Japan has taken a major step toward revising the country’s retrial system, which has been criticized as making the process of overturning a wrongful conviction excessively lengthy. But the prospects of swift reform are unclear, with fierce opposition from within the Justice Ministry to one of the key proposed changes — restricting objections from prosecutors…
A 35-year-old woman was found dead on a beach in Iwanuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sunday. According to police, the body of Yuka Gyoji, a nursery school teacher… © Japan Today
Most people in Japan expect U.S. President Donald Trump’s higher import tariffs to increase their living costs, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday. Asked in the nationwide survey about the potential impact of country-specific tariffs on U.S. trading partners including Japan, 84.2 percent of respondents answered that the higher taxes would undermine their livelihoods. The…
China’s leader Xi Jinping started a week of diplomacy in Southeast Asia with a visit to Vietnam on Monday, signaling China’ s commitment to global trade, just after… © Japan Today
Two Russian ballistic missiles slammed into the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, killing 34 people and wounding 117 in the deadliest strike on Ukraine this year, officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy demanded a tough international response against Moscow over the attack, which came with U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to…
Donald Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro on Sunday insisted that “everything’s fine with Elon” Musk, after the Tesla chief called him a “moron.” Musk, who as a fellow member of the American president’s inner circle was charged with government cost-cutting, has clashed with Navarro over the tariffs broadside the president unleashed that reflects his antagonistic…
