TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.
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Customer info likely disclosed as hacker threatens GMO Internet
TOKYO - A hacker believed to be behind an unauthorized intrusion affecting a foreign exchange trading service of Japanese internet service provider GMO Internet Group Inc. disclosed some customer information Tuesday after threatening to do so, cybersecurity sources said.
A statement from the hacker claimed information linked to GMO customers had been posted online after the company failed to respond to a ransom request, the sources said.
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Tetsuya Chiba, creator of Japan's iconic boxing manga "Ashita no Joe," dies
TOKYO - Tetsuya Chiba, best known as the creator of the classic Japanese boxing manga series "Ashita no Joe" (Tomorrow's Joe) whose depiction of postwar Japan resonated with readers, died last Thursday at a hospital in Tokyo, the Japan Cartoonists Association said. He was 87.
Chiba provided the art for the boxing manga, written by Asao Takamori and later translated into English as "Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow." The story follows an orphan's journey into professional boxing.
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Japan eyes 1 tril. yen private investment into Bangladesh over 5 yrs
TOKYO - Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday that Japan expects 1 trillion yen ($6 billion) in investment from domestic companies into Bangladesh in the coming five years, following summit talks with her counterpart Tarique Rahman in Tokyo.
The two also agreed to expand cooperation in energy security and supply chains, according to a joint statement issued after their meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo.
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Japan defense chief plans talks with S. Korea counterpart in Cebu
TOKYO - Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Tuesday he plans to meet with his South Korean counterpart on the sidelines of a gathering of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and partner countries later this week in Cebu in the Philippines.
In addition to meeting for the first time with South Korean Defense Minister Kang Shin Chul, who took office in September, Koizumi also hopes to hold talks with his U.S. and Philippine counterparts, Pete Hegseth and Gilberto Teodoro, respectively, during the three-day trip to Cebu from Wednesday.
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Kyiv's Kyoto Park hit in Russian missile attack, 1 killed
KYIV - Russian missiles struck a park symbolizing Kyiv's ties with the western Japanese city of Kyoto on Monday in an attack on the Ukrainian capital that killed one person and injured 10, Ukrainian authorities said.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyoto Park was hit along with a university campus and residences. Russian forces used several ballistic missiles in the attack, according to the State Emergency Service.
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Japan to send experts on forest protection to wildfire-hit Mongolia
TOKYO - Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday experts on forest protection from the country's development aid agency will be dispatched to Mongolia to help restore areas damaged by a large-scale grassland fire.
"We will work closely with the Mongolian government to provide a cooperation package" for the recovery of affected areas, including the provision of necessary equipment and development of human resources in the fields of fire disaster recovery and environmental restoration, Motegi told a press conference.
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Japan embassy official meets reporter nearly 2 weeks after Russia detention
TOKYO - A Japanese Embassy official in Russia conducted a consular visit Monday with a Japanese journalist detained in the country nearly two weeks ago, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
The ministry said the Japanese national, who had been transferred to Moscow from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East right after being detained, had no health issues.
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Basketball: Kawamura makes training camp roster for Clippers affiliate
NEW YORK - Japan guard Yuki Kawamura was on Monday named to the training camp roster of the San Diego Clippers, the NBA G League affiliate of the Los Angeles Clippers.
The NBA club signed the 25-year-old to a non-guaranteed Exhibit 10 preseason contract in August to allow him to compete for a spot on their opening-day roster, but waived him on Oct. 12.
