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Japan bankruptcies top 10,000 in 2024 on labour shortage, weak yen
Kyodo News, Published on 14/01/2025
» TOKYO — The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan exceeded 10,000 for the first time in 11 years in 2024 as businesses faced a worsening labour shortage and higher prices of imported supplies due to the yen's depreciation, a survey by a credit research company showed Tuesday.
Japan to give patrol boats to Indonesia for maritime security
Kyodo News, Published on 11/01/2025
» Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Saturday his country has agreed to provide high-speed patrol boats to Indonesia following talks with President Prabowo Subianto, as the maritime nations seek to expand security cooperation amid China's growing clout.
Yakuza leader pleads guilty to trafficking nuclear materials, drugs involving Thailand
Kyodo News, Published on 09/01/2025
» A Japanese yakuza leader on Wednesday pleaded guilty in federal court in New York to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials such as uranium and weapons-grade plutonium from Myanmar to other countries, the Justice Department said.
World's oldest person dies
Kyodo News, Published on 04/01/2025
» KOBE — Tomiko Itooka, a 116-year-old Japanese woman recognised as the world's oldest person, has died of old age, an official of the western Japan city of Ashiya where she lived, said on Saturday.
Cambodian trainee to sue farm manager in Japan over repeated rapes
Kyodo News, Published on 10/12/2024
» KYODO — A Cambodian woman who worked as a technical trainee at a strawberry farm north of Tokyo plans to file a damages suit against the farm manager, alleging multiple instances of rape that led to pregnancy and abortion, her lawyer said Monday.
JR East to increase fares by 7%
Kyodo News, Published on 07/12/2024
» TOKYO — East Japan Railway Company said Friday it has applied to the transport ministry to raise its train fares by an average 7.1% beginning March 2026, its first blanket fare hike since the company's establishment in 1987.
Ex-China editor accused of info leak to Japan given jail term
Kyodo News, Published on 29/11/2024
» BEIJING — A Beijing court on Friday gave a seven-year jail term to a former senior editor at a major Chinese newspaper affiliated with the ruling Communist Party who had been accused of leaking information to Japanese diplomats, sources familiar with the matter said.
Study shows simple questions can help detect Alzheimer's
Kyodo News, Published on 21/11/2024
» KYOTO — A method developed by a Japanese team using three questions allows easy screening of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment, it said Thursday, with a rising number of patients calling for early diagnosis and treatment.
North Korea ratifies defence treaty with Russia amid Ukraine war
Kyodo News, Published on 12/11/2024
» SEOUL — North Korea has ratified its defence cooperation treaty with Russia, state-run media reported Tuesday, amid allegations Pyongyang has sent a significant number of troops to support Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Miura, 57, set to play 40th season as professional
Kyodo News, Published on 12/11/2024
» KYODO — Former Japan striker Kazuyoshi Miura said Monday he plans to continue playing for Atletico Suzuka in the Japan Football League (JFL) next year in what will be his 40th season as a professional.