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Japanese Emperor Naruhito on Wednesday visited the Francis Crick Institute in London, one of the largest biomedical research centers in Europe.

Kentaro Kitagawa, a 64-year-old former head of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, is suspected of sexually assaulting a female subordinate while in office at his then official residence in the western Japan city, informed sources said Wednesday.

Japan will aim to win 55 medals including 20 golds at the upcoming Paris Olympics, Mitsugi Ogata, secretary general of the Japan Olympic Committee and head of Japan's delegation to the Paris Games, said Wednesday.

General contractor Kajima Corp., Boldly Inc., a subsidiary of telecom carrier SoftBank Corp., and others said Wednesday that they have obtained permission to operate buses under so-called Level 4 autonomous driving, in which a system operates everything under certain conditions.

Osaka prefectural police in western Japan have referred a Chinese woman in her 30s to prosecutors on suspicion of violating the road traffic law by driving a motorized suitcase without a driver's license, it was learned Wednesday.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga again criticized current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in an interview published Wednesday in a monthly magazine, saying that Kishida "should have punished himself as well" for a "slush fund" scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's factions.