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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday announced a target of developing 100,000 personnel with advanced digital skills over the next five years in cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Academic and other members of a Japanese government panel Thursday proposed changing the country's age definition of elderly people from 65 or over to 70 or over, in line with an increase in healthy life expectancy.

The Ishikawa prefectural government said Thursday that 30 applications for authorities' recognition as deaths indirectly caused by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake have been accepted.

The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Thursday that the Japan Mobility Show will be held annually from this year.

Four major Japanese life insurers have reported jumps in their core business profits in fiscal 2023, thanks chiefly to higher investment gains reflecting higher interest rates at home and abroad.

Meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Tokyo on Thursday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed his willingness to strengthen bilateral cooperation on maritime security in view of China's hegemonic moves in the South China Sea.