Foreign Ministry sets up Cyber Security Policy Division to combat cyberattacks
The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday established the Cyber Security Policy Division within its Foreign Policy…
Japan’s top court to test use of AI in civil trials
The Supreme Court plans to examine in the next fiscal year whether generative artificial intelligence…
After collapse of merger talks, centrist parties seek unity without unification
A day after a plan for the Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA) to merge with two…
Japan turns to AI in fight against investment fraud
The Consumer Affairs Agency said Tuesday it will step up its fight against investment and…
Nepal’s wall of missing offers last hope after glacial flash flood destruction
Kathmandu – In Nepal’s capital, desperate people searching for family members missing after last week’s…
Japan’s 10-year government bond hits 3% for first time in three decades
The Japanese 10-year government bond hit 3%, a 30-year high, on Tuesday as inflation and…
Japan faces day of policy reckoning as Bessent calls time on big stimulus
When the U.S. joined Japan's efforts to shore up the yen, it wasn't for nothing.…
China voices angst over Taiwan as Pacific Island leaders meet
China voiced its opposition to Taiwan joining a meeting of Pacific island nations this week,…
Toyohiro Akiyama, first Japanese citizen to go to space, dies at 84
Toyohiro Akiyama, the first Japanese to go to space, has died from lower gastrointestinal bleeding,…