With many issues arising from the current electoral system adopted for Japan's House of Representatives, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is keeping a close eye on the idea of introducing a medium constituency plural ballot system.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said in a television program Sunday that he will visit the United States to attend the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20.時事通信社 による

The Tokyo metropolitan government will provide up to 100,000 yen in subsidies from October to residents of Tokyo who opt for painless deliveries, Governor Yuriko Koike has said.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Saturday agreed that Japan will provide the Southeast Asian nation with high-speed patrol boats.時事通信社 による

The Honda Civic Hybrid has been chosen North American Car of the Year for 2025 by journalists in the United States and Canada, according to an announcement in Detroit, Michigan, on Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is seen visiting Washington to attend the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20, Japanese sources said Friday.時事通信社 による

U.S. investment fund Apollo Global Management Inc. is considering investing up to 1.5 trillion yen in Seven & i Holdings Co. to join a founding family's buyout plan, it was learned Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's industry ministry Friday presented a plan to set an energy-saving target for new data centers to be built in the country.時事通信社 による

Japan's Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co. plans to raise its starting monthly salary for university graduates joining the nonlife insurer in April 2026 to as much as 410,000 yen, sources said Friday.時事通信社 による

Nonfinancial companies scored a record annual buying excess of 7,884.1 billion yen for Japanese stocks in 2024, a Tokyo Stock Exchange report showed Friday.時事通信社 による

Denmark's rejection of Japan's request to extradite an antiwhaling activist is extremely regrettable, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Friday that he will visit Britain from Monday to Thursday.時事通信社 による

Yoshiko Ishiba, the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, made her diplomatic debut by attending events in Malaysia on Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will visit Seoul to hold talks with his South Korean counterpart, Cho Tae-yul, on Monday, the Japanese and South Korean governments said Friday.時事通信社 による

A series of avian influenza outbreaks has hit poultry farms in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi, where the prefectural government announced newly confirmed infections for the second straight day Friday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government on Friday appointed Takehiro Funakoshi, senior deputy foreign minister for political affairs, as vice foreign minister to succeed Masataka Okano, who is set to become chief of the National Security Secretariat.時事通信社 による

Japan's composite index of coincident economic indicators declined for the first time in three months in November 2024, the Cabinet Office said Friday.時事通信社 による

Eight people were injured by a hammer-wielding woman at Hosei University's Tama campus in Tokyo on Friday afternoon.時事通信社 による

The United States has enhanced deterrence against an "axis of autocrats" by boosting its ties with Japan, outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said Friday, apparently bearing in mind China and North Korea.時事通信社 による

The Japan Tourism Agency will launch a model project to support accommodation operators working to turn around their businesses while repaying debts incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.時事通信社 による

Japanese Ambassador to Britain Hiroshi Suzuki has grabbed the attention of social media users by singing the Welsh national anthem in Welsh.時事通信社 による

The delivery of F-35B stealth fighter jets by the United States to an Air Self-Defense Force base in southwestern Japan will be delayed to April or after, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Friday.時事通信社 による

Heavy snow chiefly hit Sea of Japan coastal areas in the northern, central and western regions on Friday and was forecast to continue to fall in some areas until Saturday morning.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Malaysian counterpart, Anwar Ibrahim, confirmed Friday that their countries will promote cooperation in the security field.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government on Friday appointed Vice Foreign Minister Masataka Okano as secretary-general of the National Security Secretariat to replace Takeo Akiba, effective on Jan. 20.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government on Friday announced additional sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.時事通信社 による

Japan's household consumption expenditures dropped 0.4pctfrom a year earlier in inflation-adjusted real terms to 295,518 yen in November, extending their downtrend to four months, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government said Friday that it will step up efforts to increase the country's exports of agriculture, forestry, fisheries and food products.時事通信社 による

Talk persists that Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's administration may choose to hold a House of Representatives election on the same day as the House of Councillors election set for summer.時事通信社 による

Fast Retailing Co. on Thursday reported record profits and revenue for the three months ended in November thanks to robust sales at its Uniqlo casual clothing store chain in Japan.時事通信社 による

A creditor has filed for court-led civil rehabilitation of the parent of Japanese audio and video equipment maker Funai Electric Co., further deepening turmoil at the group, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. on Thursday reported slumps in new vehicle sales in China in 2024.時事通信社 による

Japanese space exploration startup ispace Inc. said Thursday that its new lunar lander will be launched Wednesday in the company's second attempt to put such a spacecraft on the moon.時事通信社 による

The Japanese and Indian coast guards conducted their 20th joint drill in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Thursday, and it was the first to be observed by officials from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Australian Border Force.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government plans to convene the Diet, the country's parliament, for this year's ordinary session starting Jan. 24, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel on Thursday gave the view that President Joe Biden's order blocking Nippon Steel Corp.'s acquisition of United States Steel Corp. will have minimal impact on overall Japan-U.S. relations.時事通信社 による

The Bank of Japan raised its economic assessments for the Hokuriku central and Tohoku northeastern regions in a quarterly report Thursday while maintaining its views on the other seven regions.時事通信社 による

Seven & i Holdings Co. said Thursday that its net profit in March-November 2024 dropped 65.1pctfrom a year before, reflecting sluggishness in its overseas convenience store business.時事通信社 による

Honda Motor Co.'s N-Box minivehicle was the best-selling car in Japan for the third consecutive year in 2024, industry data showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

The Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers' Unions, or JAW, on Thursday set its target at 12,000 yen for pay scale hikes in this year's "shunto" spring wage negotiations.時事通信社 による

Fukuoka prefectural police Thursday served a fresh arrest warrant on Masanori Hirabaru over a stabbing attack in the southwestern Japan prefecture on suspicion of murdering a junior high school girl.時事通信社 による

A Japanese national purported to be a leader of a yakuza organized crime syndicate has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar to other countries, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The average number of influenza patients per hospital in Japan in the week that ended Dec. 29 came to 64.39, the highest since the current survey method was adopted in April 1999, the health ministry said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Mizuho Bank said Thursday that it will raise its long-term prime lending rate for January by 0.10 percentage point from the previous month to 2.00 pct, the highest level in 15 years and seven months.時事通信社 による

An expert panel of Japan's National Police Agency released a report Thursday calling for mandatory identity verification for scrap metal transactions following a surge in copper wire theft cases in the country.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba left for Malaysia and Indonesia on Thursday as he seeks to strengthen maritime security cooperation with the two Southeast Asian countries in an apparent effort to counter threats from China.時事通信社 による

Sales of imported foreign-brand vehicles in Japan in 2024 fell 8.5pctfrom a year earlier to 227,202 units, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said Thursday.時事通信社 による

A team including Kyoto University researchers said Thursday that it has taken a major step toward the practical use of a light, low-cost and high-performance carbon magnet not requiring rare earth minerals.時事通信社 による

Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, is set to be in the red for the third straight year in fiscal 2025, after a cut in its viewing fees in October 2023, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. will not raise the yields on its insurance products promised to policyholders, although rivals have raised such yields amid higher interest rates, President Toshiaki Sumino said in a recent interview.時事通信社 による