Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–The secretaries-general of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its Japan Innovation Party ally and the opposition Democratic Party for the People signed on Thursday an agreement on a reform of the House of Representatives election system, including a

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–A Chinese coast guard ship has passed through the Osumi Strait off Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, along with three Chinese naval ships including missile destroyers, the Japanese Defense Ministry’s Joint Staff has said. The announcement, made Wednesday, marked

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Loan contracts had been signed for projects totaling 69 billion dollars as of the end of September, out of 130 billion dollars’ worth of U.S. investment projects already announced under the Japan-U.S. tariff agreement, according to Japan’s Finance

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–North Korea on Thursday fired a projectile that could be a ballistic missile, Japan’s Defense Ministry said. The South Korean military said that the projectile was fired toward the Sea of Japan. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.] 

Cebu, Philippines, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has said that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth mentioned Japan’s defense spending at their meeting in the Philippine city of Cebu on Wednesday. “We didn’t exchange views with any specific amount or

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s industry ministry has signed a memorandum of cooperation with a German energy firm on wind power generation. Under the memorandum, inked Wednesday, the ministry and Siemens Energy AG will jointly promote floating offshore wind power projects in

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Yoshinobu Tsutsui, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, has urged the European Union not to exclude Japanese-made vehicles from preferential treatment under its proposed Industrial Accelerator Act. “We hope that (the proposed act) will not hinder

Berlin, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–German drone startup Quantum Systems said Wednesday that it has established a Japanese subsidiary and opened an office in Tokyo. The move coincided with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit to Japan. Quantum Systems also signed separate memorandums of

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Russia has claimed that a consular meeting for a Japanese journalist detained by Russian authorities was held appropriately, although it did not take place within four days of detention as sought under the two countries’ consular convention. At

Berlin, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Wednesday that he and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi agreed at their meeting in Tokyo the same day to promptly study the possibility of Germany joining a Japan-Britain-Italy project to jointly develop a

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has proposed scaling back subsidies aimed at curbing surges in gasoline prices in stages from December. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi received the proposal from LDP officials, including policy chief Takayuki Kobayashi, in a

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s internal affairs ministry plans to allow deputy leaders of local governments to determine, based on doctors’ diagnoses, the resignation of prefectural governors or municipal mayors who have become incapacitated due to illness or other reasons, Jiji Press

Japan Struggles to Balance Data Center Boom, Local Concerns Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–With many data center construction projects underway across Japan, concerns are growing among local residents about deteriorating living conditions due to noise and thermal pollution from such facilites. Obstacles

Data centers, which house internet servers and data communications equipment, are rapidly being constructed across Japan. As advances in artificial intelligence technology make data centers indispensable to the digital society, challenges involving site selection and gaining the support of local residents have

Japan’s Regional Areas Vie to Become Data Center Hubs Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Data center construction in Japan is spreading to regional areas, with the prefectures of Hokkaido and Akita emerging as possible hubs. Securing large tracts of land and obtaining access

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese motor manufacturer Nidec Corp., mired in an accounting scandal, said Wednesday that it would miss its target of obtaining an audit firm’s “unqualified opinion” on its fiscal 2025 securities report by the end of this month.

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.4 struck Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, at around 12:07 a.m. Thursday, registering up to lower 5, the fifth-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale. The quake occurred at a

(Adnkronos) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced three days of national mourning, starting tomorrow, after the tragic train accident in Urda, near Toledo. “The Spanish government stands with the victims and all their families,” he assured.  

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested three individuals believed to have fraudulently obtained residency status for wealthy Chinese nationals in Japan. The three suspects are company executives Hotei Aizawa, 39, and Emi Makino, 45, as well as Zhuang Yi, a

(Adnkronos) – An attempted cyberattack has hit the systems of the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the US federal agency tasked with overseeing election campaign financing, one week before the November 3 midterm elections. Politico reports this, citing an informed source, according to

(Adnkronos) – The bloc of Israeli opposition parties led by Gadi Eisenkot intends to use its votes, together with those of the Arab parties, to appoint a new Knesset president, a position currently held by Amir Ohana, a Likud member. This was

(Adnkronos) – There are still over 600,000 votes to be counted, those of voters who used the ‘double envelope’ system, which would correspond to 15 seats in the Knesset. These are mainly diplomats abroad, reservists, IDF soldiers, students, but also young people

(Adnkronos) – The death toll from the train accident that occurred in Urda near Toledo has risen to 64. This is reported by El Mundo, citing the president of the Castilla-La Mancha region, Emiliano García Page. 

(Adnkronos) – A private jet carrying Flavio Bolsonaro landed near Miami, Florida. According to American press, he is reportedly fleeing to the United States after his defeat in the presidential runoff in Brazil. This was confirmed by AFP journalists on site, who

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz issued joint declarations on Wednesday on economic security and cooperation in cutting-edge technologies, including artificial intelligence. The declarations were adopted when Takaichi and Merz met at the prime

Kagoshima, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–An MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft of the U.S. military landed at Tanegashima Airport in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, around 10:10 a.m. Wednesday without prior notification of airport use. The landing at the airport in the town of Nakatane

By Waka Ota Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–An encounter during the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka has driven Canadian indigenous tenor singer Jeremy Dutcher to return to Japan to share a stage with Ainu indigenous musicians from the Asian country’s northern region.

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi met with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Cebu, the Philippines, on Wednesday and presented Japan’s plans to boost its “denial defense capabilities.” According to Japan’s Defense Ministry, Koizumi expressed his intention to

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–A research team at Fujita Health University in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, has applied to an internal review committee to conduct Japan’s first clinical study of uterus transplants, the university said Wednesday. The team submitted a research plan

Tokyo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)–The opposition Democratic Party for the People and the Japan Innovation Party, the coalition partner of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, will support the LDP’s revised proposal to cut 31 proportional representation seats in the House of Representatives,