JAPAN TODAY
 
A Japanese court rejected a complaint demanding the shutdown of Shikoku Electric Power's Ikata No. 3 reactor, in the first formal ruling on the legal battle for the nuclear plant in western Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported on Thursday.
The Oita District Court's ruling against ...

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FRANCE 24
 
Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto was awarded the Pritzker prize for architecture on Tuesday, the organizers said in a statement, praising his "reassuring style."
Highlights of Yamamoto's work include Nagoya Zokei University in Japan completed in 2022, THE CIRCLE at Zurich Airport in ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
China's military expansion, including a planned 7.2 percent increase in military spending in 2024 from a year earlier, is of "serious concern" to Japan and the international community, the top Japanese government spokesman said Tuesday.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said...

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KYODO NEWS
 
A political organization associated with the secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party transferred a large amount of funds to another group subject to less stringent rules on the disclosure of usage, their balance sheets showed Wednesday.
The organization of House ...

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NHK
 
The Tokyo government has made an agreement with a major Japanese newspaper to allow its foreign delivery staff to take part in efforts to watch over children in the city's neighborhoods.
Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko and President Muraoka Akitoshi of the Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo headquarters att...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan should pursue women's involvement in conflict prevention and peacebuilding efforts as a key foreign policy to further contribute to global peace, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said in a recent interview while acknowledging the "many challenges" her own nation faces in gender e...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A Japanese coast guard helicopter rescued 24 fishermen as they desperately clung to the deck of a tilting , half-submerged ship being pounded by high waves Monday morning off an island chain southwest of Tokyo. One crew member thrown from the rocking ship into the rough seas before ...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Former U.S. President Donald Trump tried to strengthen Japan-U.S. ties while he was in office, a close ally told media organizations including Jiji Press on Thursday.
Trump has “always wanted it to get stronger,” said U.S. Sen. William Hagerty, who served as U.S. ambassador to Japan ...

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AP  NEWS
 
Outraged Japanese opposition lawmakers submitted a no-confidence motion on Friday, accusing the governing party of trying to push through a budget bill without adequate debate because of disruptions caused by a scandal over its fund-raising practices.
Opposition politicians slammed Pri...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Japan will expand employment opportunities for foreign students who graduated from vocational schools, aiming to keep talented foreigners in the country, the Immigration Services Agency said Thursday.
The government will give foreigners who graduated from certified vocational schools...

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