TOKYO, July 22 -- Joint Staff issued the following press release: In the P.M., Tuesday, July 15, 2025, JASDF spotted aircraft over the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The aircraft were: Chinese Uav 1 presumed affiliation type and number Y-9 intelligence-gathering aircraft 1 JASDF fighters conducted scramble to monitor the activity of these aircraft. ATTACHMENT: Overview of the aircraft's activity ABBREVIATIONS JASDF: Japan Air Self-Defense Force UAV: unmanned aerial vehicle Disclaimer:...
TOKYO, July 22 -- Japan Customs issued the following news: On May 12, 2025, the Minister of Finance received an application to impose an anti-dumping duty on nickel-added cold-rolled stainless-steel coils, sheets, and strips* originating in the People's Republic of China** and Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, from NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, Nippon Yakin Kogyo Co., Ltd., NAS Stainless Steel Strip MFG. Co., Ltd. and NIPPON KINZOKU CO., LTD. The Ministry of Finance (M...
TOKYO, July 22 -- JASDF issued the following news: From July 15 to 20, accepting the invitation from Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, KCB ADC FREng, Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Air Force, General UCHIKURA Hiroaki, Chief of Staff, Koku-Jieitai (JASDF), participated in GASCC (Global Air & Space Chiefs' Conference) and observed RIAT25 (Royal International Air Tattoo) in the UK. During the visit, he conducted bilateral meetings with Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Air Force , Ai...
TOKYO, July 22 -- Japan Fair Trade Commission issued the following press release: The Japan Fair Trade Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "JFTC") has investigated Visa Worldwide Pte Limited (hereinafter referred to as "Visa Worldwide") in accordance with the provisions of the Antimonopoly Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), and suspected that Visa Worldwide's conduct described 3 below might violate the Article 19 of the Act (Paragraph 12 (Trading on Restrictive Terms) of Designa...
TOKYO, July 22 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following highlight: On July 22, commencing at 3:00 pm for approximately 50 minutes, Mr. ISHIBA Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan, held a Japan-Papua New Guinea Summit Meeting with Hon. Mr. James Marape, Prime Minister of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, who was paying a visit to Japan as an official Guest of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. The overview of the meeting is as follows. Prime Minister Ishiba sincerely welcomed Pr...
TOKYO, July 22 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following highlight: On July 22, 2025, Prime Minister Ishiba held a summit meeting with the Hon. James Marape, Prime Minister of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, at the Prime Minister's Office. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
TOKYO, July 22 -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan issued the following news release: On the evening of July 22, local time, for over 2 hours, Mr. AKAZAWA Ryosei, Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization of Japan, visiting Washington D.C., the United States of America, held a consultation with the Honorable Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce of the United States of America. The overview is stated in the attached Cabinet Secretariat press release. The rest of the document can be vie...
TOKYO, July 22 -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan issued the following news release: On July 22, regarding the Bangladesh Air Force training jet accident that occurred in Uttara area of Dhaka, Bangladesh on July 21, Mr. IWAYA Takeshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, issued the following mes-sage of condolences to H. E. Mr. Md. Touhid Hossain, Honorable Advis-er for Foreign Affairs of the Interim Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. "I am deeply saddened by the news of...
TOKYO, July 22 -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan issued the following news release: On July 22, commencing at 3:00 pm for approximately 50 minutes, Mr. ISHIBA Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan, held a Japan-Papua New Guinea Summit Meeting with Hon. Mr. James Marape, Prime Minister of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, who was paying a visit to Japan as an official Guest of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. The overview of the meeting is as follows. Prime Minister Ishiba sincerely we...
Tokyo, July 24 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000058557) titled 'Effects of consumption of the test food on eye moisture in healthy adults' on July 22. Study Type: Interventional Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Randomized Blinding - Double blind -all involved are blinded Control - Placebo Primary Sponsor: Institute - Toyo Sugar Refining Co., Ltd. Condition: Condition - Healthy adults. Classification by maligna...