Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his Polish counterpart, Radoslaw Sikorski, on Friday signed a five-year action plan for strengthening bilateral cooperation to support Ukraine, including its postwar reconstruction, in the face of continuing Russian aggression.時事通信社 による

The forest fire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, spread to about 1,800 hectares on its fifth day on Sunday, with no prospect of when the blaze will be extinguished.時事通信社 による

East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, will offer ride-hailing services using a group firm's rental cars to accommodate customers during hours when taxis and buses are not sufficiently available.時事通信社 による

Kesa Hatamoto, a 102-year-old Japanese woman who is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest pharmacist, started her career over 70 years ago at the recommendation of her father, who was looking forward to women's future success in society.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday expressed concern over the collapse of a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.時事通信社 による

Monta Mino, who hosted many television shows in Japan, died in the small hours of Saturday, Nikkoku Corp., the water meter company he chaired, said. He was 80.時事通信社 による

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyer Akizuki passed through the Taiwan Strait in early February, government officials said Saturday, in an apparent move to counter China's aggressive behavior in the East China Sea and South China Sea.時事通信社 による

Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 adopted an action plan on Saturday seeking to push Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition into a minority in the House of Councillors in an election in the summer.時事通信社 による

Japanese companies started job seminars on Saturday for university students graduating in spring 2026.時事通信社 による

Fujitsu Ltd. plans to withdraw from the production of automated teller machines around 2030 in response to shrinking demand amid the spread of cashless payments, company officials said Saturday.時事通信社 による

The Japan Fair Trade Commission advised Friday that home electronics retailer Bic Camera Inc. not underpay its subcontractors any further.時事通信社 による

Japanese public prosecutors on Friday indicted a 50-year-old man on charges including attempted murder over attacks on the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters and the prime minister's office building in Tokyo.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that his government will reconsider its plan to raise the ceiling on out-of-pocket expenses for high-cost medical care.時事通信社 による

The number of people who stayed at hotels and other accommodation facilities in Japan in 2024 hit a record high for the second consecutive year, thanks to growth in inbound tourism, government data showed Friday.時事通信社 による

A forest fire that broke out Wednesday in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, has spread across about 1,200 hectares, the city government said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that his ruling Liberal Democratic Party has no plan to reopen an investigation into a slush funds scandal involving a now-defunct LDP faction.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government in a cabinet meeting Friday adopted draft legal measures aimed at digitizing criminal investigation and trial procedures including those for the issuance and execution of arrest and search warrants to speed up the procedures.時事通信社 による

The retail price of rice hit a record high in central Tokyo for the eighth straight month in February, reaching 4,363 yen for 5 kilograms, the Japanese internal affairs ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese police on Thursday arrested two Taiwanese men over an alleged assault and robbery in Tokyo in last November, investigative sources said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese police wiretapped phone calls a record 21,565 times during criminal investigations in 2024, the government said in a report to parliament on Friday.時事通信社 による

Sendai High Court ruled Friday that the October 2024 House of Representatives election was constitutional in terms of vote-value disparities, marking the 15th such ruling in a series of similar lawsuits filed across Japan.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government decided at a cabinet meeting Friday to spend an additional 106,843.95 million yen from its fiscal 2024 reserve funds on disaster relief for areas hit by the Noto Peninsula earthquake on Jan. 1, 2024.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling coalition submitted a modified fiscal 2025 government budget bill to the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, on Friday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government at a cabinet meeting Friday adopted a bill allowing it to investigate businesses, give them guidance and disclose, as needed, their names in cases of human rights abuses and other malicious activities related to the use of artificial intelligence.時事通信社 による

The core consumer price index for Tokyo's densely populated 23 special wards in February rose 2.2pctfrom a year earlier, posting slower growth for the first time in four months, government data showed Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's seasonally adjusted industrial production in January dropped 1.1pctfrom the previous month, hurt by a decline in production machinery exports amid China's economic stagnation, industry ministry data showed Friday.時事通信社 による

The number of food items whose prices are expected to be raised in March totals 2,343 in Japan, roughly tripling from a year before, a survey by Teikoku Databank Ltd. showed Friday.時事通信社 による

Top finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies failed to adopt a joint statement at their two-day meeting in Cape Town that ended Thursday, revealing a lack of unity.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling coalition plans to reduce general-account spending in the government's fiscal 2025 budget bill by some 340 billion yen to 115.2 trillion yen, people familiar with the matter said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, or NPB, said Thursday that 14 people from seven teams, including players and team officials, have voluntarily admitted to using online casinos in the past.時事通信社 による

Uber Japan and Japan Post Co. said Thursday that they will jointly provide parcel delivery services using ride-hailing drivers on a trial basis.時事通信社 による

Japan's Keio University said Thursday that its ethics committee has approved clinical research in which women without uteruses are given transplants of other people's uteruses in order to become pregnant and give birth.時事通信社 による

Hisashi Hieda, a longtime director at Fuji Media Holdings Inc., has stepped down as a member of its management advisory committee, Fuji Media President Osamu Kanemitsu said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told U.S. President Donald Trump he hopes to buy U.S. transport planes during their meeting in early February, a Japanese government source said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a high court ruling that dismissed a petition by the city of Izumisano, whose special tax grants from the state were slashed for its huge "furusato nozei" donation revenue.時事通信社 による

Japan Post Holdings Co. said Thursday that it will sell a portion of its shares in Japan Post Bank in mid-March, in order to increase the flexibility of the banking unit's management.時事通信社 による

Tokyo police have arrested two Chinese men for allegedly stealing others' credit card data to charge electronic money to a mobile payment service provided by East Japan Railway Co., or JR East.時事通信社 による

Tokyo police have arrested three teenage boys on suspicion of fraudulently subscribing to Rakuten Mobile Inc.'s mobile phone service through a self-made program using artificial intelligence.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prince Hisahito, the only son of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, will attend a coming-of-age ceremony on Sept. 6, his 19th birthday, the Imperial Household Agency said Thursday.時事通信社 による

The annual number of babies born in Japan fell to 720,988 in 2024, hitting a record low for the ninth straight year, a preliminary report by the health ministry showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japanese police on Thursday arrested a 74-year-old man, already imprisoned for murder, on suspicion of another murder involving the dismemberment of a body found in Shiga Prefecture in 2008.時事通信社 による

Four former senior members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party faction previously led by the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unanimously agreed in August 2022 to resume the practice of kicking back fundraising party revenues to faction members, a former chief accountant of the now-defunct faction said Thursday.…

Perhaps one of the most iconic Japanese dictionaries, "Kojien" with its vast collection of some 250,000 words and phrases still include language that may be perceived as misogynistic.時事通信社 による

Mizuho Bank officials said Thursday that the total amount of cash stolen by a former employee from customers' safe deposit boxes was 66 million yen.時事通信社 による

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Thursday that it has abandoned a plan to complete by the October 2025 deadline an antiterrorism facility for the No. 7 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan.時事通信社 による

A founding family of Seven & i Holdings Co. has given up its acquisition plan for the Japanese retail giant due to financing difficulties, the company said Thursday.時事通信社 による

The number of fatal and serious injury car accidents in Japan that occurred while drivers were using mobile phones rose by 14 from the previous year to 136 in 2024, the highest since available data began in 2007, the National Police Agency said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Tokyo police are stepping up a crackdown on a group that recruits women for sexual services by luring them on social media with promises of high incomes.時事通信社 による

The top appeals court in France on Wednesday ordered a retrial over the alleged murder of a Japanese university student who went missing while studying in the European nation in 2016, local media have reported.時事通信社 による

A forest fire continued Thursday in the Pacific coastal city of Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, with at least 84 buildings burned, according to the city.時事通信社 による