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By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s birth rate declined for the seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low, the health ministry said on Friday, underscoring the sense of crisis gripping the country as the population shrinks and ages rapidly. The fertility rate, or the average number of children born to a woman in her lifetime, was 1.2565. That compares with the previous low of 1.2601 posted in […]

(Reuters) – A village in Russia’s western Bryansk region has been shelled by Ukrainian forces, setting a house on fire, but no one was injured, regional governor Alexander Bogomaz said in a post on the Telegram messaging app on Friday. Reuters could not immediately verify the reported attack on Lomakovka village located close to the border with Ukraine’s Chernihiv region. Russian officials have reported intensified attacks from northern Ukraine and […]

By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s birth rate declined for the seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low, the health ministry said on Friday, underscoring the sense of crisis gripping the country as the population shrinks and ages rapidly. The fertility rate, or the average number of children born to a woman in her lifetime, was 1.2565. That compares with the previous low of 1.2601 posted in […]

(Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon is planning to visit Taiwan after wrapping up his trip to China, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. Dimon will arrive in Taiwan on Friday and meet with around 500 local employees and customers, Bloomberg said, citing people familiar with the matter. Dimon is on his first visit to China since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and Bloomberg said […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Friday announced new sanctions against a North Korean hacking group, Kimsuky, it accused of being involved in the North’s latest satellite launch attempt. The United States and South Korea also issued a joint advisory saying the group conducts “large-scale” cyber attacks at think tanks, academic institutions and news outlets. The hackers are known to conduct spearphishing campaigns posing as real journalists, academics, or other […]

By Aleksandra Michalska and Michael Martina NEW YORK (Reuters) -The hope for a “free China” lives on in a new Manhattan museum dedicated to China’s 1989 suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations around Tiananmen Square, exhibit organizers said on Thursday ahead of the 34th anniversary of the crackdown. The June 4th Memorial Museum in New York will be the only such permanent exhibition in the world, following the 2021 closure of a […]

By David Dolan and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) – Two of the largest U.S. public pension systems have voted against the re-election of Toyota Motor Corp chairman Akio Toyoda, shareholder voting records showed, sharpening the focus on the automaker’s annual meeting later this month. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the Office of the New York City Comptroller both also voted for a resolution urging Toyota to improve […]

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – All roads from Manchester lead to Wembley Stadium on Saturday for the first ever FA Cup final between the city’s arch-rivals — a fitting climax to the domestic season and a clash loaded with significance for both clubs. For Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, a first FA Cup triumph since 2019 would put them one game away from repeating Manchester United’s treble of 1999 — […]

By Kantaro Komiya and Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s privacy watchdog said on Friday it has warned OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed startup behind the ChatGPT chatbot, not to collect sensitive data without people’s permission. OpenAI should minimise the sensitive data it collects for machine learning, the Personal Information Protection Commission said in a statement, adding it may take further action if it has more concerns. Regulators around the world are scrambling […]