The UK justice secretary says his country is ready to work with Japan to help Ukraine gather evidence on war crimes allegedly committed by Russia during its ongoing invasion.
Hackers have attacked the Port of Nagoya in central Japan, the country's largest last year by volume of cargo handled. The attack has halted the loading of containers onto trailer trucks since Tuesday morning.
Business confidence among major Japanese manufacturers improved in June for the first time in seven quarters, rising to 5 from 1 in March, the Bank of Japan said Monday, amid the easing of COVID-related supply bottlenecks and falling raw material costs.
Gender equality ministers of the Group of Seven nations have called for correcting wage gaps between men and women by promoting flexible working styles as well as equitable and transparent pay policies. They also stressed the need to shift perceptions of gender roles.
Japan's Emperor Naruhito has visited a sand erosion control office in the Special Region of Yogyakarta on the fifth day of his weeklong official visit to Indonesia.
Japan's ruling bloc aims to get key bills passed by the Diet before the current session ends next Wednesday. The largest opposition is mulling whether to submit a no-confidence motion against the Cabinet over a plan to increase defense spending.
The Kakogawa City Board of Education has learned that 16 (57%) of 28 elementary schools in Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture, do not provide separate changing areas for boys and girls when younger students change into their gym uniforms. Some children say they do not want to go to school on days when they have physical education classes, and there are calls for action. (Masashi Saito)
Japan remains on high alert for North Korean missiles after the launch window declared by the North in late May expired at midnight between Saturday and Sunday.
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