Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government Tuesday upgraded its view on companies’ judgments on current business conditions for the first time since December 2023 while keeping its basic economic assessment unchanged. “The Japanese economy is recovering at a moderate pace,” the

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese seafood company Umios Corp. has said it will make Canadian seafood processing firm High Liner Foods Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary in a bid to strengthen its operations in the North American market. Umios, formerly Maruha Nichiro

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for the “Ashita no Joe” series and the first manga artist to receive the Order of Culture, died of myelodysplastic syndrome at a Tokyo hospital Thursday. He was 87. Born in

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–UA Zensen, a Japanese labor group representing unions in the textile, distribution and other sectors, unveiled a draft policy Tuesday calling for a 6 pct wage increase, including a 4 pct pay scale hike, in the 2027 “shunto”

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for the “Ashita no Joe” series and the first manga artist to receive the Order of Culture, died of myelodysplastic syndrome at a Tokyo hospital Thursday. He was 87. Born in

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese financial services minister Satsuki Katayama said Tuesday that five foreign exchange margin trading service firms have reported damage incurred by customers apparently due to unauthorized access that recently hit GMO Internet Inc.’s servers leased for the services.

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Tuesday that he will visit the Philippines from Wednesday to Friday to attend meetings related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Koizumi will attend a meeting of defense ministers from ASEAN

New York, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–China opened at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Monday a photo exhibition marking 80 years since the start of the so-called Tokyo Trial, which prosecuted Japanese leaders at the time of World War II. The

Osaka, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–A former head of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, charged with sexually assaulting a female subordinate, pleaded not guilty in his second court hearing at Osaka District Court on Tuesday. Defendant Kentaro Kitagawa, 67, switched to denying

Sao Paulo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–In Japan’s overseas voting for Brazil’s presidential runoff, right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro won 80.08 pct of the valid votes cast, despite being defeated nationwide by leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva by 3.58 percentage points. Following

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Major Australian life insurer Challenger Ltd. has rejected an acquisition offer from a local subsidiary of Japanese peer Daiichi Life Group Inc. In a statement released Monday, Challenger said that the offer from TAL Daiichi Life Australia Pty

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese life insurers will hurry further to reshuffle their Japanese government bond portfolios, replacing low-yielding bonds with higher-yielding ones as long-term interest rates trend upward, according to their latest asset management plans. Nine of the 10 major

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government Tuesday adopted a cabinet order stipulating requirements for designating secondary capitals that would take over Tokyo’s functions in the event of a major disaster. Four prefectures–Hokkaido, Aichi, Osaka, and Fukuoka–meet the requirements under the order

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s GMO Internet Inc. has received a warning that a release of its customer data and a ransomware attack on the company would be conducted at noon Tuesday, officials of the company said. The potential attacker has demanded

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Tuesday that he will visit the Philippines from Wednesday to Friday to attend meetings related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Koizumi will attend a meeting of defense ministers from ASEAN

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average briefly rose nearly 1,500 points Tuesday morning, as artificial intelligence-related names were boosted by growing expectations of an initial public offering by U.S. AI giant Anthropic. The index of 225 major issues listed

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government said Monday that officials from the Japanese Embassy in Moscow held a consular meeting the same day with a reporter for Japan’s Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper who has been detained by Russian authorities on suspicion of

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese chipmaker Rapidus Corp. has announced a partnership with India’s HCL Technologies Ltd., or HCLTech, to accelerate the development of next-generation semiconductors. According to the announcement Monday, the two companies have jointly established two development centers in India,

By Toshifumi Sekitsuka Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Across America, the whir of lawn mowers is a soundtrack of suburban life. Even so, few homeowners and landscapers may pause to think about the decades of engineering, unconventional marketing and persistence that helped make

Kochi, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako have visited a braille library in Kochi Prefecture, interacting with junior high and high school students. At the Otepia Kochi Talking Book & Braille Library in the city of Kochi, the capital

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–A U.S. Marine indicted for alleged murder-robbery in Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, has signaled his involvement in the crime during questioning by the police department of the southernmost Japan prefecture, investigative sources said. Lance Cpl. Devin

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–The U.S. Air Force’s 18th Wing in Okinawa Prefecture is set to ban automobiles made by Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD Co. from entering the Kadena Air Base in the southernmost Japan prefecture, it has been

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–A lawyer has announced a decision to file a lawsuit against the operators of the Times Car vehicle-sharing service for up to about 50,000 yen in damages per victim of customer data breaches that hit the service. The

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (Jiji Press)–South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young has canceled his visit to Japan planned this week, it was learned Tuesday. Sources familiar with Japan-South Korea relations said the cancellation came as Chung, who had sought a meeting with Japanese

Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government said Monday that officials from the Japanese Embassy in Moscow held a consular meeting the same day with a reporter for Japan’s Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper who has been detained by Russian authorities on suspicion of

(Adnkronos) – The Serbian student list that won the elections in the country should form “a technical government” composed of experts with the necessary skills to implement the necessary reforms and bring Serbia back on the path to European Union accession. This

(Adnkronos) – “We will go all the way. We call for mobilization on October 31 and November 5.” This was stated, according to Bfm Tv, by Louis Letoublon, vice-president of the student organization Les Lycéens!, adding that “not everything is yet satisfactory.”

(Adnkronos) – “Five women have directly accused Trump of rape or sexual assault in the company or presence of Epstein.” This is what Jamie Raskin, the Democratic leader of the House Judiciary Committee, said, presenting the request for the appointment of a

(Adnkronos) – The curfew will also be in effect tonight at Place de la Republique, in the center of Paris. The measure, announced by the French capital’s police prefecture on X, prohibits movement in the area from 11 PM to 6 AM,

(Adnkronos) – American Democrats are preparing an investigation into the agreement between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin for the resumption of Russian diesel exports. Axios reports that influential Democratic lawmakers, poised to lead key congressional committees if they win the midterm elections,