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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi avoids explicit pledge on non-nuclear principles at Hiroshima atomic bomb memorial.
Experts call the concept ‘unrealistic’, citing technological impossibility and high costs, as misinformation swirls online.
Applicants have to maintain annual household income above the average for Japanese households under the new rules.
Executives of Habita, which operates the variety store, say they have apologised to the family of one of the victims at her wake.
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Japan’s housekeeping services market has been expanding as the number of dual-income households increases.
Officials said there should be no more people unaccounted for after rescuers searched the shopping centre in Kashima.
The group says growing asset value has led to an increase in fakes, fraudulent sales and the use of card transactions for money laundering.
To fight post-partum isolation and depression, these venues are offering shared meals, conversation and interactions with other mothers and babies.
With the addition, Japan now has 22 cultural and five natural World Heritage sites.
The three nations launched the programme in 2022 to deploy the fighter jet from 2035, amid an increasingly tense global security environment.
A senior aide to Ukraine’s president said Kyiv was looking to Tokyo for ‘defence cooperation’ to operate the American air defence system.
Fears over foreign software curbs have pushed Tokyo to pitch its own tech to Asian partners and others.
Some owners and employees have been caught setting aside merchandise before its release or buying up large quantities for resale.
A revised imperial law keeps the long-standing male-only succession system, defying public support for female emperors.
The airline had removed Ryota Mise from all flight duties since the case was reported in March.
Police stations in Tokyo’s Arakawa ward receive about 100 reports each year of missing children and elderly people with dementia.
The Ichikawa mayor’s decision to restrict the gathering sparks debate on multicultural coexistence in Japan amid discrimination concerns.
The US president said the missiles were shot at the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln over a period of one hour and they were intercepted.
The woman and the victim were flatmates, and the victim had been ‘too scared to run away’ before the incident.
Police are investigating whether a man who was fatally hit by a train nearby was involved in the case.
Hyogo prefecture has set a population target of around 800 bears, a level at which it considers they are not at risk of extinction.
Under the initiative for the world’s largest inland water body, Japan hopes to promote cooperation among littoral states on water resource management.
The government says the probability of a Nankai Trough megaquake occurring within the next 30 years stands at 60 to 90 per cent or higher.
A 2025 survey found that nearly two-thirds of business owners’ children did not plan to take over, often because they wanted different jobs.
Kim Jong-un also said that Pyongyang will exercise its position as a nuclear state to cope with an unpredictable global security situation.
Most of the injured suffered from smoke inhalation. One teacher broke her hip and two children had arm fractures.
The US president also said Tokyo was not willing to get involved during the Iran war.
The nations seek closer ties, particularly on supply chains amid concerns about over-reliance on China for critical minerals.
The incident involving two cabin attendants delayed a domestic flight for about 40 minutes in May.
