Toyota Motor Corp. has lowered its projection for global production of vehicles under its Toyota and Lexus brands in 2024 to around 9.8 million units from the initial 10.3 million units, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

The number of corporate bankruptcies involving liabilities of at least 10 million yen in Japan jumped 25.7pctfrom a year earlier to 953 in July, up for the 28th consecutive month, Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd. said Thursday.時事通信社 による

A total of 8,601 foreign children of compulsory school age living in Japan were possibly not in education as of May last year, the education ministry said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Indonesia's only Japanese-language daily newspaper is still rolling off the presses after its publisher announced on Aug. 1 that it would temporarily shut down.時事通信社 による

Japan's Emperor Naruhito met with Swiss President Viola Amherd at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki and some other members of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet have resumed holding political fundraising parties, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese and Indian governments will hold a so-called two-plus-two security meeting in India on Aug. 20, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said on Thursday.時事通信社 による

Shigeru Ishiba, former secretary-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, remains the top favorite to become the LDP's next leader, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

Tokyo police have arrested a Chinese man for allegedly defrauding major game maker Sega Corp. of money in online games.時事通信社 による

A strong earthquake jolted southwestern Japan on Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Fair Trade Commission plans to issue a warning shortly to Nissin Food Products Co. on suspicion of urging retailers to unreasonably raise the sales prices of its Cup Noodle and other instant noodle products in violation of the antimonopoly law, informed sources said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. said Thursday that it has decided to pull out of its business related to "beni koji" red fermented rice, following widespread health problems blamed on its supplement products containing the substance.時事通信社 による

Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet rebounded slightly in August, a Jiji Press opinion showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

Many Bank of Japan policymakers saw the need for an interest rate hike based on their views on the economy and prices last month, a summary of the latest monetary policy meeting showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan's current account surplus in January-June jumped 59.2pctfrom a year before to 12,681.7 billion yen, the second largest on a first-half basis, Finance Ministry data showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan's National Personnel Authority on Thursday recommended that the monthly base salary for central government workers be raised by 2.76 pct, or 11,183 yen, on average for fiscal 2024, the biggest rate of increase in 32 years.時事通信社 による

The ambassadors to Japan of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the United States will not attend an annual peace ceremony to be held in Nagasaki on Friday, Shiro Suzuki, mayor of the southwestern Japan city, said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan's calorie-based food self-sufficiency rate in fiscal 2023 was at 38 pct, standing at the same level for three straight years, the agriculture ministry said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Sumitomo Chemical Co. has said it will sell a stake of 22.5pctin its oil refining and petrochemical joint venture with state-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co., or Saudi Aramco.時事通信社 による

Supporters of Paul Watson, founder of antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd, on Wednesday held a demonstration in London calling for his release.時事通信社 による

The board of Tokyo Women's Medical University has voted to dismiss Chancellor Kinuko Iwamoto over suspected illegal expenditure linked to its alumnae association Shiseikai.時事通信社 による

Japan's Nao Kusaka clinched gold in men's Greco-Roman wrestling in the 77-kilogram category at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, defeating Kazakhstan's Demeu Zhadrayev.時事通信社 による

Five of Japan's seven major automakers posted higher group operating profits for April-June than a year earlier, mainly reflecting robust North American operations and a weaker yen, according to their earnings reports released by Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Sony Group Corp. has abandoned plans to acquire U.S. media giant Paramount Global, Chief Financial Officer Hiroki Totoki said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. President Akira Shimada on Wednesday suggested the need to end the domestic telegram services of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp.時事通信社 による

Japanese financial institutions should prepare for the possible effects on their earnings of market interest rate rises caused by the Bank of Japan's rate increases, Financial Services Agency Commissioner Hideki Ito said in a recent interview.時事通信社 による

Players born to Japanese mothers dominated the women's park skateboarding podium at the Paris Olympics, just as they did at the previous Tokyo Olympics in 2021.時事通信社 による

Japan's transport ministry showed Wednesday three detailed options for an extended route from Tsuruga to Osaka for the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line.時事通信社 による

Major Japanese firms have raised summer bonuses by 4.23pctin 2024 from the previous year to 941,595 yen on average, the second highest level since comparable data began in 1981, a tally by the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, showed Wednesday.時事通信社 による

SoftBank Group Corp. on Wednesday reported a consolidated net loss of 174.2 billion yen for April-June, its third consecutive April-June loss, though shrinking from the year-before loss of 477.6 billion yen.時事通信社 による

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel will not attend an annual peace ceremony to be held in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Friday, sources at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike injured her left knee joint during a ceremonial first pitch at a professional baseball game, the metropolitan government said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan decided Wednesday to hold a leadership election on Sept. 23 before the term of its current leader, Kenta Izumi, expires at the end of September.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government plans to hold in early September the first meeting of a public-private committee to promote the country's film industry, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The Bank of Japan will consider carefully whether to raise the policy interest rate further, BOJ Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida suggested Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average wiped out its substantial early loss to end higher Wednesday, after the previous day's historic gain, thanks to buying spurred by remarks by a senior Bank of Japan official showing a cautious stance about a further interest rate hike.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida indicated Wednesday that clarifying the existence of the Self-Defense Forces in the Constitution should be a priority item as well in an envisioned national referendum on amending the top law.時事通信社 による

Japan's ABC Cooking Studio Co. has closed down all of its outlets in China, it was learned.時事通信社 による

Four major Japanese nonlife insurers will raise corporate fire insurance premiums from October, according to informed sources.時事通信社 による

The Bank of Japan "will not raise interest rates when financial markets are unstable," BOJ Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan spent 5,918.5 billion yen in a foreign exchange market intervention on April 29, a daily record for its yen-buying, dollar-selling operations, a Finance Ministry report showed Wednesday.時事通信社 による

In this year's peace declaration, Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui mentioned the city's "axis of peace," on which key facilities related to the 1945 atomic bombing of the western Japan city are located.時事通信社 による

Japan's Kenichiro Fumita won the gold medal in men's Greco-Roman 60-kilogram wrestling at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, defeating China's Cao Liguo.時事通信社 による

Japan's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday raised its travel alert for Israel, advising against visiting the country amid rising tensions in the Middle East.時事通信社 による

India's lower house of parliament on Tuesday observed a moment of silence for the victims of the U.S. atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 in the closing days of World War II.時事通信社 による

The Sendai Tanabata Festival started Tuesday in the city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, with ornaments hung to pray for the areas affected by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake in central Japan.時事通信社 による

Yukiko Ouchi established an organization promoting peace to pass down the voices of hibakusha to younger generations as the number of the atomic bomb survivors is shrinking 79 years after World War II ended.時事通信社 による

Japan decided Tuesday to provide two Ground Self-Defense Force supply transport vehicles to Vietnam as the first project under the two countries' agreement on the transfer of defense equipment and technology, which came into effect in 2021.時事通信社 による

Japan and Mongolia are likely to reach a broad agreement to conclude a treaty aimed at allowing the two nations to export defense equipment to one another, Japanese government officials said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Hibakusha atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima Prefecture asked Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday to attend a meeting of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons next year as an observer.時事通信社 による