Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s key Nikkei 225 stock average ended nearly unchanged Wednesday after briefly rising above 66,000 for the first time. The index of 225 major issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier Prime section closed up 3.32 points

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s parliament on Wednesday enacted a bill to establish a national intelligence council aimed at strengthening the government’s intelligence capabilities. In a plenary meeting, the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament, approved the bill by a

Utsunomiya, Tochigi Pref., May 27 (Jiji Press)–Police have obtained an arrest warrant for a man in his 40s over his possible role in directing the recent robbery-murder case in the eastern Japan prefecture of Tochigi, investigative sources said Wednesday. The suspect, who

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government announced plans on Tuesday to replace top executives at three affiliated lenders–the Development Bank of Japan, Japan Finance Corp. and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. The DBJ will promote Managing Executive Officer Hirofumi Maki,

Izumi, Kagoshima Pref., May 27 (Jiji Press)–A World War II fighter aircraft of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Navy was recovered last month, 81 years after sinking into the ocean off Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. A Kagoshima nonprofit organization in charge of

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–International cooperation is indispensable for defense against cyberattacks employing powerful artificial intelligence models such as U.S. startup Anthropic’s Claude Mythos, NEC Corp. President and CEO Takayuki Morita said in a recent interview. “In this network society, no single

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–Ocean cargo shipping prices in Japan rose to another record in April as the war in Iran drove up fuel costs, the Bank of Japan said Wednesday. Crude tanker rates soared as the de facto closure of the

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s parliament Wednesday enacted legislation featuring a measure to allow local governments to issue debt securities in digital format. At a plenary meeting, the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, passed the legislation to revise

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–A welcoming ceremony for Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife was held at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday morning, attended by Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko. The

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–The recent oil price shock was “broad and persistent,” Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Wednesday. The shock was “broad and persistent enough to help move Japan away from the old deflationary norm, though not into an

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average staged a rebound to briefly top 66,000 for the first time on Wednesday morning, buoyed by overnight gains in U.S. technology stocks. At 9:06 a.m., the index of 225 selected issues listed

Naha, Okinawa Pref., May 27 (Jiji Press)–Two Chinese coast guard ships that had entered Japanese waters off the Senkaku Islands in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Monday left the area on the following day. According to the Japan Coast Guard’s

(Adnkronos) – Italy earmarks approximately 10 billion euros annually to for overseas development cooperation and ranks eighth in the world in terms of international aid for populations suffering hunger, disease, war and poverty, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday.  “This is

Tokyo, May 26 (Jiji Press)–The Chinese navy aircraft carrier Liaoning has conducted landing and takeoff drills for fighter jets and helicopters in Pacific waters off a remote Tokyo island, the Japanese Defense Ministry’s Joint Staff said Tuesday. A destroyer from the Japanese

(Adnkronos) – Overseas development aid delivered through equitable partnerships and technology transfer burnishes Italy’s image in the world, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told a conference in Rome on Friday.  “Development aid represents Italy’s image in the world. We do not have a

Tokyo, May 26 (Jiji Press)–Naumann’s elephant in the Japanese archipelago went extinct about 10,000 years earlier than previously believed, with climate change highly likely playing a significant role, a Japanese research team has said. The findings by the team were published in

(Adnkronos) – To address the higher number of casualties at the front in Ukraine compared to new recruits, and thus to increase the number of those willing to enlist without resorting to mobilization, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a

(Adnkronos) – The Swedish government will halve the price of monthly public transport passes for six months, in order to mitigate the effects of rising energy costs caused by the war in the Middle East. The announcement by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s

(Adnkronos) – New tensions in Turkey. Protests and police intervention with water cannons in Izmir, the country’s third-largest city. At the origin of the protests is the decision by a court to remove the leaders of the CHP, the Republican People’s Party,

(Adnkronos) – Moscow’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Czech Republic’s chargé d’affaires, Jan Ondrejka, the day after the arrest, by Prague authorities, of Metropolitan Hilarion, bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, on charges of drug possession. Moscow’s Foreign Ministry expressed a “strong

(Adnkronos) – The Republican primaries for the Senate in Texas represent the next major political test for Donald Trump and his grip on the Republican Party. Outgoing Senator John Cornyn faces Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today in a tight runoff, with

(Adnkronos) – The parents of some very young children who died during extreme online challenges that ended dramatically will meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Downing Street today, to urge him to ban social media use for children under 16. “I,

(Adnkronos) – What if Donald Trump were to break the impasse that has characterized Iceland’s accession process to the European Union for over a decade? The New York Times asks this question, describing the atmosphere in Reykjavik today, where the government of

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s embassy has sent best wishes to Saudi Arabia’s Muslims for the three-day Eid al-Adha holiday or Feast of the Sacrifice, which follows the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage period and which begins late on Tuesday.   “The Embassy

Tokyo, May 26 (Jiji Press)–All four major Japanese life insurance firms enjoyed year-on-year growth in insurance premium income in fiscal 2025, which ended in March, according to their earnings reports released by Tuesday. Higher interest rates pushed up sales of single-premium whole

Tokyo, May 26 (Jiji Press)–Chris Inglis, who served as the first U.S. national cyber director in 2021-2023, emphasized on Tuesday the need for Japan to foster public-private cooperation to address vulnerabilities in the nation’s aged information technology systems. There are “many weaknesses”

New Delhi, May 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday reaffirmed the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. At a 10-minute meeting in New Delhi, Motegi and Rubio exchanged views

New Delhi, May 26 (Jiji Press)–The foreign ministers from the Quad countries–Japan, the United States, Australia and India–met in New Delhi on Tuesday, agreeing to establish a new cooperation framework for energy security and critical minerals. The initiative is aimed at addressing

By Sakurako Nakagawa Tokyo, May 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Times on Tuesday announced this year’s winners of the Destination Restaurant awards, a selection of 10 exquisite eateries in the Japanese countryside. Amid the popularity of gastronomy tourism–trips whose purpose is to sample

Tokyo, May 26 (Jiji Press)–Hiroshima High Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of the election of Japan’s House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, in February, in which vote-value disparities stood at up to 2.1 times. The court in Hiroshima Prefecture,