(Adnkronos) – French student protests are also extending beyond the border, reaching Belgium, particularly Brussels and Liege. This is reported by the Guardian, citing Reuters and broadcaster Rtbf. In Liege, local media reported over 200 arrests in connection with the student protests,

(Adnkronos) – South Korea has for the first time conducted a test launch of a hypersonic missile developed with national technology. This was announced by the presidential office in Seoul, a few days after North Korea’s launch of an intermediate-range hypersonic missile.

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–A press preview was held for part of the Tokyo Midtown Nihonbashi commercial complex under development in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward on Thursday, ahead of its scheduled opening next year. The complex is being developed by Mitsui Fudosan Co.

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–A vehicle belonging to the Russian Embassy in Japan collided with a private vehicle in Tokyo on Thursday. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the accident occurred in front of the Foreign Ministry in the Kasumigaseki district in

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Thursday that she recognizes the importance of visiting Ukraine, which is fighting against Russian aggression, but added that she currently has no concrete plans for such a trip. Takaichi made the remark

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fast Retailing Co., the operator of Uniqlo and other casual clothing stores, said Thursday that its sales for the year that ended in August grew 16.6 pct from the previous year to a record 3,963.3 billion yen.

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Seven & i Holdings Co. said Thursday that its consolidated operating profit for March-August rose 11.5 pct from a year earlier to 232.2 billion yen. The Japanese retail giant’s overseas convenience store business, which includes gasoline sales, performed

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan revised up its economic assessment for two of the country’s nine regions in a quarterly report released Thursday while leaving it unchanged for the rest. The central bank compiled the report at the day’s

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–A Russian national believed to be a key member of the notorious “Qilin” international hacker group was arrested by German authorities after being extradited from Japan, Japanese police said Thursday. According to Japan’s National Police Agency, German authorities

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–A corporate culture that placed excessive emphasis on sales performance was cited as a cause of fraud by employees of Prudential Life Insurance Co. who defrauded customers of money, a third-party investigation report showed Thursday. According to the

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese atomic bomb survivor organization, heard calls Thursday for children of atomic bomb survivors to carry on its movement as it weighs whether to remain active or disband. About 80 “hibakusha” survivors of the 1945

Nagoya, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Embattled Chubu Electric Power Co.’s new president said Thursday that he will tackle corporate culture reform and take thorough measures to prevent a recurrence of data fraud, in order to restore trust in the company. Minoru Yasui took

Kobe, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. held a ceremony to launch a new 80.5-billion-yen nonnuclear submarine for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force at a shipyard in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Thursday. The Shogei submarine, the seventh Taigei-class, is

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Thursday that she has instructed agriculture minister Kazuo Yana to stay in office after reprimanding him for making inappropriate remarks about cutting road budgets for municipalities whose mayors did not support him

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Since Japan stopped accepting new foreign workers in the restaurant industry with the Type I residency status for specified skilled workers in April, rising demand for such workers has driven them to urban areas, exacerbating labor shortages in

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fast Retailing Co., the operator of Uniqlo and other casual clothing stores, said Thursday that its sales for the year that ended in August jumped 16.6 pct from the previous year to a record 3,963.3 billion yen.

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Kenso Soai, a 76-year-old Japanese researcher, won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry after spending day after day immersing himself in painstaking experimentation without complaint. What is important in research is “to keep on conducting experiments,” Soai said

Hong Kong, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–U.S. President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping at their summit last month to hold a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, an English-language newspaper in Hong Kong reported Thursday. Xi was not receptive

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is expected to visit Japan in late October for talks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Jiji Press learned Thursday. The two leaders are expected to affirm cooperation in a wide range of areas,

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–A corporate culture that placed excessive emphasis on sales performance was cited as a cause of fraud by employees of Prudential Life Insurance Co. who defrauded customers of money, a third-party investigation report showed Thursday. The report said

Paris, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–A signing ceremony was held in France on Wednesday for a sister-street partnership between Midosuji, the main street in the western Japan city of Osaka, and the Avenue des Champs-Elysees, a famous tourist attraction in Paris. The ceremony

Baku, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Haruka Kaju won gold for the women’s 63-kilogram category at the 2026 World Judo Championships on Wednesday, claiming the title in the weight division for the second straight year. The 26-year-old secured her ninth consecutive international judo

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan caused by labor shortages rose 17 pct in the fiscal first half ended last month from a year before to 240, the highest since comparable data became available in fiscal 2013,

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Fair Trade Commission has searched the Brewers Association of Japan as part of its ongoing investigation into a suspected price cartel involving the industry, believing that backdoor meetings related to the group played a key role in

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday declined to replace agriculture minister Kazuo Yana over his remarks about road construction funding cuts at municipalities whose leaders supported his rival in the February general election. “I strongly reprimanded him

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan posted a higher current account surplus for August than a year before, driven by higher dividend income from companies’ overseas units, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report Thursday. The surplus in the current account, the

Washington, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese and U.S. business leaders issued a joint statement Wednesday, calling on the governments of Japan and the United States to pursue interoperable artificial intelligence governance tailored to risks and applications amid rapid advances in AI capabilities. The

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Russia has attacked a Japan Tobacco Inc.-linked plant in central Ukraine. Announcing the attack on Wednesday, Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed that the plant of JT International, a subsidiary of the Japanese tobacco producer, had been used to manufacture

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Two Japanese company executives were indicted in August for allegedly dodging income tax by exploiting the so-called angel tax system, a preferential program designed to spur investment in startups. The case has laid bare structural weaknesses in the

Niigata, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)–Public prosecutors have indicted without arrest four people linked to rice cracker maker Sanko Seika Co. in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, over a plant fire in 2022 that killed six workers of the company. Indicted by the Niigata