Japan OKs measures to digitally streamline justice procedures
[Japan Today] - 02/28/2025
Japan's cabinet on Friday approved a draft bill to revise laws related to the handling of criminal investigations and trials to digitally streamline procedures such as obtaining arrest…
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Japan auctions emergency rice reserves as prices soar
The Japanese government began a rare auction on Monday of its emergency rice stockpiles in a bid to help drive down (…)
[Japan Today] - 10/03/2025
Israel's halt to food and aid deliveries worsens Gaza conditions
Israel's suspension of goods entering Gaza is taking a toll on the Palestinian enclave, with some bakeries closing (…)
[Japan Today] - 10/03/2025
South Africa's giant playwright Athol Fugard, whose searing works challenged apartheid, dies at 92
Athol Fugard, South Africa's foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as (…)
[Japan Today] - 10/03/2025
Trump says U.S. in talks with four groups over TikTok sale
President Donald Trump said Sunday the United States was in talks with four groups interested in acquiring TikTok, (…)
[Japan Today] - 10/03/2025
Japanese career-track bureaucrat applicants hit record low for FY2025
The number of applicants for this spring's Japanese career-track national civil service examinations for fiscal 2025 (…)
[Japan Today] - 10/03/2025
Nissan tests driverless vehicles in city streets filled with cars and people
The van makes its way slowly but surely through the city streets, braking gently when a car swerves into its lane. (…)
[Japan Today] - 10/03/2025
North Korea fires ballistic missiles as South begins drills with U.S.
North Korea fired "multiple unidentified ballistic missiles" on Monday, South Korea's military said, the (…)
[Japan Today] - 10/03/2025
Classy and cute Totoro china teacups will have you feeling as cozy as the Ghibli anime
There are a lot of cozy anime out there, but very few are as cozy as "My Neighbor Totoro." With really (…)
[Japan Today] - 10/03/2025
Japan's real wages fall 1.8% in January, first drop in 3 months
Japan's real wages fell 1.8 percent in January from a year earlier, the first drop in three months, due to higher (…)
[Japan Today] - 10/03/2025
Swiatek, Medvedev advance to Indian Wells fourth round
Defending champion Iga Swiatek edged closer to an unprecedented third straight Indian Wells WTA title Sunday, (…)
[Japan Today] - 10/03/2025
Actor Emily Osment files for divorce after less than 5 months of marriage
Actor Emily Osment has filed for divorce from her husband of less than five months, musician Jack Anthony Farina. (…)
[Japan Today] - 10/03/2025
