Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s total population, including foreign residents, was 122,972,528 as of Oct. 1, 2025, shrinking by 3,173,571, or 2.5 pct, from five years before, census data released by the internal affairs ministry showed Tuesday. This was the third consecutive

Toyama, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Staff of the Toyama city government may have inflated the central Japan city’s population in the 2025 census, it was learned Tuesday. On the day, the internal affairs ministry submitted a criminal complaint against unidentified city staff to

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–October will see price changes in products and services that are part of people’s daily lives in Japan, including a tax cut on beer and levy hikes on quasi-beer and heat-not-burn tobacco products. Households will likely feel an

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Justice Ministry is set to launch a study group to discuss raising damages for online defamation and other measures to address the growing problem of infringements of personal rights on social media, Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita suggested

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–University of Tokyo professor Yuko Fujigaki, who has been elected the institution’s next president, on Tuesday expressed her commitment to lead the academic world both at home and abroad. “Leading academic research in Japan and the world is

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese volleyball player Rui Takahashi, who belongs to the Suntory Sunbirds Osaka team, came out as gay in a social media post on Tuesday. The 26-year-old noted that spending time with his younger brother, Japanese star Ran Takahashi,

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are expected to visit Iwate and Miyagi prefectures in late March to observe reconstruction efforts following the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. Princess Aiko,

Beijing, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Former Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Beijing on Tuesday, a day after the Japanese politician held talks with Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat. Iwaya was leading a delegation from Japan’s

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly fell over 1,100 points on Tuesday after the final trading day to secure end-of-September dividend rights. The index of 225 major issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime section closed

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s labor ministry said in an annual report released Tuesday that so-called meta-skills, including logical thinking and problem-solving skills, are becoming essential for workers amid the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence technology. In its 2026 white paper on

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s total population, including foreign residents, was 122,972,528 as of Oct. 1, 2025, shrinking by 3,173,571, or 2.5 pct, from five years earlier, census data released by the internal affairs ministry showed Tuesday. This was the third consecutive

Yokohama, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Former Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka, who resigned in early September over a power harassment scandal, announced Tuesday that he will run as an independent in the Oct. 18 mayoral poll in the city south of Tokyo. At a

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested a 53-year-old man for allegedly providing real estate client information to a “tokuryu” loosely organized anonymous criminal group and being involved in an attempted robbery, it was learned Tuesday. The Metropolitan Police Department arrested

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Mori Building Co. and others showcased a demonstration in Tokyo on Monday of a suitcase-shaped robot equipped with artificial intelligence that can guide visually impaired people. The trial at the Toranomon Hills complex will run throughout October. It

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government kept its basic economic assessment unchanged in a monthly report released on Tuesday, while remaining vigilant against the impact of continuing tensions in the Middle East and recent natural disasters in Japan. “The Japanese economy

Beijing, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat, urged Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to correct her remarks about Taiwan during his meeting in Beijing Monday with former Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. Japan’s leader needs

Beijing, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat, urged Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to correct her remarks about Taiwan during his meeting in Beijing Monday with former Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. Japan’s leader needs

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Imperial Household Agency has released photographs of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako taken during their visit to Ghibli Park, a theme park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 20. The photographs, released Monday, were taken by a

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Sogo & Seibu Co.’s Seibu department store in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward will close its doors for the last time Wednesday, bringing an end to its 58-year history of shaping youth culture. The Seibu Shibuya store was opened in

New York, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan confronted China and North Korea at the U.N. General Assembly on Monday over the U.N. Charter’s enemy state clauses, after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called for the clauses to be deleted in her U.N. speech

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government told the Diet, the country’s parliament, on Tuesday that an extraordinary session will be convened Monday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara conveyed the plan to the boards of the steering committees in both Diet chambers.

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–A planned visit by Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to areas affected by a powerful earthquake in July in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, has been postponed to Wednesday, the Imperial Household Agency said Tuesday. The one-day trip,

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Amendments to Japan’s 1947 Imperial House Law will take effect on Oct. 24, introducing measures intended to address the declining number of Imperial Family members. Under the revised law, female members of the Imperial Family will be allowed

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Precipitation was observed in central Tokyo for 34 straight days through Tuesday, the longest streak of rainy days since records began in 1886, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The agency’s observation point for Tokyo, located in Kitanomaru

(Adnkronos) – The protest against the housing crisis and high housing costs continues in one of Madrid’s main squares, sparked after police evicted 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from the capital apartment where she had lived her whole life. About a hundred tents have

(Adnkronos) – In Ethiopia, forces allied with the federal government have announced they have taken control of Alamata, in southern Tigray, after days of clashes with rebels on multiple fronts. Federal government forces “have taken control of Alamata” after “intense fighting,” local

(Adnkronos) – New compromising revelations for Bo French, the Republican candidate for one of Texas’s main internal offices, who has already been overwhelmed by accusations of racist comments made under photos of non-white students at a University of Texas football game. Now

(Adnkronos) – The five men, just over twenty years old, arrested as part of the investigation into the incident near the Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Fairford, also used by the US armed forces, have been released on bail. This was

(Adnkronos) – Construction sites in New Delhi are to be halted for six weeks in an attempt to curb the smog emergency that chokes the Indian capital every winter. The ban on construction and demolition will come into effect on December 10

(Adnkronos) – Another senior FBI official is leaving the bureau after just one year in office. According to Nbcnews, Andrew Bailey, who was appointed last September to the newly created position of ‘co-deputy director’ of the FBI to assist Deputy Director Dan