Two women have died in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, with one of them apparently being hit with the other, who is believed to have fallen from a building.時事通信社 による

The issue of whether Japan should introduce a selective dual surname system for married couples is expected to be a major issue in the upcoming leadership election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.時事通信社 による

Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, continued to cancel services on the Mishima-Nagoya section of its Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line from Sunday's first trains, due to the effect of Typhoon Shanshan.時事通信社 による

Typhoon Shanshan is expected to turn into a tropical cyclone by Sunday night after changing its course to the north and approaching Mie Prefecture in central Japan.時事通信社 による

Although 80pctof people were aware of a warning issued in August against a possible huge earthquake in the Nankai Trough off Japan's Pacific coast, some 20pctof them did not take specific action, a University of Tokyo survey has found.時事通信社 による

Japan introduced a system Sunday to oblige businesses to report health damage from supplements and other food products labeled as having specific health benefits and "tokuho" foods with health improvement effects to authorities including the Consumer Affairs Agency.時事通信社 による

Eight months after the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake in central Japan, an increasing number of businesses in the region have resumed operations, backed by growing reconstruction demand and return home, to temporary housing, by local residents who had been evacuated.時事通信社 による

Japanese swimmer Keiichi Kimura earned a gold medal in the men's 50-meter freestyle event in the S11 class for athletes with vision impairment at the Paris Paralympic Games on Saturday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel provided their final bathing support Saturday in the Ishikawa Prefecture city of Suzu, which was hit hard by the Jan. 1 powerful earthquake.時事通信社 による

People flocked to Tokyo's Ueno Zoo to see giant pandas Ri Ri and Shin Shin on Saturday, a day after their return to China in late September was announced, with many visitors saying that they will miss the cute animals.時事通信社 による

Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki has been chosen as a winner of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award, known as Asia's Nobel Prize, the foundation for the award announced Saturday.時事通信社 による

A survey vessel from the Chinese navy entered Japanese waters near the island of Yakushima in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Saturday morning, the Japanese Defense Ministry said.時事通信社 による

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani on Friday became the first player in Major League Baseball history to reach 43 home runs and 43 stolen bases in a single regular season.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government is mulling investing in chipmaker Rapidus Corp., which aims to start mass-producing a next-generation semiconductor in 2027, it was learned Saturday.時事通信社 による

A group of Hyogo prefectural assembly members plans to submit a no-confidence motion against Motohiko Saito, governor of the western Japan prefecture, over his alleged power harassment to the assembly's session in September, informed sources said Saturday.時事通信社 による

Japanese electronics and entertainment giant Sony Group Corp. completed its new building in Tokyo's posh Ginza district in August, expecting the structure, standing at a corner facing the famous Sukiyabashi crossing, to be a new symbol of the area.時事通信社 による

Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, suspended Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train operations on the section between Tokyo Station and Nagoya Station in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, from the first trains of Saturday due to heavy rain from Typhoon Shanshan.時事通信社 による

Typhoon Shanshan traveled east over Pacific waters south of the Kii Peninsula in western Japan on Saturday morning after crossing the Shikoku western region earlier in the day.時事通信社 による

Japan's Tomoki Sato clinched a silver medal in the men's 400 meters in track and field for T52 class wheelchair users on the third day of the Paris Paralympics on Friday.時事通信社 による

More than 2.5 million sets of customer information at four major Japanese nonlife insurers has leaked through insurance agents and employees sent on loan to such agents, it was learned.時事通信社 による

Two more people have been confirmed dead as Typhoon Shanshan was slowly moving from southwestern to western Japan on Friday, bringing heavy rains to a wide range of areas in the country.時事通信社 による

Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, will continue to suspend its Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train service between Tokyo and Nagoya stations on Saturday, due to Typhoon Shanshan.時事通信社 による

The number of babies born in Japan in January-June decreased 5.7pctfrom a year before to 350,074, hitting a record low for the first half, the health ministry said in a preliminary report on Friday.時事通信社 による

Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will skip delivering a speech in the general debate of the U.N. General Assembly when he visits the United States in late September, informed sources said Friday.時事通信社 による

Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito denied allegations of power harassment, or harassment using a superior position in the workplace, in his sworn testimony to the Hyogo prefectural assembly on Friday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government on Friday effectively withdrew a plan to provide extra subsidies to young women who move to the countryside to get married, amid criticism for limiting such support to unmarried women.時事通信社 による

General-account budget requests for fiscal 2025 submitted by Japanese government ministries and agencies by Friday's deadline are expected to total around 117 trillion yen, hitting a record high for the second consecutive year.時事通信社 による

Two giant pandas at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo will be returned to China on Sept. 29, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said Friday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese Defense Ministry said Friday that it is seeking a record 8,538.9 billion yen under the government's fiscal 2025 budget, including 323.2 billion yen for establishing a satellite constellation as part of the country's counterstrike capability.時事通信社 による

Japan's Environment Ministry said Friday that its fiscal 2025 budget request addresses decarbonization and aid for Minamata disease sufferers.時事通信社 による

Prices of a total of 1,392 products from 195 major Japanese food manufacturers will go up in September, a survey by research firm Teikoku Databank Ltd. showed Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan and Australia will hold a so-called "two-plus-two" security meeting in Australia on Thursday, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said Friday.時事通信社 による

Typhoon Shanshan finished crossing the northern part of the Kyushu southwestern Japan region and reached the Seto Inland Sea on Friday morning.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government Friday discussed measures to support the fisheries industry, hit by China's prolonged import ban on Japanese fishery products.時事通信社 による

-Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in July rose 0.2 percentage point from the previous month to 2.7 pct, worsening for the first time in five months, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese public prosecutors plan to indict former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Megumi Hirose without arrest for alleged fraud over the salary for a publicly paid secretary, it was learned Friday.時事通信社 による

Core consumer prices in central Tokyo in August rose 2.4pctfrom a year before, mainly due to hikes in rice prices and electricity fees, Japanese government data showed Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese regional banking group Jimoto Holdings Inc. is in the final phase of talks with the Financial Services Agency on pushing back by 13 years the Sept. 30 deadline for a subsidiary's repayment of 20 billion yen in public funds, it was learned Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan had 2,567 children on nursery waiting lists as of April 1, down 4.2pctfrom a year before, hitting a record low for the sixth straight year, a government survey showed Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Foreign Ministry on Friday announced a budget request including 66.2 billion yen in expenses to strengthen efforts to respond to information warfare, such as fight against false information.時事通信社 による

-Japan's Cabinet Office said Friday that it will seek 282 billion yen in expenses to promote Okinawa Prefecture's economy in its budget request for fiscal 2025.時事通信社 による

Swimmer Takayuki Suzuki brought Japan its first Paris Paralympics medal, a gold, on Thursday, the second day of the quadrennial sporting event.時事通信社 による

All operations of the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line between Tokyo and Osaka were suspended from the first train on Friday due to the approaching Typhoon Shanshan.時事通信社 による

Japan's education ministry plans to boost so-called teacher adjustment allowances to 13pctof basic salaries from the current 4 pct, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

The British government said Thursday that the country is now set to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement by Dec. 15, having secured the sixth and final ratification as Peru completed its ratification process.時事通信社 による

Tokyo police on Thursday released new portrait sketches of a key suspect in the 2012 murder of a 31-year-old man at a nightclub in Tokyo's Roppongi district.時事通信社 による

July-August household consumption spending in Tokyo is estimated to be 39,063 million yen higher than a usual level thanks to the scorching heat, Teikoku Databank Ltd. has reported.時事通信社 による

Four people have been found dead and dozens injured as Typhoon Shanshan is hitting Japan.時事通信社 による

Japan's Finance Ministry said Thursday that it is seeking 10,932 billion yen in its fiscal 2025 general-account budget request to pay interest on Japanese government bonds.時事通信社 による

The average minimum hourly wage among Japan's prefectures will rise by 51 yen from the previous year to 1,055 yen in fiscal 2024, the sharpest increase ever, the labor ministry said Thursday.時事通信社 による