Japan PM Ishiba eyes boosting Japan-U.S. cooperation on AI
With an eye to countering China’s accelerating AI development, Japan and the United States aim to deepen cooperation in promoting private investment and sharing knowledge.
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6 arrested for involvement in tourist-targeted prostitution business in Japan
Sixty to seventy percent of the two brothels’ customers were foreigners, and they did business in currencies from 16 countries and regions, including U.S. dollars, Chinese yuan,…
TEPCO to dismantle treated water tanks at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant
A total of 21 tanks will be dismantled, and TEPCO aims to complete the dismantling by the end of March 2026.
‘Carpet-bomb’ DDoS attacks targeted key domestic infrastructure in Japan
A carpet-bomb type of strike is a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in which large amounts of data are sent to paralyse systems.
Japan delays abolishment of company size threshold for mandatory enrollment in employee pension program
LDP members are concerned about the financial burden the additional premiums would place on small and midsize businesses prompted the abolishment to be deferred and the entire…
Japan to make it easier for firms to hold online-only shareholder meetings
Such shareholder meetings were first allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the circumstances, and the government will now revise the Companies Law to encourage the holding…
Japanese companies with production bases in Mexico, Canada concerned about U.S. tariffs’ impact
Mexico hosts production bases of Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co. and Mazda Motor Corp., with vehicles produced there exported to the US. Toyota and Honda…
Japanese government criticised for slow response to soaring rice prices
The current surge in rice prices is believed to be due in part to excessive stockpiling by some wholesalers and others.
Fulfill responsibility to curb spread of false information on social media: The Japan News
Meta is believed to have decided to scrap its fact-checking program because Trump has criticized it as an act of censorship. This policy shift has raised concerns across the…
Japan, U.S. defence chiefs agree to reinforce alliance; protection of Senkaku Islands reaffirmed
Article 5 of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty stipulates that the United States is obliged to defend Japan.