Category: NEWS

Japan's birth rate declined for the seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low, the health ministry said on Friday, underscoring the sense of crisis gripping the country as the population shrinks and ages rapidly. ( read original story ...)

Jisoo of girl group Blackpink will not be taking part in her band's performance scheduled to take place in Osaka this weekend after testing positive for Covid-19 earlier this week, according to her ... ( read original story ...)

Machines in coastal city of Ako, are located in an area that experts say is vulnerable to a future powerful earthquake ( read original story ...)

Japan's privacy watchdog said on Friday it has warned OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed startup behind the ChatGPT chatbot, not to collect sensitive data without people's permission. OpenAI should minimise the sensitive data it collects for machine learning, ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy likely grew more than initially estimated in the first three months of this year, thanks to solid investments by manufacturers, a Reuters poll showed. Revised real gross domestic product (GDP) data is expected to show the world's third-largest economy expanded at an annualised rate of 1. ( read original story ...)

By Tim Kelly, Nobuhiro Kubo, Yukiko Toyoda and Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States is seeking to secure supplies of TNT in Japan for 155mm artillery shells, as Washington rushes weapons ... ( read original story ...)

A weakened Tropical Storm Mawar is bringing heavy rains to Japan's main southern islands after passing the Okinawan archipelago early Friday ... ( read original story ...)

The United States is seeking to secure supplies of TNT in Japan for 155mm artillery shells, as Washington rushes weapons and ammunition to Ukraine for a counteroffensive against Russian forces, two ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki and South Korean Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho will meet on June 29 in Tokyo for the next bilateral meeting, almost two months after the first talk between ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's National Police Agency said in a report Thursday that flaws in basic security such as an absence of metal detectors and bag checks allowed an attacker to enter a campaign crowd ... ( read original story ...)

According to Arab News Japan, Princess Hisako said that the wedding is a "joyous occasion" and wished the young couple a future of happiness. "The future of Jordan rests on their shoulders," she said. ( read original story ...)

A Japanese court has ruled that the country's prohibition on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, denying legal protections to LGBTQ people. ( read original story ...)

Police in Sapporo, Hokkaido, have arrested a 30-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of property destruction after he smashed the glass door of a convenience store by kicking it. According to police, ... ( read original story ...)

The insult competition started in L.A. 10 years ago features verbal smackdowns between comics from all over the world who use burns as their love language. ( read original story ...)

Tennis champion Naomi Osaka has announced a digital apparel collection with Meta Avatars. The collection will include five outfits designed by Osaka. ( read original story ...)

The owners of the new restaurant have applied for a liquor license in the Theater Square property formerly occupied by Cafe Kilimanjaro and Sapporo Japanese Grill & Sushi. ( read original story ...)