37 Pct Support Adoption System for Imperial Family: Jiji Poll

An opinion poll by Jiji Press has found that 37.5 pct of respondents are in favor of a proposal that male members in the paternal line of former Imperial Family branches be adopted back into the ...

1st Sitting Japanese Mayor to Take Maternity Leave

A city mayor in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, said Thursday that she will take maternity leave from this summer. Shoko Kawata, the 35-year-old mayor of Yawata, is believed to be the first sitting m ...

48 Pct of Japanese Back Prosecutors' Retrial Appeal: Jiji Poll

A Jiji Press public opinion poll showed Thursday that 48.6 pct of respondents back a system in Japan allowing public prosecutors to appeal against court orders granting retrials. Meanwhile, 25.3 pct ...

Synergis Software Launches Adept Cloud, a Cloud-Native Engineering Document Management Platform Built for Asset-Intensive Industries

The award-winning Adept platform, now delivered as a fully managed SaaS solution — with AI capabilities built in ...

Half in Japan Supports Constitutional Revision: Jiji Poll

Over half of respondents in Japan believe that constitutional revision is necessary, a Jiji Press opinion poll for May has shown. In the survey, 50.3 pct said revision is needed, while 25.6 pct gave ...

Takaichi Cabinet's Approval Rate Almost Flat at 59.4 Pct: Jiji Poll

Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's cabinet inched up 0.3 percentage point from the previous month to 59.4 pct in May, a monthly survey by Jiji Press showed Thursday. According ...

4th Ruling Finds Japan Feb. Lower House Poll Constitutional

Tokyo High Court ruled Thursday that the Feb. 8 election for Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, was constitutional in terms of vote-value disparities. Presiding Judge T ...

Japanese Man Held for Alleged Drunken Driving of Fake Police Car

Tokyo police have arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of drunken driving of a vehicle modified to look like an unmarked police car. Ren Nakamura, a resident of the city of Toda, Saitama Prefecture ...

Fruit Attraction 2026 on Track as Exhibition Space Tops 90% Capacity

The 18th edition of the International Fruit and Vegetable Trade Fair will be held from 6 to 8 October at the IFEMA Trade Fair ...

Nikkei Rebounds above 61,000 after 5-Day Fall

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average surged past 61,000 to snap a five-session losing streak on Thursday amid receding concerns over the U.S.-Iran conflict. The index of 225 selected issues on t ...

Japan Rejects Remilitarization Claims by China, Russia

The Japanese government on Thursday rejected claims by China and Russia that Japan is accelerating its remilitarization. The claims, included in a joint statement issued by the two countries' leaders ...

ANBC to present Latin American experiences with AI in credit analysis at the ACCIS conference in Austria

Comunicato stampa - contenuto promozionale Responsabilità editoriale PrNewswire ANBC to present Latin American experiences with AI in credit analysis at the ACCIS conference in A ...