North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday instructed a firing drill involving super-large multiple rocket launchers, simulating a tactical nuclear counterattack, Pyongyang's state media said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

The International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday began its second review of the operations to discharge into the sea tritium-containing treated water from the meltdown-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.時事通信社 による

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Some 90 Japanese lawmakers Tuesday visited together war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during its three-day spring festival from Sunday.時事通信社 による

Japan's new "V Point" reward point program stumbled on the very day it was launched, due to a glitch found in related apps.時事通信社 による

Applications for publicly funded demolitions of houses damaged by the Noto Peninsula earthquake have been filed for only 30pctof the houses expected to undergo such work in Ishikawa Prefecture.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government Tuesday decided an additional spending of 138.9 billion yen from its reserve funds under its fiscal 2024 budget to support areas hit by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake.時事通信社 による

The apparent crash of two Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters off a remote Tokyo island on Saturday occurred during a training mission inspected by the commander of the Fleet Escort Force, it was learned Monday.時事通信社 による

Candidates backed by the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan are in the lead ahead of three by-elections for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the country's parliament, on Sunday, Jiji Press has learned.時事通信社 による

The families of 18 deceased former Chinese "comfort women" have filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government with a court in China's Shanxi Province, the plaintiffs' lawyer said Monday.時事通信社 による

The new "V Point" reward point program was launched in Japan on Monday through the merger of Culture Convenience Club Co.'s T-Point program and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.'s existing V Point program.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government said in a report Monday that it will scrap 15 state fund-backed projects over the two years through fiscal 2024, as a result of a review of a total of 200 projects backed by 152 state funds.時事通信社 による

Japan's crude steel production in fiscal 2023 decreased 1.1pctfrom the previous year to 86.83 million tons, down for the second straight year and below 100 million tons for the fifth consecutive year, the Japan Iron and Steel Federation said Monday.時事通信社 による

About 70pctof companies in Japan will implement pay scale increases in fiscal 2024, a survey by the Finance Ministry showed Monday.時事通信社 による

A sense of relief is spreading among foreign players on the Japanese stock market as an "end is in sight" for the yen's rapid fall, a Japanese equity expert has said.時事通信社 による

Nagoya District Court on Monday sentenced a Japanese "sugar baby" who called herself "itadaki joshi" to nine years in prison and a fine of 8 million yen for defrauding men out of money and selling a manual on sugar babying.時事通信社 による

Japan's Fair Trade Commission on Monday took its first ever administrative action against U.S. technology giant Google LLC, over its digital advertising business.時事通信社 による

A Chinese professor at Japan's Asia University has been missing since he made his temporary homecoming last year, it was learned Monday.時事通信社 による

North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan, the South Korean military said Monday.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will draft a bill to revise the political funds control law this week, following a money scandal involving the LDP, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Finance Ministry lowered its economic assessments for three of the country's 11 regions Monday, reflecting a weaker rebound in production due to record inflation, the slowdown of the Chinese economy and the effects of a recent major earthquake in the country.時事通信社 による

Former Japanese baseball star Hideki Matsui, who played in the U.S. major league and Japanese professional baseball, on Sunday promoted an upcoming Japan-U.S. exhibition at the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.時事通信社 による

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani blasted the 176th home run in his Major League Baseball career Sunday, rewriting the record for a Japanese-born player.時事通信社 による

A collision warning system apparently was not working in Saturday's crash of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters in the Pacific, Defense Ministry officials have said.時事通信社 による

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida marked 932 days in office Monday, tying Ryutaro Hashimoto as the eighth-longest-serving prime minister in Japan since the end of World War II.時事通信社 による

Japan's NanoTerasu next-generation synchrotron radiation facility went into operation at a Tohoku University campus in Sendai in the northeastern prefecture of Miyagi this month.時事通信社 による

The Japanese aircraft industry's desire to develop and produce a new Air Self-Defense Force jet trainer entirely in the country has faded following a White House summit between Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden earlier this month.時事通信社 による

Upcoming parliamentary by-elections are a major test for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's effort to maintain his clout as his ruling party comes under fire over a political funds scandal.時事通信社 による

Japanese dancer Yuna Yamada won first place on Saturday in the women's precompetitive age classical division at this year's Youth America Grand Prix international ballet contest in New York.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a ritual "masakaki" tree offering at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Sunday, when the war-related Shinto shrine's three-day spring festival began.時事通信社 による

Two Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters are believed to have crashed as they went missing while flying in the Pacific south of Tokyo Saturday night, Defense Ministry officials said.時事通信社 による

The organizers of the Cannes Film Festival on Friday unveiled the official poster for this year's event, featuring a scene from Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's "Rhapsody in August."時事通信社 による

Sony Group Corp. said Friday that it has created a new scholarship program that provides about 10 college students in science and engineering in Japan with up to 1.2 million yen in grants per year each.時事通信社 による

Honda Motor Co. said Friday that it will spend 4.2 billion reals in Brazil by 2030 as a strategic investment as the Japanese automaker considers the country as a promising market.時事通信社 による

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. is considering a joint bid to acquire Paramount Global, according to news reports.時事通信社 による

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Friday that the Japanese central bank will consider additional interest rate hikes depending on economic data.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government reiterated its warning on Friday that it will respond appropriately to an excessively weak yen on foreign exchange markets.時事通信社 による

An 11-company consortium led by Mitsui Fudosan Co. will build a stadium as part of a 900-billion-yen project to redevelop the site of the former Tsukiji wholesale market in Tokyo's Chuo Ward, the metropolitan government said Friday.時事通信社 による

The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven major democracies on Friday urged Iran and Israel to prevent further escalation after direct attacks between them.時事通信社 による

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield visited an atomic bomb museum in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Friday.時事通信社 による

More unexpected compounds have been found in some of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co.'s supplements containing "beni koji" red fermented rice, which are allegedly behind a series of health problems, it was learned Friday.時事通信社 による

Nissan Motor Co. said Friday that it has lowered its consolidated operating profit forecast for the year ended last month by 90 billion yen to 530 billion yen.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday adopted a view that two proposals by a government expert panel to address the shrinking number of Imperial Family members are "reasonable," paving the way for talks on the matter between the ruling and opposition camps.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government will take a coordinating role and issue instructions to local governments on responses when public health crises involving infectious diseases happen again, based on lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to its draft plans.時事通信社 による

Japan's House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill to revise the basic law on food, agriculture and rural areas to strengthen the country's food security.時事通信社 による

Japan's transport ministry Friday lifted its domestic shipment ban on the last remaining Daihatsu Motor Co. vehicle models, including the Move Canbus minivehicle.時事通信社 による

A convoy of vehicles carrying five Japanese expatriates was attacked by an armed group in Pakistan on Friday, leaving one of the five injured, according to the Consulate-General of Japan in Karachi.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government said Friday that it will send two more Self-Defense Forces personnel to the headquarters of the U.N. Mission in South Sudan, or UNMISS, in Juba.時事通信社 による

Japan's industry ministry said Friday that it will provide up to 72.5 billion yen in subsidies for five projects to build supercomputers for use in developing artificial intelligence technology.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday agreed to continue close cooperation in support for Ukraine for its war to end Russia's invasion.時事通信社 による