4+ day, 41+ min ago   (484+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government said Thursday that it has demanded a correction to an Equal Earth world map on a website, claiming that the map uses the same color for Russian territory and the four islands disputed…...

4+ day, 59+ min ago   (171+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--The number of children who died from abuse in Japan in fiscal 2024 rose by 12 from the previous year to 77, an expert panel of the Children and Families Agency said Thursday. Excluding family suicide cases, the figure…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (179+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)--Heavy rain struck areas stretching from the Tohoku northeastern region to the Chugoku and Shikoku western regions of Japan on Wednesday morning due to the impact of a weather front and a tropical cyclone near Shikoku....

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (134+ words) nippon.com - Ex-PM Ishiba Stresses Need to Deepen Japan-S. Korea Ties Seoul, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stressed the importance of strengthening Japan-South Korea relations in a meeting with South Korean National Assembly Speaker Cho Jeong-sik…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (87+ words) nippon.com - Japan to Provide 3 M. Dollars in Aid to Flood-Hit Nepal Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government will provide 3 million dollars in emergency grant aid to Nepal, which suffered severe damage from the recent devastating floods, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (161+ words) Hakui, Ishikawa Pref., Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Agriculture minister Norikazu Suzuki has visited Ishikawa, Fukui and Toyama prefectures in the Hokuriku region, central Japan, to assess damage from heavy rain in late August. On Monday, Suzuki visited farmland near the Ouchigata…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (211+ words) Beijing, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)--The Chinese Commerce Ministry said Monday that it would require importers of a semiconductor material produced in Japan, including by Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., to pay deposits of up to 99.2 pct as part of antidumping measures. The…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (156+ words) nippon.com Tokyo, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan, the United States and South Korea kicked off their Freedom Edge 2026 joint military exercise on Monday with an opening ceremony at the U.S. Air Force's Yokota Air Base in Tokyo. This year's exercise, the…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (168+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Meteorological Agency issued Level 5 emergency landslide warnings for the village of Niijima, the town of Oshima and the village of Toshima in the Izu Island chain south of Tokyo on Monday after heavy rain triggered…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (144+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japanese major banks and other private-sector financial institutions are struggling to meet the government's calls for cooperation in providing investments and loans to the defense industry. The government-held Development Bank of Japan has changed its operational…...