The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.
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U.S. stocks continue nose-dive, Dow down over 5% amid tariff concerns
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks continued to nose-dive for a second straight day, with the key Dow index plunging more than 5 percent on Friday amid concerns about the global economic outlook following China's announcement of retaliatory measures in response to President Donald Trump's sweeping reciprocal tariffs.
The looming escalation of the trade war between the world's largest economies also shook the already battered bourses in Britain, Germany and France, with the British benchmark FTSE 100 shedding 4.95 percent, the fastest drop since early in the novel coronavirus pandemic in March 2020.
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47, mostly foreigners, injured in bus collision on Tokyo expressway
TOKYO - Forty-seven people, mostly foreign nationals, were injured Saturday after one tour bus rear-ended another while the two vehicles were traveling together on an expressway in western Tokyo, police said.
None of the victims have life-threatening injuries following the collision, which a bus driver reported at around 10:15 a.m. to have occurred near the mouth of the Kobotoke Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Hachioji.
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Japan's Prince Hisahito, 2nd in line to throne, enters university
TOKYO - Prince Hisahito, the nephew of Emperor Naruhito and second in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne, attended the entrance ceremony of the University of Tsukuba near Tokyo on Saturday.
The 18-year-old prince, who graduated last month from the university-affiliated Senior High School at Otsuka in the capital, will pursue his long-time interest in insects, including dragonflies, at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences.
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Japan to make vehicle gas pedal safety devices mandatory in 2028
TOKYO - The Japanese government will require new models of vehicles to be fitted with devices that prevent pedal misapplication from September 2028, following cases of elderly drivers causing accidents by mistakenly accelerating instead of braking.
The move, however, is unlikely to have a major impact on automakers as most vehicles produced in Japan in recent years already have such devices installed.
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Japan PM has high hopes for Osaka Expo despite little public interest
TOKYO - Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba wants the upcoming World Exposition in Osaka that kicks off April 13 to embody "enjoyable Japan," an expression he uses to describe the vibrant nation he pledges to create, but polls and data show Japanese people do not share the same enthusiasm.
While most of the visitors to the event lasting until Oct. 13 are expected to be domestic, nearly 75 percent of respondents to a recent Kyodo News poll in Japan said they are not interested.
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Trump extends TikTok ban deadline by 75 days amid tensions with China
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday extended by another 75 days a deadline requiring TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance Ltd. to sell the popular short-form video-sharing app or face a federal ban on national security grounds.
Trump announced the extension on social media, saying that his administration has been trying to save TikTok but a deal to sell the app to a U.S. buyer needs "more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed."
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China-funded facilities at Cambodia naval base complete
REAM, Cambodia - The completion of China-funded facilities at a naval base in Cambodia was celebrated by the two countries Saturday, as Prime Minister Hun Manet affirmed that the facilities can be used by all friendly countries.
The prime minister, who attended a ceremony at Ream Naval Base, made the remarks in the wake of concerns that the Chinese military will establish a presence at the base in southwestern Cambodia.
Video: Fire breaks out at Brazil's Osaka Expo pavilion, nobody injured
