Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will cut its subsidies for the purchase of eco-friendly vehicles, including electric and fuel-cell vehicles, to 60-80 pct of their current levels next year, the industry ministry said Wednesday. The reduced subsidies will apply to

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–The Kanagawa prefectural police in eastern Japan are believed to have inappropriately used information from expired driver’s licenses collected from citizens at the time of renewal for over 30 years, according to the National Police Agency. Improper use

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is considering providing subsidies to lower electricity and city gas costs in the first quarter of 2027, when heating demand rises, as energy prices remain elevated because of the war in the Middle East, people

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s National Police Agency plans to introduce cashless payments for minor traffic violations from July 2027, allowing offenders, including cyclists, to pay fines by credit card, smartphone payment services or other cashless means, agency officials said Thursday. The

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan is considering granting soft loans to Bangladesh to improve its rural infrastructure and investment environment, government sources have told Jiji Press. The two countries are expected to reach an agreement on the loans at a summit between

Moscow, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Wednesday condemned a Japanese company’s delivery of interceptor drones to Ukraine. Calling the delivery a clear act of hostility, Zakharova warned that Russia would take strong countermeasures against Japan. Japanese drone

New Delhi, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Two Japanese climbers have gone missing on a 7,000-meter-class mountain in the Annapurna Massif of the Himalayas in Nepal, a senior local municipal official said Wednesday. The two Japanese nationals have been out of contact since Oct.

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Local governments in Japan have expanded consultation services for women facing domestic violence, poverty and other hardships since a support law took effect about two and a half years ago. But efforts to provide temporary shelter for domestic

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday night warned of critical vulnerabilities identified in the PHP programming language widely used on websites around the world. After PHP developers said that a patch to fix the issue would be

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–A river in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, overflowed in some areas Wednesday, prompting a local municipality to issue emergency safety measures urging some 1,200 people from 450 households to take immediate action to protect their lives. The Japan

(Adnkronos) – Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lener was stopped and detained by the Idf in the West Bank while participating with dozens of other volunteers from the “Rabbis for Human Rights” group on a mission to support the olive harvest of Palestinians

(Adnkronos) – Night curfew still in some areas of Paris after last weekend’s events. The Police Prefecture has confirmed measures that from 11 PM tonight to 6 AM tomorrow morning prohibit “the presence of adults and minors in the area of Place

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japanese new agriculture minister Arata Takebe said Wednesday that he had returned a political donation from a public works contractor and corrected a political funds disclosure report following a weekly magazine report about the donation, which was made

Nagoya, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s medal tally at the ongoing Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games increased further Wednesday, with swimmers and track-and-field athletes taking the center of the podium. In men’s swimming, Naohide Yamaguchi, 25, and Taiyo Kawabuchi, 18, clinched golds in the

(Adnkronos) – Japan has asked Russia for the “immediate release” of the Hokkaido Shimbun journalist arrested on October 13 on Sakhalin Island on espionage charges. NHK reports this morning on the mission to Moscow of the Director-General of the European Affairs Bureau

(Adnkronos) – “I have tried to do good things; perhaps I haven’t done them well enough.” Emmanuel Macron also spoke about young people, their anxieties and their demands, meeting journalists in Doha. Hoping for “greater transparency” for Parcoursup, the school guidance platform

Saitama, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The family of a 74-year-old driver who died after his truck fell into a sinkhole in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, last year has filed a lawsuit seeking about 125 million yen in damages from the prefectural

(Adnkronos) – Students, teachers, university students also in the streets in Greece. Protests in Athens and dozens of other cities across the country to demand better conditions in institutions, higher salaries for teachers, and more funds for public education. Among the demands

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s health ministry said Wednesday that there may be problems with the reliability of documents submitted by Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. for the approval of vasculitis drug Tavneos. In its response to a series of deaths among Tavneos users,

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Three major Japanese winemakers said Wednesday that they will start a joint project to attract new fans of Japanese wines, including by holding events and fostering a culture of celebrating “nouveau” wines made from grapes harvested in the

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, marking her first year in office Wednesday, emphasized that “challenges of the Takaichi cabinet’s second year begin today.” Speaking to reporters at the prime minister’s office the same day, she highlighted the need

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Coast Guard did not participate in the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum, held in Russia from September until earlier this month, JCG Commandant Koichi Miyazawa said Wednesday. This was the first time that Japan had skipped

Tokushima, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Tokushima prefectural police arrested on Wednesday four Japanese men who have been detained by Vietnamese authorities for their alleged involvement in a special fraud scheme operating from a base in the Southeast Asian country. The fraud suspects, aged

Osaka, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–A woman in her 50s who received the first transplant of heart muscle cell sheets made from induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells is set to be discharged from a hospital in Osaka, a city in western Japan,

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration has steadily delivered on its promises to the public over the past year, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Wednesday, the first anniversary of her taking office. “We have worked boldly to

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in September dropped 5.0 pct from a year earlier to 3,103,700, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday. The decline reflected rising airfares due to a deterioration in the situation

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Congress of Journalists on Wednesday urged Russia to ensure the safety and immediate release of a Japanese journalist detained in the country. On Oct. 13, Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, announced the detention of a

Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–About 4 billion yen in proceeds from the “Nenmatsu Jumbo” series year-end public lotteries in Japan will be allocated to quake-hit Kumamoto Prefecture and the namesake capital of the southwestern prefecture on a priority basis, Jiji Press learned

Tottori, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Tottori Governor Shinji Hirai said Wednesday that he will not run for re-election after his current fifth term expires in April 2027. The gubernatorial election of the western Japan prefecture is scheduled for April 11 next year as

(Adnkronos) – North Korea has deployed new units in “firing positions”. This was stated by the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, a few days after Pyongyang had warned that it was considering deploying additional attack means to the border with the