Новости за 23.04.2024

The Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday unveiled its blueprint for political reform, pledging to review legislation on the handling of political funds and to toughen penalties for lawmakers involved in wrongdoing.

Tokyo and Saitama police have detained six individuals on suspicion of smuggling ¥945 million ($6.1 million) worth of stimulants for profit by concealing the drugs inside a conveyor belt roller.

North Korean animators may be involved in the production of some Japanese and U.S. animated shows, a website providing analysis of North Korea said Monday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday began its second review of operations to discharge into the sea treated water containing tritium from the damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

Economic security minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday visited war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during its three-day spring festival from Sunday.

The use of symbols for natural disaster monuments on the government's digital maps is expanding five years after their launch, as the nation aims to apply lessons learned from past calamities.

Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has said that last week's meeting with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts laid the groundwork for Tokyo to act against excessive yen moves, issuing the strongest warning to date on the chance of intervention.

North Korea conducted its first drills simulating a nuclear counterattack under its “nuclear trigger” management system in an exercise overseen by leader Kim Jong Un, state-run media said Tuesday, as Washington and Seoul were set to begin talks on cost-sharing for hosting U.S. troops in South Korea.

When Secretary of State Antony Blinken sets off on his second trip to China in less than a year, the top U.S diplomat will have his work cut out for him as he tries to deliver a message of both cooperation and competition amid growing disagreements between the rival superpowers.

Rishi Sunak’s government is preparing to get the first deportation flights to Rwanda off the ground by July after the U.K. prime minister’s flagship law to declare the African nation a "safe” destination for asylum-seekers cleared its final hurdle in Parliament.

Israel is returning its focus to eliminating what it says is the last remaining stronghold of Hamas in Gaza — reviving international concerns about the fate of about 1 million civilians sheltering in the south of the strip.

Tokyo police on Tuesday turned over to prosecutors a 41-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a staff member of Lower House by-election candidate Hirotada Ototake during a campaign speech.

Zhao Xiaowei did what would have been unthinkable just a few years ago: He quit his Beijing barista job and returned to his northeastern rust-belt hometown for a better future.

Sicily’s tourist hot spots are living an economic boom thanks to shows like HBO’s "The White Lotus," which put the island’s breathtaking vistas on display. But the ancient island’s infamous underbelly remains untouched by the influx of new wealth. In fact, organized crime has only diversified and become more entwined with the legitimate economy.

The Maritime Self-Defense Force has sent an ocean observation ship to trawl the seafloor for the remains of two MSDF helicopters that were thought to have collided over waters hundreds of kilometers south of Tokyo, while the U.S. military would also join the effort, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said Tuesday.

The Bank of Japan is widely expected to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged Friday, with investors focusing on any hints of a less dovish tilt as the yen trades around a 34-year low.

About 70% of companies in Japan will implement pay scale increases in fiscal 2024, a survey by the Finance Ministry showed Monday.

The government on Tuesday decided an additional spending of ¥138.9 billion from its reserve funds under its fiscal 2024 budget to support areas hit by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake.

The world’s financial markets are encountering a force they didn’t bet on for 2024: A strong dollar is back and looks set to stay.

The Environment Ministry will put in place on Wednesday a special alert system for heatstroke to protect people from unprecedented heat.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called Muslims "infiltrators” who would take India’s wealth if his opponents gained power — unusually direct and divisive language from a leader who normally lets others do the dirtiest work of polarizing Hindus against Muslims.

U.S. Supreme Court justices confronted the nation's homelessness crisis on Monday as they wrestled with the legality of local laws used against people who camp on public streets and parks in a case involving a southwest Oregon city's anti-vagrancy policy.

The new "V Point" reward point program was launched in Japan Monday through the merger of Culture Convenience Club's T-Point program and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's existing V Point program.

New York prosecutors said on the first day of Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial that the former president broke the law and corrupted the 2016 election by trying to cover up sexual encounters with a porn star and a Playboy model, while his defense lawyer said he committed no crime.

Candidates backed by the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan are in the lead ahead of three by-elections for the House of Representatives on Sunday.