Tokyo, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, is set to be convened for a special session Feb. 18, when Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to be re-elected leader of the country and launch her second cabinet. The government presented the

Tokyo, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s transport ministry has completed notifications suspending a total of 3,333 delivery minivehicles at 1,862 post offices operated by Japan Post Co. over improper driver roll calls, including alcohol and health checks, transport minister Yasushi Kaneko said Tuesday.

Tokyo, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government’s total debt as of the end of December 2025 rose by 8,580.6 billion yen from three months before to a record 1,342,172 billion yen, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday. Of the total balance, general government

(Adnkronos) – Italy wants to continuously boost its presence in Latin America and be a ‘reference point’ for the region – a goal that former under-secretary Giorgio Silli can help achieve as the International Italo-Latin American Organisation’s new secretary-general, according to foreign

Tokyo, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)–More than 60 pct of Japan’s prefectural and municipal governments listened to opinions of children and young people in fiscal 2024 in an effort to reflect them in policies, a Children and Families Agency survey has shown. All

Tokyo, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japanese industry minister Ryosei Akazawa said Tuesday that he will visit the United States for four days from Wednesday to discuss Japanese investments in and loans to the United States as part of the two countries’ tariff deal.

(Adnkronos) – Rumeysa Ozturk, the Turkish student at Tufts University, will not be expelled from the United States. She won her legal battle after being detained by immigration officers near her home in Massachusetts. Her lawyers announced this, explaining that the immigration

Tokyo, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)–Gold and silver medals for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics are about 10 pct lighter than those at Tokyo 2020, yet their metal value has climbed nearly fourfold as geopolitical tensions have driven precious metal prices higher. The silver

(Adnkronos) – The new death toll from the heavy snowfall that has hit Japan since January 20 is at least 46. The update was provided by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, as reported by local media. According to the Asahi Shimbun

Uwajima, Ehime Pref., Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)–Bereaved relatives, students, teachers and others gathered Tuesday to mark 25 years since an incident in which a Japanese fisheries high school training vessel was struck by a U.S. nuclear submarine off Hawaii in 2001, leaving

Uwajima, Ehime Pref., Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)–Bereaved relatives, students, teachers and others gathered Tuesday to mark 25 years since an incident in which a Japanese fisheries high school training vessel was struck by a U.S. nuclear submarine off Hawaii in 2001, leaving

Tokyo, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)–Production of fish paste products such as “chikuwa,” fried “kamaboko” and “hanpen” fish cakes has begun to rebound in Japan after decades of declines amid lower demand. Production of fish paste products in the country dropped by more

Tokyo, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, will hold a special session from Feb. 18 through July 17, Hiroshi Kajiyama, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Diet affairs chief, said Tuesday. Kajiyama unveiled the plan at a meeting with his counterparts from

Tokyo, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rewrote its all-time closing high for the second straight day on Tuesday, as buying momentum continued after Sunday’s general election. The index of 225 selected issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s

Tokyo, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Justice Ministry has decided that there is no need to further toughen punishment for the crime of insults or to newly impose penalties for libel conducted via direct messages on social media. On Monday, the ministry held

Tokyo, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)–Prudential Life Insurance Co. said Tuesday that it has set up a third-party committee to investigate widespread fraud by its employees targeting customers. “We’ll fully cooperate with the independent investigation,” Hiromitsu Tokumaru, who became the company’s president on

Tokyo, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)–An oral medicine used to treat chronic kidney disease and heart failure is also effective in treating premature ovarian insufficiency, a team of Japanese and other researchers has discovered. The discovery by the team including researchers from Juntendo

Tokyo, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Justice Minister Hiroshi Haraguchi said Tuesday that his ministry will set up a panel of experts to consider introducing punishments on paying for sex. The panel plans to hold its first meeting by the end of March.

Tokyo, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)–The number of social media posts referring to national security and constitution revisions rocketed toward the end of the official campaign period for Sunday’s election for the House of Representatives, Jiji Press analysis has shown. Online discussions on

Milan, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase won the gold medal in the women’s big air event at the Milan-Cortina Olympics on Monday, becoming the first Japanese to earn women’s snowboarding gold. Murase’s feat came after Kira Kimura, also from Japan,

Tokyo, Feb. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly jumped more than 1,500 points to hit a new all-time intraday high on Tuesday morning, boosted by broad-based buying following a rise in U.S. stocks Monday. At 10:29 a.m., the Nikkei

Washington, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–Following the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s landslide victory in Sunday’s House of Representatives election, the United States plans to enhance cooperation with the Asian ally in security and economic matters. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese opposition Centrist Reform Alliance is expected to elect its new leader Friday, following its crushing defeat in Sunday’s House of Representatives election. Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito, the co-leaders of the party, formed by the Constitutional

(Adnkronos) – Around 90 civilians have been killed and another 142 injured in drone attacks conducted over two weeks in Sudan’s Kordofan region. This was stated by Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. “In a period of just over two

(Adnkronos) – As expected and anticipated by lawyer David Markus, Ghislaine Maxwell invoked her right not to answer substantive questions, based on the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution. American media report this. The now 64-year-old woman, who is serving a

(Adnkronos) – Somalia signs a defense pact with Saudi Arabia. On X, the Somali Ministry of Defense announced the signing of “a military cooperation agreement” by Somali Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi and his Saudi counterpart, Khalid Bin Salman. The agreement, it reads,

(Adnkronos) – The victims – or survivors, as they prefer to call themselves – of the late financier convicted of sex crimes Jeffrey Epstein have launched an appeal for the full publication of documents related to him, in an advertisement video released

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday that she aims to outline a proposed consumption tax cut to zero for food by summer. At a press conference following her ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s landslide victory in Sunday’s election

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–Despite the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s overwhelming victory in Sunday’s House of Representatives election, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration is expected to face challenges in managing economic and fiscal policies. As the election was held ahead of

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–A group of lawyers filed a lawsuit Monday to nullify the results of Sunday’s House of Representatives election for all of the 289 single-seat constituencies, claiming that the election was unconstitutional in terms of vote-value disparities. The group,