Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will visit South Korea for two days from Tuesday to hold a summit meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung for better bilateral ties, the Japanese government said Thursday. Takaichi and Lee are

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s economy is projected to have grown at an annualized pace of 1.8 pct in the first three months of the year in inflation-adjusted real terms to mark the second consecutive quarter of expansion, according to average estimates

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–The U.N. Development Program’s Africa director has said that African countries should lead the development of critical mineral resources, such as rare earths. In a recent interview with Jiji Press, Ahunna Eziakonwa, UNDP assistant administrator and regional director,

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Honda Motor Co. on Thursday reported a consolidated net loss of 423.9 billion yen in fiscal 2025, which ended in March this year, amid sluggish demand for electric vehicles in North America. Honda fell into the red

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–An oil tanker owned by a group company of Japanese oil distributor Eneos Corp. has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, officials said Thursday. The Eneos Endeavor is expected to arrive in Japan late this month or early

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–Bank of Japan policymaker Kazuyuki Masu said Thursday that the central bank should raise its policy interest rate as soon as possible unless the economy shows signs of slowing down. “If statistical data do not indicate clear signs

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average finished lower Thursday after rewriting its record intraday high in the morning, with some shares losing ground after their earnings announcements. The index of 225 select issues listed on the Tokyo Stock

(Adnkronos) – The former British deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has been cleared by tax authorities in relation to proceedings opened for wrongdoing concerning the payment of house taxes, a circumstance that could pave the way for her to run for the

(Adnkronos) – A Kyiv court has requested pre-trial detention for Andriy Yermak, the former powerful right-hand man of President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is accused of corruption. Local media report that the judges decided to place Yermak in pre-trial detention for 60 days

(Adnkronos) – China will “open its doors even wider” to the world. This is the promise Chinese leader Xi Jinping made while meeting with executives of major US companies during talks in Beijing on the occasion of Donald Trump’s visit. “China’s doors

New York, May 13 (Jiji Press)–The ongoing Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, or NPT, is expected to adopt an outcome document that addresses nuclear disarmament education, as proposed by Japan, it was learned

Koka, Shiga Pref., May 14 (Jiji Press)–A memorial ceremony was held on Thursday for the 42 people who died in a train collision in Shigaraki, currently part of Koka, in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, 35 years ago. The ceremony took place in

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Honda Motor Co. on Thursday reported a consolidated net loss of 423.9 billion yen in fiscal 2025, which ended in March this year, amid sluggish demand for electric vehicles in North America. Honda fell into the red

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested two Vietnamese construction workers for allegedly entering and trying to burglarize a house in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward, the site of a high-profile family murder case in 2000. The two men, Luong Van Hai, 32,

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is considering providing electricity and city gas subsidies from July to September, when energy demand for cooling is expected to grow, people familiar with the matter said Thursday. Electricity and city gas fees are likely

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s LY Corp. said Thursday it and U.S. investment fund Bain Capital have jointly proposed acquiring Kakaku.com Inc., in a move to counter Swedish investment fund EQT AB’s tender offer for the operator of the Tabelog user-generated restaurant

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party officially approved on Thursday a draft criminal procedure law amendment stipulating a basic ban on public prosecutors’ appeals against court orders granting retrials in the main text of the law. The government draft

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–An oil tanker owned by a group company of Japanese oil distributor Eneos Corp. has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, people familiar with the matter said Thursday. The Eneos Endeavor became the second Japan-related oil tanker to

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police issued 2,147 “blue tickets” to fine cyclists for minor traffic violations in the first month since the blue ticket system was introduced April 1, National Police Agency preliminary data showed Thursday. The system allows bicycle riders

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–A team including Takashi Shichita, a professor at the Institute of Science Tokyo’s Medical Research Laboratory, has developed a drug candidate to suppress a type of protein that causes the rehabilitation-induced partial recovery of motor functions lost from

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese research group has said that it identified the scientific mechanism that explains why crows are black. The study by the team led by Okayama University professor Sakae Takeuchi shows that the “switch that produces black color”

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average continued rising to rewrite its record intraday high Thursday morning. The index of 225 selected issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier Prime section started the day’s session with a marginal

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Supreme Court has requested a related parliamentary commission to file a petition with the Judge Impeachment Court to seek the dismissal of a judge indicted for alleged habitual gambling through an online casino site. The behavior by

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–Dassai Inc., a Japanese sake brewer with international acclaim, opened a pop-up store featuring the collaboration between artworks by Japanese artists and sake at Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.’s flagship Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi department store in Tokyo on Wednesday. The

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–Former Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has indicated that the effects of foreign exchange market interventions will not last long. At an event held in Tokyo on Wednesday, Kuroda said that the BOJ’s recent yen-buying, dollar-selling interventions

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average continued rising to rewrite its record intraday high in early trading Thursday. The index of 225 selected issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier Prime section started the day’s session with

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party is poised to study a further hike in the country’s security-related spending by taking account of initiatives of other nations and regional alliances, including a plan by NATO to increase such outlays

(Adnkronos) – Italy on Wednesday urged Israel’s Knesset to revoke a law it passed in March which made hanging the standard punishment for Palestinians convicted in military courts of lethal terrorist attacks – legislation that has drawn international criticism and prompted the

Tokyo, May 13 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday approved a government-drafted bill to basically bar prosecutors from appealing court orders granting retrials. The LDP gave the approval at a joint meeting of its Judicial Affairs Division and Research Commission