Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Former professional boxer Guts Ishimatsu, who became the first Japanese world lightweight champion, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo on June 2, it was learned Thursday. He was 76. The boxer, whose real name was Yuji

(Adnkronos) – A powerful explosion occurred in a military camp belonging to pro-government forces in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, killing 12 soldiers and wounding several others. According to local sources reported to Xinhua news agency, the explosion occurred in

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese semiconductor company Rapidus Corp. will sign agreements with public institutions in Britain and Italy on research and development cooperation, Rapidus executives told Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday. The signing will coincide with Takaichi’s trip to

(In the story “2 ‘Matsuya’ Companies Team Up in Ginza on Premium Beef Dishes,” moved Wednesday, the first paragraph should have read, “…seek synergies…,” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) 2 “Matsuya” Companies Team Up in Ginza on Premium Beef

(Adnkronos) – Two men of Uighur origin have been sentenced to death in Thailand on charges of detonating a bomb in 2015 at the popular Erawan shrine in the commercial heart of Bangkok, causing the death of 20 people. A Thai court

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Convenience store operator Seven-Eleven Japan Co. said Thursday that it will establish a new company on retail media business jointly with two advertising firms. The new firm, Seven-Eleven Ad Connect, to be owned 80 pct by Seven-Eleven Japan

Sagamihara, Kanagawa Pref., June 11 (Jiji Press)–The body of a 17-year-old high school girl has been found in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan. Around 2:15 a.m. Thursday, an emergency call was made to a fire department reporting that a

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday approved a bill to cut the number of proportional representation seats in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, by about 10 pct. The bill

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has suggested that she was unable to confirm the authenticity of a voice believed to be that of her secretary in audio from an online meeting attended by a man believed to have

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s three megabank lenders have announced plans to jointly issue a stablecoin, a type of digital asset, linked to currencies such as the yen and the U.S. dollar, during the year ending next March. According to the announcement

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. plans to build a new rare earth factory in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, in order to increase domestic supplies, thereby helping reduce the country’s heavy reliance on imports from China, it was learned Thursday. The

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average ended slightly higher Thursday after turbulent trading in which the key indicator lost over 1,800 points. The index of 225 major issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime section closed at 64,217.27,

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to propose three principles on energy security at the upcoming Group of Seven summit in France, which opens Monday, informed sources said Thursday. With the proposal, Takaichi aims to seek support from

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese financial institutions, including Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., will participate in a strategic collaboration between NEC Corp. and U.S. startup Anthropic, it was learned Thursday. Under the collaboration announced in April, NEC and Anthropic aim to

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Business sentiment among major Japanese companies fell in April-June, marking the first negative figure in four quarters, a government survey showed Thursday. According to a joint survey by the Finance Ministry and the Cabinet Office, the business sentiment

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s National Police Agency instructed the country’s 47 prefectural police departments Thursday to set up cooperative frameworks with rental storage and parcel delivery businesses to fight lone offender terrorism. The NPA hopes to collect information from the industries

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–U.S. coffee shop chain Starbucks Corp. is considering selling its Japanese business, Bloomberg has reported. The deal, if realized, may stand at around 400 billion to 500 billion yen, according to the report. A sale of Starbucks’ Japan

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–U.S. asset management company Apollo Global Management Inc. is seeking to buy a life insurer in Japan to gain market share in the country, according to the Financial Times. Apollo has considered buying life insurance subsidiaries of T&D

Nagoya, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda received 2,113 million yen in executive compensation in fiscal 2025, the highest pay for a Toyota executive for the third year running, the leading Japanese automaker has said. Toyoda’s pay rose about

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–NPB+, a Japanese professional baseball live-updating app officially approved by the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, was launched this season, offering fans access to advanced tracking data such as exit velocity and pitch movement. “We hope to increase opportunities

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Azerbaijani counterpart, Jeyhun Bayramov, have agreed that their countries will cooperate in various fields, including the energy sector. In their meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday, Motegi told Bayramov that Japan wants

Tokyo, June 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average temporarily gave up over 1,800 points in early trading Thursday. At 9:10 a.m., the index of 225 selected issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier Prime section plunged 1,827.92 points, or

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s political parties adopted Wednesday a proposal on measures to secure a sufficient number of Imperial Family members but postponed substantive discussions on a difficult issue–how to ensure stable Imperial succession. The proposal, drawn up by the leaders

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s Consul General in Benghazi, Francesco Colombo on Wednesday paid a further visit to two Italian Gaza land flotilla activists who have been held in the eastern port city since their arrest on 24 May on suspicion of entering Libya

(Adnkronos) – At least 30 people have been killed and 92 injured in air raids conducted by the Israeli Defense Forces (Idf) in the last 24 hours in Lebanon. The Lebanese Ministry of Health stated this in a note. This brings the

(Adnkronos) – A 30-year-old Sudanese immigrant identified as Hadi Alodid, suspected of the attack in the north of the city, on Kinnaird Avenue, in which forty-year-old Stephen Ogilvie was injured, has been charged by a Belfast court with attempted murder, possession of

(Adnkronos) – Graham Platner, the anti-establishment oyster farmer, will be the Democratic candidate in the Maine election challenge, which is shaping up to be one of the most important battles for control of the Senate next November. And the Democratic leadership, which

(Adnkronos) – He was welcomed as a hero upon his return to Somalia, referee Omar Artan, excluded from the World Cup due to the refusal by US authorities to allow him entry into the country. Artan, currently considered the best African referee,

(Adnkronos) – “Tonight we will be on the streets in even greater numbers than last night.” The head of the Northern Ireland police, Jon Boutcher, announced the strengthening of security forces engaged in containing the protest in the streets of Belfast, also

(Adnkronos) – A federal judge in Alabama has banned state authorities from using nitrogen inhalation for the execution of Jeffrey Lee, which had been set for tomorrow. In her ruling, Judge Emily Marks states that Alabama’s introduction of nitrogen hypoxia as a