Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Tuesday called for swift passage of a fiscal 2024 budget to help Japan overcome recent inflation …
Japan dark-horse premier candidate calls for ending BOJ’s negative rate policy
The Bank of Japan must immediately end its negative interest rate policy as it has allowed companies to delay efforts to boost productivity by keeping borrowing costs ultra-low, said ruling party heavyweight Shigeru Ishiba.
Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ resurrected nearly 9 days after losing power, thanks to solar charge
The ultimate action-packed science and technology magazine bursting with exciting information about the universe The lunar lander’s solar panels are now generating power, Japan’s space agency says. Japan has re-established connection with its Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon (SLIM) spacecraft,
Kishida says he’s determined to break Japan’s ruling party from its practice of money politics
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stressed Tuesday he was determined to make a clear break from money politics as he renewed an apology for the latest major corruption scandal in the governing party,
A group of Japanese citizens launches a lawsuit against the police to stop alleged racial profiling
A group of Japanese citizens, including a man of Pakistani descent, launched a civil lawsuit against the country’s police on Monday, accusing the authorities of racial profiling and discrimination and …
Japan to Offer $300 Million for Optical Chip Tech Development
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s industry ministry said on Tuesday it will offer around 45.2 billion yen ($307 million) in subsidies in an initiative to develop optical technology for use in chips to help …
Japan: Foreign-born residents sue government for alleged racial profiling
Three foreign-born residents in Japan have sued the country’s authorities over alleged racial profiling. The plaintiffs say they have suffered distress from repeated police questioning based on their …
Japan’s upside-down SLIM moon lander wakes up on lunar surface and snaps new photos
Mission operators with SLIM, or the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon mission, successfully made the first moon landing for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ( JAXA) on Jan. 19. SLIM’s solar …
Foreign-born citizens in Japan file suit against police over racial profiling: ‘they think I’m a criminal’
The suit comes amid a renewed debate over what it means to be and look Japanese, after a Ukrainian-born, naturalised Japanese citizen was crowned Miss Japan, last week.
Exclusive: Sony scrapped $10 bln India merger as Zee failed to meet financial terms – notice
India’s Zee denied the allegations in a letter to Sony (6758.T), opens new tab, also reviewed by Reuters, and accused the Japanese company of “bad faith” in calling off the merger. A Zee-Sony merger …