Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Sales of beer and quasi-beer at four major Japanese makers in January-June shrank 3 pct by volume from a year before, down for the fourth straight year, according to estimates by industry people. The drop came apparently because

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government plans to clarify the independence of the Bank of Japan in its upcoming annual economic and fiscal policy guidelines, economic and fiscal policy minister Minoru Kiuchi suggested Friday. The government has already reviewed the description

Ishinomaki, Miyagi Pref., July 10 (Jiji Press)–Agricultural and fishery experience programs being offered by a facility in a northeastern Japan district severely damaged by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 are attracting children. Since its opening in the Ogatsucho district of Ishinomaki,

Narita, Chiba Pref., July 10 (Jiji Press)–Narita International Airport Corp. agreed Friday with Japanese local governments to start procedures for compulsory expropriation of land necessary to expand its airport in Chiba Prefecture. The company reached the agreement with the governments of the

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s agriculture ministry said Friday that it has registered “Japanese tea” under its system designed to protect goods with specific geographical origin as intellectual property. The move is part of the ministry’s efforts to combat intellectual property infringement

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will financially support small and midsize businesses affected by the bankruptcy of Zentoshin, a credit card payment processing service provider, industry minister Ryosei Akazawa said Friday. The affected companies will be allowed to receive loans

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Four Japan-linked vessels still remain in the Persian Gulf after the recent passage of 22 such vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, transport minister Yasushi Kaneko said Friday. The vessels ready to transit the strait were able to

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–The scope of behavior subject to punishment under a bill that would criminalize acts of damaging the Japanese national flag remains vague, and the lack of clarity could have a chilling effect on social activities. The Cabinet Committee

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–A University of Tokyo group that studied mice has unraveled the mechanism of how the feeling of hate develops within an individual’s brain when suddenly attacked by a familiar individual that suddenly turned aggressive. The team found that

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–More than 70 pct of accommodation facilities in Japan are understaffed, a Japan Tourism Agency white paper showed Friday. Amid an increase in foreign visitors to Japan, accommodations that host them need to make efforts to improve employee

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–This season’s first batch of saury fetched a record price of 700,000 yen per kilogram for some large fish at Tokyo’s Toyosu wholesale market on Friday morning. The previous record was 500,000 yen, set two years ago. The

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s local tax revenue in fiscal 2025 is estimated to have exceeded 50 trillion yen for the first time, reflecting higher individual resident tax revenue on the back of wage hikes, government data showed Friday. In the year

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang will visit Japan from Sunday through Wednesday, Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Friday. Koizumi and Giang will meet on Monday to discuss regional security as well as defense equipment and technology

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Princess Aiko will visit Ise Jingu, a major Shinto shrine in the western prefecture of Mie, next month to observe a ritual for its once-every-20-year reconstruction, the Imperial Household Agency said on Thursday. Princess Aiko, the only

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–The House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japan’s parliament, passed a bill Friday to revise the Imperial House Law to secure an adequate number of Imperial Family members. The bill was approved at a plenary meeting and

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Thursday that it will produce humanoid robots in collaboration with Highlanders Inc., a robotics startup from the University of Tokyo. The two companies will aim to mass-produce humanoid robots developed by Highlanders by utilizing

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s House of Councillors on Friday enacted a bill to revise a law to ease restrictions on the use of personal data for artificial intelligence development while strengthening safeguards against misuse. At a plenary meeting, the upper chamber

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s producer prices in June jumped 7.1 pct from a year earlier, the steepest climb since March 2023, Bank of Japan data showed Friday. The producer price index, which measures the costs of goods traded between companies, stood

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly climbed over 1,600 points Friday morning as technology issues fared well following overnight rises in U.S. peers. The index of 225 major issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime section

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Housework, child care and nursing care burdens present bigger obstacles to women than to men for recurrent education, in which people return to education after starting work, the Japanese government said in its 2026 white paper on gender

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Venezuelan Ambassador to Japan has urged sustained support for recovery after last month’s major earthquakes. Speaking at a reconstruction event hosted by the Venezuelan Embassy in Tokyo on Thursday, Ambassador Seiko Ishikawa said no country understands the challenges

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–Russian Education Minister Sergey Kravtsov visited Etorofu Island on Tuesday, marking the first visit in two years by a Russian cabinet minister to one of the Moscow-controlled northwestern Pacific islands claimed by Tokyo, the Japanese Embassy in Russia

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)–A power struggle is brewing among former members of a now-defunct faction of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party that was once led by the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Those who were considered to be the five

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani, Italy’s Rome-headquartered UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development – will on Tuesday look at ways of cooperating on goods and services procurement procedures,

(Adnkronos) – On the instructions of foreign minister Antonio Tajani, the foreign ministry’s secretary-general, Riccardo Guariglia, underlined to Paramonov that the alleged espionage “constitutes serious and unacceptable interference with national security and Italian institutions,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.  Guariglia

(Adnkronos) – After the United States launched fresh strikes on Iran to keep the Strait of Hormuz open to shipping, prompting Iranian attacks on US bases and strategic centres in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday

Tokyo, July 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to propose that the government introduce a system allowing administrative agencies to intercept private communications without a court warrant for security purposes, Jiji Press learned on Thursday. The introduction of “administrative interception”

Sydney, July 9 (Jiji Press)–A logistics cooperation framework has been set up among Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force, the Australian air force said Thursday. Officials from the three sides signed a document on

(Adnkronos) – Italy will deport two military attaches at the Russian embassy who it alleges are involved in a spying case that saw the arrest this week of two former Italian intelligence officials, foreign minister Antonio Tajani announced on Thursday.  “The Italian

Tokyo, July 9 (Jiji Press)– Reiwa Shinsengumi leader Taro Yamamoto said Thursday that he will step down as head of the Japanese opposition party and retire from politics, citing health issues and a speeding scandal. Reiwa Shinsengumi will change its name and