Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s National Police Agency plans to apply stricter criteria for the mandatory driving skill test for drivers aged 75 or older with a record of traffic violations, officials said Thursday. The agency will add test categories assessing their

Washington, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Innovation ministers from the Group of 20 major economies ended their two-day meeting Wednesday, calling on countries to refrain from introducing regulations that would hinder corporate technological innovation, including technologies using artificial intelligence. The policy was included among

New York, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Tottori Governor Shinji Hirai hosted U.S. influencers and Japanese travel industry officials at a liquor store in Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday to promote sake from his western Japan prefecture. Hirai said that his prefecture intends to

Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan is advancing procedures that could lead to the full lifting of its ban on imports of fresh potatoes from the United States, even as concerns persist about quarantine issues and the impact on Japanese farmers’ livelihoods. Last

Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–NEC Corp. said Wednesday that it plans to launch a cyberdefense enhancement service for corporate clients utilizing so-called frontier artificial intelligence at the end of this month. The Japanese electronics company’s BluStellar Intelligent Managed Service will help boost

Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s national sports governing bodies for soccer, basketball, handball, rugby and rubber-ball baseball and the Japan Sport Association have launched a project to promote sports participation among children. The project, unveiled Wednesday, plans to hold events where children

Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and NEC Corp. have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a strategic alliance in the defense sector. The two companies said Wednesday that they would consider collaborating on the development of equipment

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, is expected to call for the recent strong momentum of wage hikes to take root further across the economy during next year’s “shunto” spring labor-management negotiations, it was learned Wednesday. This policy

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Imperial Household Agency is considering holding a funeral rite for Emperor Emeritus Akihito on a considerably smaller scale than that of his father, Emperor Hirohito, posthumously called Emperor Showa, based on a request from the Emperor Emeritus

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump invited a group of Republican lawmakers to the White House this evening, including several candidates involved in districts considered on the fence ahead of the November elections. Politico reports this, citing four sources familiar with the plans. The

(Adnkronos) – In Germany, two suspects have been identified in connection with what happened in early August at Leipzig airport. “According to reports from Süddeutsche Zeitung, Ndr and Wdr – reads the Süddeutsche Zeitung website, as reported by the British Guardian –

(Adnkronos) – Thousands of people gathered in Niamey to show their “support” for General Abdourahamane Tiani, who has been in power in Niger since the July 2023 coup, following last weekend’s events. Journalists on site reported this, as stated by the Afp

(Adnkronos) – Finnish authorities are investigating a “possible territorial violation” after an aerial drone was found on the coast in the south of the country. The drone was discovered yesterday on the shore of an island in the Porvoo archipelago, in the

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who also heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is considering reshuffling her cabinet and the LDP’s executive lineup as early as Sept. 16-18, it has been learned. The schedule is based on the

Osaka, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Osaka District Court on Wednesday ordered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to pay about 90 million yen in total damages to some plaintiffs in a lawsuit over evacuations following the March 2011 accident at TEPCO’s tsunami-stricken Fukushima

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–An advisory panel of Japan’s agriculture ministry on Wednesday approved a plan for the government to buy back 210,000 tons of rice to replenish is stockpiles of the cereal grain. The ministry presented the plan at the day’s

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors Corp. unveiled the new Pajero, an SUV model, at an event in Tokyo on Wednesday, with sales in the country scheduled to start Dec. 17. The release will mark the Pajero’s return after its production

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Foreign Ministry is developing a smartphone app that uses GPS data to identify the locations of Japanese nationals either living or traveling overseas, it was learned Wednesday. The app, which will access users’ location information with their

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force, and the U.S. and Australian militaries held an opening ceremony Wednesday for their joint command post exercise to be staged at multiple locations in Japan. The exercise, Yama Sakura, will involve about 5,200 GSDF

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond yield, regarded as the country’s key long-term interest rate, briefly rose to a new 30-year high of 3.015 pct in Tokyo trading on Wednesday amid concern over rising inflation in the United States.

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese manga artist Masami Kurumada said Wednesday that a former executive of three companies Kurumada heads, along with other individuals, allegedly embezzled about 4.6 billion yen. The former executive also served as Kurumada’s manager. Kurumada is best known

(Adnkronos) – A cargo ship sank after a night collision with another vessel in the Sea of Marmara, southwest of Istanbul, 18 nautical miles from Silivri. This was announced by the Turkish Directorate General of Maritime Affairs. “Since the Tugberk İmamoglu ship

(Adnkronos) – Three weeks after the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck western Colombia on August 10, the initial phase of the emergency has concluded, but thousands of people continue to have difficulty accessing medical care, psychological support, food, and materials needed to

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese police need to introduce remote analysis of communications between members of “tokuryu” loosely organized anonymous criminal groups to prevent damage caused by them, an expert panel said Wednesday. “It is difficult to clarify encrypted communication content with

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–A Tokyo woman with fibromyalgia is sharing on social media her experience of remaining undiagnosed for over a decade despite her persisting symptoms, highlighting challenges faced by the estimated two million patients in Japan. She is calling for

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond yield, regarded as the country’s key long-term interest rate, briefly rose to a new 30-year high of 3.015 pct in Tokyo trading on Wednesday amid concern over rising inflation in the United States.

New York, Sept. 1 (Jiji Press)–U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spent over two hours talking about his frustration with economic policies under the administration of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, during a dinner in May with his Japanese counterpart in Tokyo, The

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Children and Families Agency plans to subsidize community efforts to prevent child suicides in fiscal 2027, which starts in April next year. The agency will provide subsidies when local governments partner with child-related organizations to establish councils

New York, Sept. 1 (Jiji Press)–There will be no means of providing relief once nuclear weapons are used, a senior member of Nihon Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, said at a conference at the U.N. headquarters

Sapporo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–The Bank of Japan has entered a new phase this year in which the central bank will raise interest rates in a nimble manner, policymaker Hajime Takata said Wednesday. “While rate hikes were conducted at a moderate pace