Japanese online broker PayPay Securities Corp. said Wednesday that it has started a smartphone-based service for automatic purchases of 500 yen a day in selected global investment funds.時事通信社 による

The runway at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan was closed Wednesday after a hole was found near a taxiway, police and other sources said.時事通信社 による

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to build a stable relationship between their countries, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory Project, building a 6.5-meter telescope at the summit of Mount Chajnantor in Chile, has captured the Tsuchinshan-Atlas comet and unveiled its images.時事通信社 による

New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday strongly criticized Iran's ballistic missile attack on Israel, saying that it is "unacceptable."時事通信社 による

British rock band Pink Floyd has agreed to sell its music rights including hit songs to Japan's Sony Group Corp. for some 400 million dollars, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.時事通信社 による

New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday that his administration intends to strengthen their countries' alliance, during their telephone conversation the day after he took office.時事通信社 による

Combined new vehicle sales in the United States by six major Japanese automakers in July-September rose 1pctfrom a year before to about 1.43 million units, as hybrids and plug-in hybrids sold well, according to their announcements Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa was appointed as the new president of the World Association of Nuclear Operators at a general meeting in the United Arab Emirates in late September, according to TEPCO.時事通信社 による

New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reiterated his proposal on Tuesday for revising the Japan-U.S. status of forces agreement.時事通信社 による

New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to visit the Noto Peninsula on Saturday after the central Japan area was damaged by an earthquake on Jan. 1 and heavy rain late last month, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

The Institute of Science Tokyo was inaugurated on Tuesday as a new university created by the merger of the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tokyo Medical and Dental University.時事通信社 による

Many Bank of Japan policymakers at a meeting last month said that the central bank should not rush to raise interest rates further, a summary of their opinions released by the BOJ Tuesday showed.時事通信社 による

Some Japanese companies held ceremonies Tuesday for students and others who are scheduled to join them in spring 2025.時事通信社 による

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani won the National League home run and runs-batted-in titles in the 2024 regular season, which ended on Monday.時事通信社 による

The body of a girl who went missing amid the unprecedented downpour on the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, late last month has probably been found, the Japan Coast Guard said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese oceanographic research ship Mirai arrived at Dutch Harbor in Alaska on Monday local time, completing its Arctic Ocean observation mission for this year.時事通信社 による

Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura said Tuesday that he will run in the next election of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japan's parliament.時事通信社 による

Japan's seasonally adjusted jobless rate in August declined 0.2 percentage point from the previous month to 2.5 pct, after rising by the same margin in the preceding month, the internal affairs ministry said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

A live kidney transplant between a same-sex couple has been performed for the first time at Kyoto University Hospital, according to the hospital in the western Japan city of Kyoto.時事通信社 による

Japan's Defense Ministry on Tuesday launched a new laboratory tasked with developing innovative defense equipment in a bid to help the country secure technological supremacy in the future.時事通信社 による

Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, held a ceremony at Tokyo Station on Tuesday to mark the 60th anniversary of its Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet resigned en masse on Tuesday morning on his 1,094th day in office, the eighth longest in Japan's post-World War II history.時事通信社 による

COVID-19 routine vaccinations, mainly for people aged 65 or older, began in Japan on Tuesday in a program running until March 31 next year.時事通信社 による

Five major Japanese banks will implement the first increases in their floating interest rates on housing loans in 17 years in October, after raising their short-term prime rates in September, following the Bank of Japan's interest rate hike in July.時事通信社 による

The new leaders of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its partner, Komeito, signed a new coalition agreement on Monday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government, plaintiffs in forced sterilization lawsuits and their lawyers and supporters signed a basic agreement Monday on efforts to help victims of forced sterilization under the now-defunct eugenic protection law and to eradicate discrimination against them.時事通信社 による

Japanese illustrator Shoji Yamafuji, known for his popular caricatures of politicians and celebrities, died Monday of old age in Tokyo. He was 87.時事通信社 による

Mizuho Securities Co.'s ordinary profit from investment banking operations in the year ending in March 2025 is expected to hit the highest level since comparable data became available in the year ended in March 2014, President and CEO Yoshiro Hamamoto said in a recent interview.時事通信社 による

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is almost certain to clinch two of this season's three major batting titles for the National League in the U.S. Major League Baseball while failing to win the triple crown.時事通信社 による

Fujifilm Corp. said Monday it will spend some 20 billion yen to build factories in Shizuoka and Oita prefectures to increase production of semiconductor materials.時事通信社 による

A Japanese high court on Monday reduced the prison term for a woman from nine years to eight years and six months for exploiting romantic feelings to defraud men out of money and selling a related manual.時事通信社 による

The Hyogo prefectural election commission announced Monday that a gubernatorial election that follows the exit of embattled Motohiko Saito as governor will be held Nov. 17.時事通信社 による

The International Fund of Agricultural Development will boost cooperation with Japan to establish food security and improve the productivity of small-scale farmers, IFAD President Alvaro Lario said in an interview with Jiji Press in New York.時事通信社 による

Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced the chief accountant of a Liberal Democratic Party faction once led by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to three years in prison, suspended for five years, over a high-profile political funds scandal involving LDP factions.時事通信社 による

Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba on Monday unveiled plans to hold a House of Representatives election on Oct. 27.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party launched its new leadership team led by President Shigeru Ishiba, 67, on Monday.時事通信社 による

Japan on Monday marked the 25th anniversary of a fatal criticality accident that happened at a facility of nuclear fuel processing company JCO Co. in the village of Tokai in the eastern prefecture of Ibaraki.時事通信社 による

Japan's industrial production in August fell 3.3pctfrom the previous month, affected by Typhoon Shanshan, which led many factories to halt their operations, industry ministry data showed Monday.時事通信社 による

Former Tokai Mayor Tatsuya Murakami, who dealt with a nuclear accident as leader of the eastern Japan village in 1999, has criticized the central government for lack of preparations for such a disaster.時事通信社 による

A total of 2,911 food products from 195 major food makers are seen undergoing price hikes in Japan in October, Teikoku Databank Ltd. said Monday.時事通信社 による

Another wave of goods and service price increases will hit households in Japan in October, including food and beverage prices, postage rates and electricity and gas charges.時事通信社 による

A documentary film about whale food culture in Japan is showing in the United States.時事通信社 による

The Japanese oceanographic research ship Mirai has bid farewell to the Arctic Ocean after ending its observation mission that lasted about three weeks.時事通信社 による

Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department plans to set up a section specializing in investigating lone offenders who carry out terrorist attacks independently without belonging to any organization, according to informed sources.時事通信社 による

A large-scale exhibition event promoting Japanese anime was held in New Delhi, the capital of India, for two days through Sunday.時事通信社 による

Two giant pandas left Tokyo's Ueno Zoo in the early hours of Sunday for their flight back to China.時事通信社 による

Shigeru Ishiba, new leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is considering a plan to hold an election of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, on Oct. 27 at the earliest, with the official campaign period starting on Oct. 15, informed sources said Sunday.…

Shigeru Ishiba, new leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has said that the sharing of the United States' nuclear weapons in Asia should be considered under the initiative of creating an Asian version of NATO proposed by him.時事通信社 による

Shigeru Ishiba, new leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, expressed a cautious view about interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan, when he appeared in a television program on Sunday.時事通信社 による