Month: October 2024
Toyota to Get Suzuki’s First-Ever EV as Partnership Expands
In a move that marks their first collaboration on environmentally friendly vehicles, Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor’s Indian unit will supply Toyota Motor with its first…
Japan’s ruling coalition loses majority
The Yomiuri Shimbun conducted a nationwide poll on public opinion on Monday and Tuesday, and the results show that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s administration has…
Komeito Leader Keiichi Ishii Hints at Resignation
Komeito plans to hold a convention to select a party leader to succeed Keiichi Ishii and establish new party systems following its defeat in the…
Japan Picks 1st Woman to Lead Wintering Team of Antarctic Research Expedition
The first female leader of a Japanese Antarctic research expedition’s wintering team has been named Mitsumu Ejiri, an assistant professor at Japan’s National Institute of…
Former AKB48 Star Haruna Kojima Attacked in Tokyo
On Monday, the Metropolitan Police Department made an arrest on suspicion of assault on a foreign man in his 40s on a street in Tokyo’s…
Japan PM Ishiba to Ask DPFP to Join ‘Partial Coalition
After the Liberal Democratic Party’s massive defeat in Sunday’s House of Representatives election, which left the LDP and its junior coalition partner Komeito in a…
Developers Begin Cutting Trees in Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu Gaien
As part of their plan to redevelop the Meiji Jingu Gaien area in central Tokyo, Japanese real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan Co. and others began…