Japan personal data leaks hit record high 13,000 cases in FY2023

Tokyo, 29 May, /AJMEDIA/ Personal data leaks in Japan jumped some 70 percent to a record 13,279 cases in fiscal 2023, a draft annual report by a government panel showed… Read more

Over 40 locations in Japan log record-breaking rainfall for May

Tokyo, 29 May, /AJMEDIA/ More than 40 locations across Japan on Tuesday experienced record-breaking rainfall for May, with downpours observed across wide swathes of the country due to an active… Read more

Toyota, Mazda, Subaru to develop new engines in hybrid push

Tokyo, 29 May, /AJMEDIA/ Toyota Motor Corp, Mazda Motor Corp, and Subaru Corp said Tuesday that they will each develop engines to enhance the performance of their electrified vehicles, including… Read more

Shanghai lifts home-buying curbs to boost property sector

Tokyo, 29 May, /AJMEDIA/ Shanghai has relaxed rules on buying property in the city, as local governments across China aim to ease an agonising real estate crisis that is dragging… Read more

French delicatessen Fauchon bought by Breton biscuit firm

Tokyo, 29 May, /AJMEDIA/ French gourmet food and delicatessen company Fauchon said Tuesday it has been bought out by Galapagos, a Brittany-based biscuit maker. The luxury grocer, owned since 2004… Read more

Albert Ruddy, Oscar-winning producer of ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Million Dollar Baby,’ dies at 94

Tokyo, 29 May, /AJMEDIA/ Albert S Ruddy, a colorful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for “The Godfather” and “Million Dollar Baby,” developed the raucous prison-sports comedy “The Longest… Read more

Japan constructs world’s 1st wooden satellite

Tokyo, 29 May, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese researchers said Tuesday that they have successfully constructed the world’s first wooden satellite, with the tiny cube-shaped object expected to be sent into space aboard… Read more

Robot will soon try to remove melted nuclear fuel from destroyed Fukushima reactor

Tokyo, 29 May, /AJMEDIA/ The operator of Japan’s destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant demonstrated Tuesday how a remote-controlled robot would retrieve tiny bits of melted fuel debris from one… Read more