(Adnkronos) – At least nine people have died and several others were injured in a fire that broke out today in a hotel in Kolkata, India. “Nine people, including a child, died in the fire that broke out in the early hours

Tokyo, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)–The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in July rose 0.1 pct from a year earlier to 3,442,100, marking the first increase in four months and a record high for the month, the Japan National Tourism Organization

Tokyo, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government Wednesday expressed regret over a decision by the United States to impose sanctions against International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan. “Japan has consistently supported the ICC, which is a permanent international criminal court,

Sapporo, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)–A 33-year-old male worker died after falling at the Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Tuesday, its operator, Hokkaido Electric Power Co., said Wednesday. The accident happened around 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the

Tokyo, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo stocks tumbled Wednesday due chiefly to selling of issues related to artificial intelligence and semiconductors, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly giving up more than 2,300 points. The index of 225 major issues listed on

Osaka, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)–Police arrested a former manager at Takenaka Corp. on Wednesday for suspected breach of trust involving a construction project for the Grand Ring, a symbol of last year’s World Exposition in Osaka, a city in western Japan. The

Tokyo, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japanese actor Keiko Kishi, known for her role in the hit film “Kimi no Na wa” (What’s Your Name?), died of old age on Aug. 7. She was 93. Born in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Kishi was one

Akita, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)–Shihab Alfaheem, the United Arab Emirates’ ambassador to Japan, visited Akita Prefecture on Wednesday for talks with local officials on a plan to build a large data center for artificial intelligence in the northeastern Japan prefecture. The ambassador

Tokyo, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Weathernews Inc. will provide localized weather forecasts to about 40,000 people from the organizing committee, teams and others at the upcoming Asian Games in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi, Jiji Press has learned. The company will

Tokyo, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in June rose 9.7 pct from the previous month, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday. The Cabinet Office maintained its basic view that machinery orders are showing signs of picking up. The private-sector

Tokyo, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways have announced their winter timetables, in which the competing companies coordinated their flight schedules on a domestic route for the first time. The timetables from late October, released Tuesday, show that the

Tokyo, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi has expressed continued support for Yemen’s interim government during a meeting with Rashad Al-Alimi, head of the government, in Saudi Arabia. At the meeting in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Tuesday afternoon

Washington, Aug. 18 (Jiji Press)–A U.S. appeals court has canceled a permit for a project to build a deepwater port, part of a 550-billion-dollar investment agreement between Japan and the United States, it was learned Tuesday. In February 2025, the U.S. Department

Washington/Brussels, Aug. 18 (Jiji Press)–The U.S. government on Tuesday announced sanctions against International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan, decrying The Hague-based court’s “assault on state sovereignty.” The ICC has been faced with increased pressure from the administration of U.S. President

Tokyo, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s communications ministry plans to establish a system to dispatch expert teams to local governments hit by cyberattacks, amid difficulties in securing sufficient personnel and budgets for cybersecurity measures, informed sources told Jiji Press. The team of information

Tokyo, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly surrendered over 2,100 points on Wednesday morning, reflecting selling that hit high-tech issues. At 9:18 a.m., the index of 225 major issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime section stood

(Adnkronos) – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha and his Belgian counterpart Maxime Prévot were forced to hold their talks in an underground shelter, while an air alert sounded in Kyiv. “Due to Russian drones attacking our capital, we held our talks underground,

Tokyo, Aug. 18 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko left for Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, on Tuesday night on a government plane from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport for an official visit to the South American country. With this year

Canberra, Aug. 18 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Tuesday emphasized the need to maintain vigilance against North Korea’s nuclear and missile development. “(Pyongyang’s) nuclear and missile development and moves to cooperate with Russia are becoming prominent,” Koizumi said at a

Chiba, Aug. 18 (Jiji Press)–The death toll from Thursday’s record-breaking rain in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, has risen to 13, the prefectural government’s disaster response headquarters said Tuesday. The body of a man in his 60s was newly discovered in the

(Adnkronos) – The death toll from torrential rains that hit Chiba prefecture, Japan, in recent days, and which are considered unprecedented, has risen to at least 13. This was reported by the Kyodo agency, citing local authorities. Approximately 2,300 homes have been

Naha, Okinawa Pref., Aug. 18 (Jiji Press)–A runway at Naha Airport in Japan’s southernmost Okinawa Prefecture was briefly closed Tuesday after a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet was stranded on the runway after landing. According to the transport ministry’s Naha Airport

Tokyo, Aug. 18 (Jiji Press)–An international conference held online Tuesday agreed to expand the catch quota for bluefin tuna weighing at least 30 kilograms in the Central and Western Pacific by about 25 pct. At a meeting held in southwestern Japan city

Tokyo, Aug. 18 (Jiji Press)–Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin on Tuesday summoned Japanese Ambassador to Russia Akira Muto and expressed Moscow’s resolute protest over remarks by Japanese officials on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit last week to a disputed northwestern Pacific

(Adnkronos) – Syria has accused Israel of striking a military airport in the northwestern province of Idlib, after a security source told AFP that the facility, which was out of service, had been attacked. “In the early hours of this morning, Israeli

Tokyo, Aug. 18 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese government panel Tuesday broadly approved a plan to adopt a so-called “principle code” for generative artificial intelligence businesses to protect intellectual property rights, urging firms to disclose their AI training data and methods for collecting such

Tokyo, Aug. 18 (Jiji Press)–Masahiro Sakane, former president of major Japanese construction machinery maker Komatsu Ltd., died of illness on Aug. 10, it was learned Tuesday. He was 85. A native of Shimane Prefecture in western Japan, Sakane served as Komatsu president

Tokyo, Aug. 18 (Jiji Press)–The number of damage reports and insurance claims, inquiries and consultations related to last month’s massive earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture reached 40,291 as of July 31, the General Insurance Association of Japan said Tuesday. The figure is based

(Adnkronos) – An explosion of unknown origin at a power plant has caused the death of at least three people in Banias, along Syria’s Mediterranean coast. The Sana agency reports this, citing a health official, and adding that the causes of the

Tokyo, Aug. 18 (Jiji Press)–An international conference held online Tuesday agreed to expand the catch quota for bluefin tuna weighing at least 30 kilograms in the Central and Western Pacific by about 25 pct. At a meeting held in southwestern Japan city