the second-highest

Tokyo, Dec. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese national security adviser Keiichi Ichikawa and his German counterpart, Gunter Sautter, on Wednesday agreed to enhance cooperation between their countries, including on supply chains. Ichikawa apparently explained Tokyo’s stance on Beijing’s coercive actions, including China’s use of

Stockholm, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japanese scientists Shimon Sakaguchi and Susumu Kitagawa received the 2025 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine and Chemistry, respectively, at the award ceremony in Stockholm on Wednesday evening. Sakaguchi, a 74-year-old distinguished honorary professor at the University of

Tokyo, Dec. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s labor ministry has decided to enforce on Oct. 1, 2026, a revised law obliging companies to prepare measures against customers’ harassment of their employees through abusive behavior. The decision, made Wednesday, affects the revision of the comprehensive

Tokyo, Dec. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Nissan Motor Co. has announced plans to equip a wide range of models, from small cars to luxury vehicles, with the next-generation version of its ProPilot driver-assistance system, which adopts autonomous-driving technology. The system will use cutting-edge

Tokyo, Dec. 11 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government and the ruling coalition are considering limiting tax deductions for “furusato nozei” hometown donations by individuals with annual income of 100 million yen or higher, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. Under the furusato

Tokyo, Dec. 11 (Jiji Press)–The dollar was weaker below 156 yen in Tokyo trading on Thursday morning, following the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision overnight to cut interest rates. At noon, the U.S. currency stood at 155.77-77 yen, down from 156.65-65 yen at

Tokyo, Dec. 11 (Jiji Press)–Over 20 pct of major cities in Japan prohibited voters from taking photographs at polling stations in the House of Councillors election in July, a Jiji Press survey found. Of the 52 polled major cities, 12, or 23

New York, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was ranked third on Forbe’s 2025 list of the world’s 100 most powerful women, released Wednesday. The U.S. business magazine said decisions by Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, “will shape East

New Delhi, Dec. 11 (Jiji Press)–Around 50 government officials, researchers and others from Japan and India held a meeting in New Delhi to discuss the promotion of economic security cooperation between the two countries. At the meeting on Wednesday, hosted by the

Tokyo, Dec. 11 (Jiji Press)–The government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has effectively walked back the previous administration’s policy of expanding production of rice, Japan’s staple food, under pressure from farming groups. The reversal comes only three months after her immediate predecessor,

Tokyo, Dec. 11 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government plans to include information critical to economic security among areas subject to classification for specially designated secrets. The plan was included in a draft revision to the operational standards for the law on the protection

Washington, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be prioritizing practical interests regarding U.S.-made chips, in a recent move that apparently considers China, while sidelining its ties with Japan, an ally of the United States. On Monday,

Tokyo, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government and ruling parties are considering increasing the income tax burden on ultrarich individuals, Jiji Press learned Wednesday. Specifically, the gross annual income levels subject to additional income tax will be lowered to “over 600 million yen”

Tokyo, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government and ruling parties are considering making large companies ineligible from fiscal 2026 for a program to reduce the corporate tax burden for firms that raise employee wages, it was learned Wednesday. This comes as pay

(Adnkronos) – German aristocrat Heinrich XIII, known as the Prince of Reuss, suspected of leading a German far-right network that planned a coup and was dismantled at the end of 2022, today denied ever playing this leadership role in the network, admitting

(Adnkronos) – A new seismic tremor of magnitude 5.9 on the Richter scale hit the Japanese region of Hokkaido today, two days after the 7.5 magnitude earthquake recorded in the same area and the consequent tsunami alert. The new tremor had its

(Adnkronos) – The death toll from the collapse of two four-story buildings in Fes, northeastern Morocco, has risen to at least 22, including children. The Moroccan news agency Map reported that ”another 16 people were injured” and that ”search operations are still

(Adnkronos) – The United States could soon require all foreign tourists to provide data related to their last five years of social media activity in order to enter the country. The measure is included in a proposal by the US Customs and

(Adnkronos) – At least three members of the Revolutionary Guards, the Iranian Pasdaran, have been killed in an “ambush” in the province of Sistan and Baluchistan, in southeastern Iran, on the border with Pakistan. Iranian media report “a terrorist ambush” and a

(Adnkronos) – The Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group claims control of the city of Uvira, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, not far from the border with Burundi. “We confirm that the city of Uvira has been liberated. We

(Adnkronos) – The White House says Kristi Noem isn’t going anywhere, but that doesn’t stop Washington insiders from circulating names that could replace the Homeland Security Secretary who, in recent months, has been the face of Donald Trump’s mass migrant deportation agenda.

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign Minister Antonio Tajani had a “very friendly” meeting with strategic partner India’s prime minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday, Tajani wrote on X (formerly Twitter).  “Italy and India are countries linked by a growing and solid

Tokyo, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Wednesday that although China notified Japan that it would begin military flight training, it failed to provide “sufficient information” to avoid a potential danger. The minister made the comment at an extraordinary

Tokyo, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government and the ruling parties are considering increasing the so-called departure tax from the current 1,000 yen per person to 3,000 yen starting in fiscal 2026, informed sources said Wednesday. The additional revenue will be used

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–Four Chinese coast guard ships entered Japan’s territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Wednesday. Chinese official ships sailed in the Japanese waters around the East China Sea islands for

Sapporo, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki on Wednesday announced his approval for the restart of the No. 3 reactor at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.’s Tomari nuclear power plant in the northernmost Japan prefecture. Suzuki made the announcement at a meeting

Tokyo, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government’s fiscal 2025 draft supplementary budget is now certain to be enacted during the ongoing extraordinary session of the Diet, or parliament, which ends Dec. 17, as two opposition parties are set to support it. “We’ll

Okayama, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Nippon Foundation said Wednesday that a regular passenger ferry using autonomous navigation technology will begin commercial operations by the end of next March at the earliest. According to the foundation, it will be the first time in