Tag: Japan
AI have a dream? A fringe party in Japan wants a chatbot penguin to be its leader
After years of threatening to upend industries around the world, artificial intelligence could soon enter the corridors of…
Japan inflation slows in August, rice price surges ease
Inflation in Japan slowed to 2.7 percent in August due partly to government energy subsidies, official data showed…
Games-Japan considering North Korea’s participation in 2026 Asian Games
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will consider whether to allow North Korean athletes to participate in next year's Asian Games…
Japan and South Korea show enduring rift over sexual slavery issue in letters to UN
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan’s government on Monday defended its stance on wartime sexual slavery and described…
Relatives of Dutch POWs visit former Nagasaki prison site to honor their memory
KOYAGI, Japan (AP) — Dozens of relatives of former Dutch prisoners of war who suffered abuse and starvation…
2 passengers injured after mid-air report of fire prompts emergency evacuation of United Airlines 737 in Japan
A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 flying from Tokyo to Cebu in the Philippines made an emergency landing Friday…
A United Airlines passenger plane makes emergency landing in Osaka as cargo fire is suspected
NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) — A United Airlines passenger plane carrying 142 people and bound for the Philippine island…
Japan’s Farm Minister Koizumi intends to run in LDP presidential race, Sankei reports
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Farm Minister Shinjiro Koizumi intends to run in the next Liberal Democratic Party presidential election,…
Japan fiscal dove Takaichi intends to run in LDP leadership race, Kyodo says
TOKYO (Reuters) -Sanae Takaichi, a veteran of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and a fiscal dove, has decided…
Why Ishiba Resigned—and What’s Next for Japan
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2025. Credit - Toru…
Japan’s Motegi says he will run in LDP leadership race
TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Monday he would run in the race…
‘Geek’ Shigeru Ishiba quits dream job as Japan PM
Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty-gritty of policy and geeky pursuit of making military models, but his dream job…