Parliamentary affairs chiefs from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan agreed Friday to start deliberations on a fiscal 2024 supplementary budget on Dec. 9.時事通信社 による

The share of university students set to graduate in Japan next spring with job offers declined for the first time in four years, the labor and education ministries said Friday.時事通信社 による

A Ferrari luxury car seized by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has fetched a price of 171,001,000 yen in an online public auction, Japan's National Tax Agency said Friday.時事通信社 による

Policy chiefs from Japan's ruling bloc and the opposition Democratic Party for the People on Friday agreed to continue talks on a proposed economic package as they failed to reach agreement.時事通信社 による

Ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum affirmed the importance of free trade at their meeting on Thursday, amid concerns over a possible rise in protectionism in the wake of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House.時事通信社 による

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani will hold a three-way meeting with his counterparts from the United States and Australia in the Australian city of Darwin on Sunday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani on Friday said that no decision has been made on U.S. Forces Japan's reported command relocation to central Tokyo.時事通信社 による

Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pick for director of national intelligence, had made a comment that could been seen as hostile to Japan, it has been learned.時事通信社 による

Japanese, U.S. and South Korean leaders will agree on the establishment of a secretariat for the three-way cooperation when they meet in Peru on Friday, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his South Korean counterpart, Cho Tae-yul, shared grave concerns over growing military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, at a meeting in Lima, Peru, on Thursday.時事通信社 による

The European Medicines Agency said Thursday that its committee evaluating medical products has recommended partial approval of sales of lecanemab to treat Alzheimer's disease.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the expected nomination of Sen. Marco Rubio as state secretary under the administration of President-elect Donald Trump, at a meeting Thursday in Lima, Peru.時事通信社 による

The U.S. Treasury Department kept Japan on its monitoring list over currency practices in a report released on Thursday, warning against unnecessary foreign exchange market interventions.時事通信社 による

Japan's gross domestic product in July-September grew 0.2pctfrom the previous quarter in price-adjusted real terms, or 0.9pctat an annualized rate, the Cabinet Office said in a preliminary report Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Princess Yuriko has passed away, it was learned Friday. She was 101.時事通信社 による

Five major Japanese banking groups saw their combined consolidated net profits soar 40.1pctfrom a year before to 2,796.5 billion yen in the fiscal first half ended in September as the Bank of Japan's interest rate increase helped improve lending margins.時事通信社 による

More than 70pctof Japan's regional banks and banking groups posted net profit growth for April-September, reflecting higher interest income thanks in part to the Bank of Japan's interest rate hike, according to their latest earnings reports released by Thursday.時事通信社 による

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. and Rakuten Group Inc. said Thursday that they will jointly issue a new credit card on Dec. 3.時事通信社 による

A guilty sentence was finalized Thursday for a former leader of a group supporting former Korean "comfort women," who provided sex to Japanese troops before and during World War II.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling coalition and the opposition Democratic Party for the People agreed on Thursday to launch full-scale talks on tax reform, including a review of the 1.03-million-yen annual income threshold for income tax, next week.時事通信社 による

Japan's Environment Ministry and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Thursday concluded a memorandum of understanding to support the reconstruction of Ukraine with a focus on decarbonization in urban development.時事通信社 による

A U.N. General Assembly committee unanimously adopted on Wednesday a resolution jointly introduced by Japan and Brazil to strengthen volunteer activities.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba left for Peru and Brazil on Thursday to attend international conferences and hold bilateral talks with U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping.時事通信社 による

Human error was behind an accident involving a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force V-22 Osprey transport aircraft on Yonaguni, a remote island in the southwestern prefecture of Okinawa, in October, the GSDF said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Two Osprey transport aircraft of the U.S. military landed at Amami Airport in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Thursday morning, without giving advance notification.時事通信社 による

Japanese administrative reform minister Masaaki Taira expressed willingness Thursday to adopt steps U.S. business mogul Elon Musk would take to boost government efficiency after Donald Trump returns to the White House.時事通信社 による

Japan should establish a forum to discuss the system of capital punishment, including its possible abolition, as the death penalty has many flaws, a panel including former law enforcement leaders has said.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government and the ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party are discussing a plan to set the date for convening an extraordinary session of the Diet, the country's parliament, on Nov. 28, informed sources said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet in November rose 0.7 percentage point from the previous month to 28.7 pct, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

Incidents of tourists injured by male deer antlers at Japan's Nara Park, a popular spot known for its free-roaming deer, have spiked recently, prompting authorities to urge caution.時事通信社 による

Japan, the United States and South Korea will hold a meeting of their leaders on the sidelines of a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Peru, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Three major Japanese oil wholesalers have logged year-on-year decreases in consolidated net profits for the six months through September, according to their earnings reports released recently.時事通信社 による

Japanese police have arrested a 47-year-old man on suspicion of robbery and murder of a hotel worker in the city of Ichihara in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo.時事通信社 による

Japanese House of Councillors lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party who were involved in a slush funds scandal have begun to express their wish to explain themselves at a parliamentary ethics panel.時事通信社 による

Japan and Britain are considering setting up a forum of their foreign and economy ministers, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government is considering providing 30,000 yen in benefits to each low-income household exempted from residential tax payments as part of a planned economic package, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's real gross domestic product in the July-September quarter is believed to have increased 0.2pctfrom the previous quarter, for an annualized increase of 0.6 pct, according to estimates released by 10 private think tanks by Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan Display Inc. said Wednesday that its group net loss for the business year to March 2025 is now projected to expand to 39.3 billion yen from its previous estimate of 26.6 billion yen.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's administration on Wednesday appointed 26 state ministers and 28 parliamentary vice ministers, none of whom are Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers involved in the ruling party's "slush fund" scandal.時事通信社 による

Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that Japan should be "world-leading" in the spread of artificial intelligence in society, noting its people's love for robots and the strong manufacturing sector.時事通信社 による

An expert panel under Japan's Justice Ministry on Wednesday proposed setting certain numerical standards for recognizing the crime of dangerous driving resulting in death or injury.時事通信社 による

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. will spend about 165 billion yen to acquire a 14.99pctstake in Rakuten Card Co., the credit card unit of Rakuten Group Inc. said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan, the United States and South Korea kicked off their Freedom Edge joint exercise on Wednesday, the Japanese Defense Ministry's Joint Staff said the same day.時事通信社 による

Japanese digital minister Masaaki Taira reiterated that the government will stop issuing new health insurance cards on Dec. 2 as planned in a move to integrate them into "My Number" electronic personal identification cards.時事通信社 による

Rakuten Group Inc. said Wednesday that it suffered a net loss in January-September due to losses in its mobile phone business, remaining in the red for the nine-month period for the sixth year in a row.時事通信社 による

Local governments in Japan are working to gather information about bear sightings and to use artificial intelligence to keep bears out of urban areas, following a spate of bear attacks in the country last year.時事通信社 による

Japan's Central Social Insurance Medical Council, which advises the health minister, approved Wednesday public health insurance coverage for donanemab, an Alzheimer's medicine developed by U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co.時事通信社 による

Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co. is mulling a management buyout that may cost some 9 trillion yen, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Jensen Huang, CEO of U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia Corp., on Wednesday expressed willingness to expand collaboration with Japanese companies, saying that he wants to help spread artificial intelligence in Japan.時事通信社 による

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday officially ruled the No. 2 reactor of Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga nuclear power plant in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui noncompliant with the country's new safety standards, following a public comment period.時事通信社 による