The Japanese government will specify the need to promote domestic development of artificial intelligence in an upcoming strategy, official sources said Sunday, as it seeks to avoid overdependence on foreign AI for…
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China, Philippines Clash in South China Sea: Coast Guard Ship Rams Philippine Vessel Near Disputed Island
Tensions flared once again in the disputed South China Sea after a Chinese coast guard ship rammed a Philippine government vessel near Thitu Island (also called Pag-asa Island) in the Spratly Islands…
Trump threatens to impose additional 100% tariff on China
US President Donald Trump has said he would impose an additional 100% tariff on imports from China from next month. In a post on social media, Trump said the US would also…
Man acquitted of 1966 murders seeks ¥600 mil in damages
A Japanese man who was acquitted last year in a retrial over a 1966 quadruple murder case filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking around 600 million yen in damages from the state and…
South Korean investigators indict Unification Church leader over alleged ties to ex-first lady
South Korean investigators on Friday indicted the 82-year-old leader of the Unification Church, Hak Ja Han, over allegations that she instructed church officials to bribe the wife of jailed former President Yoon…
Japan soccer official sentenced in France for viewing child porn on plane
A senior Japan Football Association official has been sentenced to an 18-month suspended jail term in France after viewing images of child sexual abuse during a plane journey, a court official said…
Japan: Takaichi eyes expanding coalition, reports say
Japan’s incoming likely new prime minister Sanae Takaichi has approached an opposition party with a view to expanding the governing coalition to give it a working majority in parliament, reports said Tuesday….
Takaichi picks LDP supreme adviser Aso as party vice president
Sanae Takaichi, who is expected to become Japan’s next prime minister, chose former premier and party supreme adviser Taro Aso, 85, on Tuesday as vice president of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party…
How the Diet will vote for the next prime minister
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) picked hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi as its head on Saturday, putting her on course to become the country’s first female prime minister. For most of the…
Without naming her, Trump calls Takaichi ‘person of great wisdom and strength’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday described Japan’s likely first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, as a “highly respected person of great wisdom and strength.” In his brief social media post, without…