Tokyo, June 3 (IANS) The number of babies born in Japan to Japanese citizens in 2025 dropped to a record low of 671,236, while the country’s total fertility rate also reduced to a new low, government data revealed on Wednesday, local media reported. Births in Japan reduced by 2.2 per cent or 14,937 from the previous year, and the fertility rate dropped by 0.01 percentage point to 1.14, both witnessing a decline for the 10th consecutive year. However, the rate slowed in comparison to recent trend…
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Beijing, May 23 (IANS) The Japanese trade minister Ryosei Akazawa said on Saturday that he and his Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao had a brief exchange on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Suzhou, eastern China, local media reported.This exchange marks the first ministerial contact between the two nations since their latest diplomatic dispute flared up last year.The ties between China and Japan deteriorated since last November when Sanae Takaichi, the Japanese Prim…
Tokyo, May 21 (IANS) A senior Japanese official has rejected the criticism of China and Russia over their claims of Japan’s “remilitarisation” on Thursday, terming it “entirely unfounded,” local media reported. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Japan’s Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Masanao Ozaki said that Tokyo wants China and Russia to “change their behaviour” over issues like Beijing’s military activities, which he called a “cause for serious concern for the international community”,…
Tokyo, May 11 (IANS) A programme to reward people for reporting businesses that hire illegal foreign workers was launched by Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture on Monday, local media highlighted.According to the details available, the government will report the employers to the police after verifying the information as accurate, and the tipster will receive a reward of 10,000 yen (USD 64) if the information leads to an enforcement action.“The programme was introduced after the prefecture said it had…
Tokyo, April 29 (IANS) A man is on the run after allegedly hitting two high school students with a hammer and spraying an unknown substance at several police officers in Japan’s capital Tokyo on Wednesday, local media reported. The incident took place on a street in Fussa, a suburban area in western Tokyo, at around 7:20 am (local time). One student suffered injury in the face while another sustained injury in the shoulder after a man believed to be in his 40s attacked them, Japan’s leading Kyod…
Tokyo, April 17 (IANS) The Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force destroyer J S Ikazuchi sailed through Taiwan Strait on Friday, the country’s media reported. According to Japan’s leading Kyodo news agency, Tokyo had long refrained from sending MSDF vessels through the strait to avoid provoking Beijing, until September 2024 when the destroyer Sazanami became the first to do so. Two MSDF ships subsequently passed through the strait in February and June 2025.”It is the first such passage since Prime…
Seoul, March 21 (IANS) South Korea is in close talks with countries, including Iran, to ensure a swift normalisation of the Strait of Hormuz after Tehran said it is ready to allow Japan-bound vessels to pass through the sea route virtually closed in the wake of the Middle East crisis, a foreign ministry official said on Saturday.”The government is closely monitoring developments in the Middle East while exploring ways to protect our citizens and secure energy transport routes,” the official said…
Seoul, March 21 (IANS) South Korea is in close talks with countries, including Iran, to ensure a swift normalisation of the Strait of Hormuz after Tehran said it is ready to allow Japan-bound vessels to pass through the sea route virtually closed in the wake of the Middle East crisis, a foreign ministry official said on Saturday.”The government is closely monitoring developments in the Middle East while exploring ways to protect our citizens and secure energy transport routes,” the official said…
Hong Kong, Jan 31 (IANS) Six people had been arrested for robbing 51 million Yen (about 330,000 US dollars) of cash at Hong Kong’s Sheung Wan on Friday, the Hong Kong Police Force said on Saturday. The suspects, five male and one female, aged between 23 and 52, had been detained on suspicion of robbery, the police said, adding that more arrests are likely.The police said that on Friday morning, two employees of a Japanese precious metal company were carrying 190 million Yen of cash for currency …