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Intellectual Property Report 2025 (Asahi Kasei Corporation)
Public Technologies 25 Dec 2025
The Asahi Kasei Group's R&D and intellectual property are profiled ... Asahi Kasei Corporation published this content on December 25, 2025, ...
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Quake advisory confuses foreign residents in northern Japan
Asahi News 25 Dec 2025
SENDAI—The central government’s first disaster advisory under a new warning system caused confusion among foreign residents and even Japanese citizens. It was issued after the Dec. 8 quake off Aomori Prefecture under the name ... 16 ... 9 ... 8 quake.
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Prosecutors drop 1 of 2 defamation cases against anti-NHK leader
Asahi News 25 Dec 2025
KOBE—Prosecutors decided not to indict politician Takashi Tachibana on charges of defaming, intimidating and forcibly obstructing the business of a Hyogo prefectural assembly member in connection with the Hyogo gubernatorial election last year ... 1.
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un oversees test-firing of long-range missiles, KCNA says
Asahi News 25 Dec 2025
SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing on Wednesday of long-range surface-to-air missiles at a launch site near its east coast, state media KCNA reported on Thursday ... .
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VOX POPULI: As ‘100th year of Showa’ nears, how does Japan treat history?
Asahi News 25 Dec 2025
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Thai and Cambodia militaries hold talks on resuming ceasefire
Asahi News 25 Dec 2025
The talks come two days after a special meeting in Kuala Lumpur of Southeast Asian foreign ministers convened to try to salvage a truce first brokered by ASEAN chair Malaysia and U.S. President Donald Trump after a previous round of clashes in July ... .
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DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS: Files reveal Murayama’s 1994 SDF aid mission talks
Asahi News 25 Dec 2025
Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama explored options with U.S ... 24 ... According to these, Murayama, then head of the Japan Socialist Party, stated in a meeting with Clinton on July 8, 1994, right after taking office, "Japan-U.S ... In his reply on Aug ... On Aug ... .
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Petition calls for more women’s bathrooms in Diet building
Asahi News 25 Dec 2025
The 12 Lower House members submitted a request on Dec. 12 to Yasukazu Hamada, who chairs the chamber’s rules and administration committee. The document calls for the addition of more women’s restrooms at the earliest possible time in fiscal 2026 ... .
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Takaichi under pressure to embrace ‘wine-and-dine’ politics
Asahi News 25 Dec 2025
PENCHANT FOR SOLITUDE ... An analysis of The Asahi Shimbun's "Prime Minister's Schedule" reveals that, excluding official meetings and diplomacy-related events, Takaichi has had only two dinner meetings outside the prime minister's office ... .
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Bereaved mom voices alarm at fading concerns about ‘karoshi’
Asahi News 25 Dec 2025
Yukimi Takahashi warned against moves that could condone longer working hours ahead of the 10th anniversary of the suicide of her overworked daughter ... 24. Her daughter, Matsuri, killed herself on Dec ... She was 24 ... It is heartbreaking beyond words.”.
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Funds held over 20 trillion yen in unspent tax money in 2024
Asahi News 25 Dec 2025
Government-related funds that received allocations from national budgets had accumulated more than 20 trillion yen ($128 billion) in unused money by the end of fiscal 2023, a Board of Audit of Japan report showed ... 24 ... .
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China social media thrashes one-child policy after population control czar dies
Asahi News 25 Dec 2025
BEIJING--The death of a former head of China’s one-child policy has been met not by tributes but by castigation of the abandoned policy on social media this week ... Experts warn the downtrend will accelerate in coming years ... .
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