New York, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–The cities of Bizen and Setouchi in the western Japan prefecture of Okayama kicked off an exhibition and sales event for Bizen pottery and other traditional crafts at a gallery in New York on Wednesday. With fostering

Tokyo, Nov. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police have arrested a man for allegedly having a 12-year-old Thai girl work at his massage shop in Tokyo, in a suspected human trafficking case involving sexual exploitation of a child. The man, Masayuki Hosono, 51, was

Tokyo, Nov. 6 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested the head of a fraud group believed to be linked to hundreds of fraud cases in Japan, along with six related people. The seven men, including the 40-year-old head, Munemasa Takahashi, allegedly took four

Tokyo, Nov. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Ministry of Finance kept its economic assessments for all 11 regions unchanged in a quarterly report released Thursday, citing solid private consumption and reduced uncertainty following the Japan-U.S. tariff agreement. The ministry kept its overall assessment of

New York, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–High school students from Sendai, a northeastern Japan city hit by a massive tsunami in 2011, emphasized the importance of passing on disaster lessons to future generations and the significance of disaster prevention education at a meeting

Tokyo, Nov. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi vowed Thursday to take strict action if a problem similar to the “slush funds” scandal occurs in her ruling Liberal Democratic Party again. Responding to a question from Democratic Party for the People

Tokyo, Nov. 6 (Jiji Press)–The National Police Agency on Thursday revised the rules of the National Public Safety Commission to allow riot police officers to cull wild bears with rifles amid a series of attacks on people across Japan. The police are

Tokyo, Nov. 6 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese Fisheries Agency panel has approved an expansion of the fiscal 2025 fishing quota for the Japanese common squid by 1,800 tons following bigger-than-expected catches. At its meeting Wednesday, a subcommittee of the Fisheries Policy Council gave

Tokyo, Nov. 6 (Jiji Press)–Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday that it will sell its headquarters building in the city of Yokohama, south of Tokyo, for 97 billion yen as part of its turnaround efforts. The struggling Japanese automaker will continue to use

Osaka, Nov. 6 (Jiji Press)–A group of 1,191 people across Japan has sent a petition to a court seeking the return of about 11.4 billion yen from a company based in the western city of Osaka over real estate investment, Jiji Press

Tokyo, Nov. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors Corp. has reported a group net loss of 9.2 billion yen for April-September, against the year-before profit of 37.9 billion yen, due mainly to high tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. According to

By Takayuki Ogawa Tokyo, Nov. 6 (Jiji Press)–A growing number of private-sector businesses are entering the space industry by launching small satellites, opening new frontiers across multiple fields but also giving rise to fresh challenges. Decommissioned satellites are adding to hazardous orbital

Tokyo, Nov. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly gained more than 1,000 points on Thursday morning after major U.S. stock indexes climbed overnight. At 9:05 a.m., the Nikkei stood at 51,248.28, up 1,036.01. points, or 2.06 pct, from Wednesday.

Tokyo, Nov. 6 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s inflation-adjusted real wage index fell 1.4 pct in September from a year earlier, marking the ninth consecutive monthly decline, as inflation continued to outpace wage growth, government data showed Thursday. Nominal wages per worker, including base salary

(Adnkronos) – The toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines continues to worsen, with the number of victims now at 91, 75 missing, and over 430,000 displaced, according to the National Disaster Management Agency. The typhoon, which hit 24 provinces in the

(Adnkronos) – A man suspected of wanting to acquire weapons for an attack against Jewish targets in Germany has been arrested in Denmark. The German chief prosecutor announced this, adding that the suspect, an Afghan citizen, was reportedly in contact with a

(Adnkronos) – The conditions for organizing a summit between Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump are not yet in place. This was stated by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, addressing the State Duma in Moscow. “Any summit requires

(Adnkronos) – Africa “is an absolute strategic priority” for Italy, for Europe’s security and “for global balance”, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told the lower house of parliament on Wednesday.  “Africa is an absolute strategic priority for our national interests, for the security

Tokyo, Nov. 6 (Jiji Press)–Honda Motor Co. has unveiled to the press its new hybrid system for large SUVs, with an eye on the North American market, where large vehicles are in strong demand and hybrid vehicles are popular. The Japanese automaker

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s Consul General in Calcutta, who has responsibility for Nepal, arrived in Kathmandu on Wednesday following the recovery of the bodies of three Italian climbers killed in snowstorms and an avalanche in the Himalayas in recent days, the foreign ministry

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held her first phone talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, and vowed that Japan will continue to support Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction from Russian aggression. During the talks, Takaichi said that

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Nippon Steel Corp. said Wednesday that it expects to incur a consolidated net loss of 60 billion yen for the fiscal year through next March, widening from the previous forecast of 40 billion yen. The downward revision came

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Social Democratic Party is on the verge of losing its only seat in the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, as its deputy head has expressed his intention to leave the party. Kunio

(Adnkronos) – Chinese Premier Li Qiang has reiterated his promise that the Asian giant will continue on the path of openness and denounced “unilateralism and protectionism”. Speaking from Shanghai, on the occasion of the China International Import Expo, he stated that a

(Adnkronos) – A German court has sentenced a palliative care nurse to life imprisonment for the murder of 10 patients and the attempted murder of 27 others. The court in the western city of Aachen found the 44-year-old defendant guilty of crimes

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Japanese telecommunications carrier SoftBank Corp. said Wednesday that it has established a new joint venture, SB OAI Japan G.K., with its parent company, SoftBank Group Corp., and U.S. artificial intelligence giant OpenAI. SB OAI Japan, equally owned by

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani will take questions from MPs Wednesday on a raft of issues from European Union members’ veto power in foreign affairs and other key areas to new joint ventures with Africa and diplomatic and humanitarian initiatives in

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department plans to create a system to document consultations using generative artificial intelligence, in order to respond swiftly to stalking cases that may escalate into serious crimes, Jiji Press learned Wednesday. The MPD also plans

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Suzuki Motor Corp. said Wednesday that its cumulative four-wheel vehicle sales in India have reached 30 million units. This milestone comes 42 years after the Japanese automaker launched the Maruti 800 light vehicle in India in December 1983.

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of dissolving the House of Representatives for an early general election. “We can’t afford to think about dissolving (the Lower House) right now,” Takaichi said at a