Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan, Britain and Italy are in the final stages of talks on extending a contract for their program to jointly develop a next-generation fighter jet until the end of 2027, Japanese government officials said Friday. The contract related

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested a 26-year-old man believed to have played the role of robbery planner in a “tokuryu” loosely organized anonymous criminal group, it was learned Friday. Hayato Ishikura is suspected of conspiring with other members to

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japanese labor unions won wage increases of 5.01 pct in this year’s “shunto” negotiations, the final results of a survey by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, showed Friday. The weighted average of pay scale and regular

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund said Friday that it gained an investment profit of 41,399.5 billion yen in fiscal 2025, which ended in March, marking the sixth consecutive year of surplus. The fiscal 2025 investment returns were the

Bangkok, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Thai police said Friday that they have begun operating the SHIELD international information-sharing network aimed at cracking down on special fraud groups, many of which have been based in Southeast Asia in recent years. The network consists of

Brussels, July 3 (Jiji Press)–“Awa Odori” Japanese folk dance was performed at a pre-show event for the Ommegang annual traditional festival in Brussels on Wednesday. Japan is participating in this year’s festival as the guest country of honor to commemorate the 160th

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced two men to 30 years in prison for killing a Tokyo couple who ran restaurants in the Ueno district in the Japanese capital and damaging their bodies in 2024. Prosecutors had sought

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi plan to visit the Turkish capital of Ankara from Monday through Thursday to attend NATO summit-related events. The Japanese government reported the plan to a board meeting of

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–The total number of individual shareholders of companies listed on Japan’s four stock exchanges in fiscal 2025 rose 10.0 pct from the previous year to a record 91.98 million, the Tokyo Stock Exchange has said. In the year

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japanese labor unions won wage increases of 5.01 pct in this year’s “shunto” negotiations this spring, the final results of a survey by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, showed Friday. The weighted average of pay scale

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced two men to 30 years in prison for killing a Tokyo couple who ran restaurants in the Ueno district in the Japanese capital and damaging their bodies in 2024. Prosecutors had sought

(Adnkronos) – A man with a Tibetan flag and signs against the Chinese government set himself on fire in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York.   The man was captured by UN surveillance cameras displaying a Tibetan flag and

(Adnkronos) – At least 30 people have died and 91 have been injured in yesterday’s Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv. This was reported by Tymur Tkachenko, head of the military administration of the Ukrainian capital. The Ukrainian State Emergency Service

(Adnkronos) – A bus accident has caused at least 40 deaths in Pakistan, when the vehicle plunged into a ravine after going off the road in a mountainous region in the west of the country. “A bus connecting Quetta to Peshawar plunged

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s health ministry has ordered Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. to report on 20 deaths among users of Tavneos, a vasculitis drug marketed by the company in Japan, health minister Kenichiro Ueno said Friday. The order was issued on June

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Outbound travelers from Japan this summer are projected to decrease 8.8 pct from a year earlier to 2.17 million, according to recent a survey by major travel agency JTB Corp. The survey results released Thursday showed that a

New Delhi, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has remembered seven Japanese nationals killed in a terrorist attack in Dhaka in 2016 that left 20 hostages dead. “The terrorists were able to take their lives, but they could not

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Finance Ministry will always respond appropriately to excessive depreciation of the yen when necessary, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Friday. The remark came despite the yen’s strengthening the previous day, as the Japanese currency remained generally weak

Atami, Shizuoka Pref., July 3 (Jiji Press)–A memorial ceremony was held Friday to honor the 28 victims of a major mudslide that struck Atami in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka five years ago. Bereaved families, Shizuoka Governor Yasutomo Suzuki and Atami

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese Justice Ministry project team Friday proposed offering opportunities to learn the Japanese language to foreigners before their arrival, utilizing information and communications technology. The team included the proposal in a report on a government program to

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund said Friday that it posted an investment profit of 41,399.5 billion yen for fiscal 2025, marking the sixth consecutive year of surplus. Higher stock prices at home and abroad boosted investment returns for

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Saudi Arabian counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, have agreed on the importance of the international community speaking with one voice to restore safe and free navigation through the Strait of

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Kyoto University is expected to become the third recipient of state aid designed to support universities with potential to produce world-class research results, a government panel report released by the education ministry showed Friday. The education minister is

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–Japan announced a draft cabinet order Friday to raise the fees for permission to change temporary residence status and extend the period of stay to up to 75,000 yen from the current 6,000 yen. The new fees will

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–The yield on the most recent issue of 10-year Japanese government bonds briefly hit a 29-year high of 2.81 pct in Tokyo interdealer bond trading Friday morning. The key Japanese long-term interest rate rose to the highest level

Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)–The leader of Japan’s opposition Democratic Party for the People has expressed reluctance to join the ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party, citing the ruling camp’s heavy-handed management of the Diet, the country’s parliament. Given that

(Adnkronos) – Eight Buddhist monks have been killed and ten injured in northeastern Thailand after a pick-up truck, driven by an 11-year-old child, ran them over while they were in procession. The group, consisting of 35 monks and five lay devotees, was

(Adnkronos) – A man has been pulled alive from the rubble in Venezuela, after the devastating earthquake on June 24. He remained trapped for eight days and rescuers, the BBC reports, worked for more than a hundred hours to save him after

(Adnkronos) – There are also more than 800,000 books among the ‘victims’ of the massive Russian attack against Kyiv denounced by Ukrainian authorities, which left at least 21 dead. Last night’s Russian attack on Kyiv destroyed Denka Logistics’ central warehouse and also

(Adnkronos) – The United States is preparing for what could be its hottest July 4th weekend ever, with a widespread heatwave already affecting over half the country. While meteorological agencies and local authorities recommend staying indoors and taking all necessary precautions, President