Politics

School club travel safety: MEXT and MLIT form joint panel after Ban’etsu Expressway crash MEXT and MLIT form a joint panel to review school club travel safety after the Ban’etsu …

Professor launches disaster preparedness app to teach disaster-related Japanese and save lives Professor Hiroko Harada and Iwate University released the Disaster Preparedness Drill Book app to teach disaster-related Japanese and …

Takaichi to Consider Supplementary Budget to Restart Summer Electricity and Gas Subsidies Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will consider a supplementary budget to resume summer electricity and gas subsidies, citing Middle …

Sports Safety Alert: Heatstroke, Lightning and Bear Encounters Threaten Season Sports safety warning for the season: organizers and athletes urged to guard against heatstroke, summer lightning and bear encounters after …

LDP to Urge Government to Consider Making My Number Card Mandatory, No Penalties Proposed Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to ask the government to consider legally requiring all citizens …

Japan Plans Early Warning Drones and Mobile Radar for Ogasawara to Strengthen Pacific Surveillance Japan to field early warning drones and mobile radar on Ogasawara islands to boost Pacific surveillance, …

Sanseitō Disciplines 10 Local Officials Over National Health Insurance Evasion Sanseitō disciplined 10 local officials for national health insurance evasion after they joined nominal firms to enter social insurance and …

AI boom drives strong corporate earnings as Iran turmoil clouds outlook Japanese firms report robust profits on AI boom, but geopolitical risk from Iran and supply-chain strains leave many firms …

EV buses from Osaka Expo begin departure from Joto-ku ‘graveyard’ after defects prompt abandonment Osaka Metro begins promptly transferring EV buses from a Joto-ku lot after defects and recalls; it …