TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.
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BOJ says 2% inflation target generally achieved, maintains policy rate
TOKYO - The Bank of Japan said Friday that underlying inflation has "generally" reached its 2 percent target, nearly 14 years after the goal was set as part of efforts to end decades of deflation.
As widely expected, the central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at around 1.25 percent after a two-day policy meeting, following its September rate hike.
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ANA says data on 37,800 customers leaked in hacking
TOKYO - All Nippon Airways Co. said Friday that personal data, including passport numbers, was leaked from about 37,800 customers following unauthorized access to a contractor for its passenger service system.
As companies across various industries in Japan continue to report data leaks, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said Friday it had also been targeted by unauthorized access and that personal information handled on a network connected to external systems may have been leaked.
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Japan's anime market tops 4 tril. yen for 1st time
TOKYO - Japan's anime market reached 4.45 trillion yen ($28 billion) in 2025, topping 4 trillion yen for the first time on strong overseas sales, the Association of Japanese Animations said Friday.
The market more than doubled from 1.8 trillion yen in 2015, with overseas sales reaching 2.54 trillion yen, according to preliminary data from the association.
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Japan chipmaker Kioxia posts 2.2 tril. yen net profit in April-Sept.
TOKYO - Kioxia Holdings Corp. said Friday its net profit in the six months through September surged around 37-fold from a year earlier to 2.20 trillion yen ($14 billion) on the back of strong memory chip sales for data centers amid booming demand for artificial intelligence.
The Japanese chipmaker posted 3.26 trillion yen in operating profit for the April-September period, while sales rose more than 5-fold to 4.25 trillion yen.
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2nd man dies following construction site accident in central Japan
NAGOYA - A second man has died after being buried under soil at a construction site in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi, police said Friday.
The two men, who became trapped 3 meters underground on Thursday, have been identified as Hidehiko Okada, 51, a self-employed resident of Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, and his 23-year-old son Sota.
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1 found unconscious aboard fire-hit tugboat off Okinawa, 5 rescued
NAHA, Japan - One man was found unconscious aboard a tugboat that caught fire off Miyakojima Island in Okinawa Prefecture on Friday, while five others in their 40s to 70s were rescued, the Japan Coast Guard said.
The Miyakojima Coast Guard Office received a report around 8:15 a.m. that the boat, which was heading for the Philippines, had caught fire in waters north of Ikemajima Island, near Miyakojima Island.
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Toyota, Waymo to begin autonomous taxi trial service in Japan in 2027
NAGOYA - Toyota Motor Corp. and Waymo LLC, the self-driving vehicle unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc., said Friday they will launch a trial service of autonomous taxis in Japan in 2027.
The two companies aim to eventually commercialize the service following initial operations involving testing and validation using Toyota's bZ4X electric vehicles.
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Uniqlo opens revamped shop in Shanghai amid sluggish China consumption
SHANGHAI - The Uniqlo clothing chain on Friday opened a revamped global flagship shop in Shanghai amid sluggish personal spending in China, as the Japanese company seeks to increase profitability by streamlining its outlets in the world's second-largest economy.
The store, which originally opened in 2013 on Shanghai's Middle Huaihai Road in the historic former French Concession, has moved to the center of the area, where many popular fashion brands are located. Its interior design adopts a fusion style of Eastern and Western cultures.
