Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Electricity bills for average households will rise by16-49 yen in the service areas of nine of Japan’s 10 regional power utilities for February, according to their announcements Thursday. The increases reflect the rising cost of liquefied natural gas

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Electricity bills for average households will rise by16-49 yen in the service areas of nine of Japan’s 10 regional power utilities for February, according to their announcements Thursday. The increases reflect the rising cost of liquefied natural gas

(Adnkronos) – Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old nurse killed by federal agents last Saturday in Minneapolis, had an altercation with Ice a week before his death. This is shown in a video that was released by The News Movement, a digital news outlet

(Adnkronos) – Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old nurse killed by federal agents last Saturday in Minneapolis, had an altercation with Ice a week before his death. This is shown in a video that was released by The News Movement, a digital news outlet

(Adnkronos) – Gunshots and strong explosions were reported last night in the area of Niamey International Airport, capital of Niger. Then, about two hours later, calm returned, according to testimonies from the area after the first gunshots were heard “after midnight” local

(Adnkronos) – Gunshots and strong explosions were reported last night in the area of Niamey International Airport, capital of Niger. Then, about two hours later, calm returned, according to testimonies from the area after the first gunshots were heard “after midnight” local

(Adnkronos) – Eleven death sentences carried out in China. According to the official Xinhua news agency, these are individuals linked to organized crime “based in northern Myanmar,” among whom there are “key people” involved in “telecom fraud.” The eleven had been sentenced

(Adnkronos) – Eleven death sentences carried out in China. According to the official Xinhua news agency, these are individuals linked to organized crime “based in northern Myanmar,” among whom there are “key people” involved in “telecom fraud.” The eleven had been sentenced

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Retail gold prices in Japan exceeded 30,000 yen per gram for the first time on Thursday, reflecting a rise in geopolitical risks. Tanaka Precious Metal Technologies Co., a major precious metals seller based in Tokyo, set its tax-inclusive

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese precision equipment firm Canon Inc. said Thursday that it will promote Executive Vice President Kazuto Ogawa to company president on March 27. The current president, Fujio Mitarai, will step down from the post while continuing to

(Adnkronos) – There has been “no diplomatic incident” between Italy and Switzerland over the release on bail of Jacques Moretti, owner of a bar in the Crans Montana ski resort, where a fire killed 40 people and injured over 100, foreign minister

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan is eyeing artificial diamond production as the first project under its 550-billion-dollar package of loans and investments that will be made in the United States, it was learned Thursday. A power transmission and distribution project is also

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. will reconsider the start date for the commercial operation of the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, the plant’s head, Takeyuki Inagaki, said Thursday. In the

(Adnkronos) – The European Union is likely to put Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (Pasdaran) on its list of terrorist organisations over the elite force’s recent deadly crackdown on nationwide anti-government protests – in a move spearheaded by Italy – foreign minister Antonio

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested a 61-year-old man for allegedly registering a fake address to rent an internet server, with the suspect also believed to be involved in a blog suggesting child prostitution in Laos, it was learned Thursday.

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is suspected of concealing the Unification Church’s purchases of tickets for her fundraising parties, a weekly magazine reported Thursday. Organizations and people linked to the Unification Church are believed to have bought a

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–It is difficult for Japan to give up Russian liquefied natural gas, despite stepped-up sanctions by the United States and Europe, Japan Gas Association leader Takashi Uchida has said. Securing alternative suppliers will not be easy since Russian

Nagoya, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Sri Lankan detainee Wishma Sandamali’s life could have been saved at three different times before she died at an immigration facility in Japan in 2021, a doctor said in a court hearing on Wednesday. Wishma’s death at the

Narita, Chiba Pref., Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–The number of foreign passengers on international flights to and from Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, rose 3 pct from a year earlier to 2,108,313 in December, hitting a record high for

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Some services at 140 “shinyo kumiai” credit cooperatives across Japan, including remittances, became temporarily unavailable Thursday due to a system failure, their central banking body said. The services came back to normal after being restored in stages from

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s push to overhaul the country’s security policy is a major point of contention in the campaigning for the Feb. 8 election for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament. Takaichi’s ruling

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Ministry of Finance on Thursday upgraded its economic assessment for the Hokuriku and Okinawa regions while leaving its view on the remaining nine regions unchanged. In a quarterly report, the ministry said that the country’s economy is

Nagoya, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–The Toyota Motor Corp. group took the top spot in global vehicle sales for the sixth consecutive year in 2025, thanks chiefly to the popularity of its hybrid vehicles in North America, data showed Thursday. The Japanese automaker’s

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese imaging devices maker Canon Inc. said Thursday that it will promote Executive Vice President Kazuto Ogawa to president and chief operating officer, effective on March 27. “I will do my best to fulfill my duties for the

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–The number of people who died by suicide in Japan in 2025 came to 19,097, standing below 20,000 for the first time since the statistics began in 1978, preliminary government data showed Thursday. Suicides among elementary, junior high

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s private-sector rice imports surged 95-fold in 2025 from the previous year to 96,834 tons as demand for foreign rice was strong despite high tariffs because of surging prices for domestically grown rice, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Box-office revenues in Japan soared 32.6 pct from the previous year to mark a record high of 274,452 million yen, led by megahit Japanese films in 2025, an industry group has said. The revenue surpassed the 261,180 million

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police conducted 13 undercover investigations into so-called dark part-time jobs through last month, National Police Agency sources said Thursday. The probes, involving the use of fake identification documents to apply for such illicit jobs, called “yami baito,”

Washington, Jan. 28 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday denied that the United States is engaging in any dollar-selling, yen-buying intervention to guide the Japanese currency higher. Asked about the possibility of U.S. authorities conducting such intervention, Bessent said in

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–The dollar held firm above 153 yen in Tokyo trading Thursday morning, attracting buybacks because U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent denied rumors over a yen-buying intervention. At noon, the dollar stood at 153.11-12 yen, up from 152.63-64 yen