TOKYO, Oct. 10 -- Joint Staff issued the following press release: 1. Status of Activity Area No abnormalities were confirmed in the areas where the SDF operated 2. JS HARUSAME (Deployment Surface Force for Counter-Piracy Enforcement) (1) Area of Activity: the high seas of the Gulf of Oman and the high seas of the northern Arabian sea (2) Number of confirmed vessels: 228 ships (Accumulated Total (AT): 96,656 ships) 3. P-3C (Deployment Air Force for Counter-Piracy Enforcement) (1) Area of Activit...
TOKYO, Oct. 10 -- Japan Patent Office issued the following press release: Japan Patent Office (JPO) Commissioner KASAI and Deputy Commissioner YASUDA held a bilateral meeting with Mr. Daren Tang, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) , on October 3, 2025. During the bilateral meeting, they shared a common understanding regarding future cooperation between the JPO and WIPO to further promote the initiatives of WIPO GREEN. On the following day, October 4, 2025,...
TOKYO, Oct. 10 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information: [Opening statement by Prime Minister Ishiba] Today I released my Reflection as prime minister, titled "On the 80th anniversary of the end of the war The text has already been distributed to you in the media I ask for your understanding as I talk about my Reflection in a slightly condensed format because of time constraints Eighty years have passed since the end of the war I have visited various monuments hon...
TOKYO, Oct. 10 -- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism issued the following press release: The Ports and Harbours Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has awarded certification to five terminals that applied under the CNP Certification (Container Terminal) system, which objectively evaluates decarbonization initiatives at container terminals. These are the first certifications awarded since the system was launched. CNP Certification (Containe...
TOKYO, Oct. 9 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information: On October 9, 2025, Prime Minister Ishiba held a summit meeting with H.E. Mr. Anthony Franck Laurent SAINT-CYR, President of the Transitional Presidential Council of the Republic of Haiti, at the Prime Minister's Office. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
TOKYO, Oct. 9 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information: On October 9, commencing at 3:05 p.m. for approximately 35 minutes, Mr. ISHIBA Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan, held a summit meeting with H.E. Mr. Anthony Franck Laurent SAINT-CYR, the President of the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC) of the Republic of Haiti, who is visiting Japan to participate in the National Day Event of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. The overview of the meeting is as follows: 1.Pr...
TOKYO, Oct. 9 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information: On October 9, 2025, Prime Minister Ishiba held an online meeting with Dr. KITAGAWA Susumu, Distinguished Professor at Kyoto University, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and conveyed his congratulations, at the Prime Minister's Office. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
TOKYO, Oct. 8 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information: On October 7, Mr. ISHIBA Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan, sent a congratulatory letter to H. E. Prof. Arthur Peter MUTHARIKA on his election as President of the Republic of Malawi based on the results of the general elections held on September 16. 1. In the letter, Prime Minister ISHIBA congratulated President MUTHARIKA on his inauguration and expressed his respect for Malawi's steady development under a stable...
TOKYO, Oct. 7 -- Nuclear Regulation Authority issued the following news release: On February 19, 2025, as part of additional measures under the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), experts from analytical laboratories in Japan and the IAEA officials, as well as experts from third-party analytical laboratories in China, Republic of Korea and Switzerland selected by the IAEA, sampled seawater near TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. This sampling was conducted ...
TOKYO, Oct. 7 -- Ministry of Justice issued the following information: On 7 October, 2025, State Minister of Justice KOMURA Masahiro attended the International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation (IPPF) Colloquium held at the International Justice Center in Akishima, Tokyo, where he delivered the opening remarks. Opening Remarks by State Minister of Justice of Japan, Mr. KOMURA (1) Opening Remarks by State Minister of Justice of Japan, Mr. KOMURA (2) Participants of the IPPF Colloquium The In...