Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. will actively pursue mergers and acquisitions, Masahiro Koike, new group CEO of the Japanese nonlife insurance company, said in a recent interview.時事通信社 による

A total of 471 people are preparing to run in the July 20 election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of Japan's parliament, as of Tuesday, a Jiji Press survey shows.時事通信社 による

An upcoming Bank of Japan "tankan" quarterly survey report is seen showing a slight deterioration in business sentiment among both major Japanese manufacturers and nonmanufacturers, according to estimates by 15 private think tanks released by Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japan on Tuesday started a service that allows some functions of the My Number personal identification card to be mounted on Apple Inc.'s iPhones.時事通信社 による

Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency said Tuesday that it has named Natsuko Horii, 58, a senior official at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, as its next commissioner.時事通信社 による

The Japan Atomic Energy Commission stressed the importance of restarting nuclear power plants in a white paper on nuclear energy for fiscal 2024 released Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Nippon Steel Corp. shareholders on Tuesday praised the Japanese steelmaker's successful acquisition of United States Steel Corp. despite initial opposition from the U.S. government, but expressed concerns about the implications of a "golden share" given to Washington.時事通信社 による

The Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatics team is now expected to perform near the venue of the ongoing 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, as early as July 12.時事通信社 による

Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday sent papers to public prosecutors on Fuji Television Network Inc. announcer Kenta Yamamoto for allegedly gambling on an online casino site.時事通信社 による

Naha District Court on Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old U.S. Marine to seven years in prison for nonconsensual sexual intercourse resulting in injury to a woman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, in May last year.時事通信社 による

Some flights departing from Japan have returned to the country or been canceled amid high tensions in the Middle East following U.S. strikes in Iran, Japanese transport minister Hiromasa Nakano said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese transport ministry plans to formally revoke Japan Post Co.'s general motor truck transport business permit on Wednesday as it failed to properly conduct mandatory roll calls for its delivery drivers, informed sources said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Lawson Inc. has opened a "future" convenience store in Tokyo's Minato Ward with cutting-edge digital technology provided by telecommunications company KDDI Corp.時事通信社 による

While Okinawa Prefecture marks 80 years since the end of the intense fighting there in the late stage of World War II, Japan's Self-Defense Forces is boosting its presence in the nation's southernmost prefecture amid China's increasing military activities.時事通信社 による

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa is planning to visit the United States from Thursday at the earliest for the next round of tariff negotiations, it was learned Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Ivan Espinosa apologized for the Japanese automaker's sluggish financial performance at a meeting of shareholders at its headquarters in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on Tuesday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government on Tuesday welcomed a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran that was announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on social media.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government said Tuesday that an election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament, will take place on July 20.時事通信社 による

Japan expressed opposition Monday to the European Union's possible proposal for regulating international trade in all eel species under the Washington Convention, the Fisheries Agency said.時事通信社 による

Rising oil prices following last weekend's U.S. military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities have raised concern about possible negative effects on Japan's economy.時事通信社 による

The recent U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities show a determination to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons while seeking a swift de-escalation of the situation, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday said he expects the focal point of the upcoming House of Councillors election to be a "strong economy."時事通信社 による

An internal affairs ministry working group Monday unveiled a draft interim report underlining the need for the government to consider a legal system aimed at regulating social media monetization during natural disasters.時事通信社 による

The average price of rice sold at about 1,000 supermarkets across Japan in the week through June 15 stood at 3,920 yen per 5 kilograms, slipping below 4,000 yen for the first time since the week ended March 2, the agriculture ministry said Monday.時事通信社 による

MUFG Bank said Monday that a former employee in his 60s has defrauded a customer out of 39.84 million yen by suggesting fictitious financial products and issuing forged deposit receipts.時事通信社 による

Japan's Fair Trade Commission on Monday slapped fines totaling 3.3 billion yen on advertising giant Dentsu Group Inc. and six other ad agencies and event organizers for bid-rigging over the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday laid flowers at a monument in the city of Itoman in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa that was erected to remember the Himeyuri corps of female students who died in the Battle of Okinawa during the final phase of World War II.時事通信社 による

Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top negotiator in tariff talks with the United States, on Monday praised Nippon Steel Corp.'s acquisition of United States Steel Corp. as a wholly owned subsidiary.時事通信社 による

"I want to see my father again," says a daughter of an Okinawan man who died as a kamikaze suicide attack pilot about 80 years ago. "The last time I saw my father was when I was 6 years old."時事通信社 による

The English proficiency of public junior high school and senior high school students in Japan continues to improve, an education ministry survey for fiscal 2024 showed Monday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that his Liberal Democratic Party has received a harsh verdict from voters in Sunday's Tokyo metropolitan assembly election.時事通信社 による

Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department on Monday arrested an employee of Fuji Television Network Inc. for alleged habitual gambling on an online casino site.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering canceling his visit to the Netherlands, scheduled from Tuesday to Thursday, for the NATO summit, due to the tense situation in the Middle East, government officials said Monday.時事通信社 による

A sense of crisis spread inside Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition ahead of a national election this summer following its lackluster showing in Sunday's election for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly.時事通信社 による

A memorial ceremony was held Monday in Okinawa Prefecture to mourn over 200,000 people who lost their lives in a fierce ground battle in the southernmost Japan prefecture 80 years ago in the final phase of the Pacific War, part of World War II.時事通信社 による

Japan's key Nikkei 225 stock average briefly lost more than 300 points on Monday morning as the United States' attack on nuclear facilities in Iran raised concerns over further deterioration in the Middle East situation.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government thinks that U.S. military strikes on Iran demonstrate Washington's resolve to prevent the country from acquiring nuclear weapons, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Monday.時事通信社 による

The word of "Docomo" will be included in the name of the Japanese bank that NTT Docomo Inc. last month agreed to acquire, Yoshiaki Maeda, president and CEO of the mobile phone operator, said in an interview.時事通信社 による

This year's ordinary Diet session ended on Sunday, after many unusual events in which Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's minority government was forced to walk a tightrope.時事通信社 による

Three parties supporting Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike are seen maintaining their combined majority in Sunday's metropolitan assembly election, according to an exit poll by Jiji Press and other sources.時事通信社 による

Tokyo citizens cast their ballots Sunday to elect the 127 members of the Japanese capital's metropolitan assembly, with political parties closely watching the results in the lead-up to the House of Councillors election next month.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Sunday called for calming down the situation regarding Iran, following the United States' airstrikes on nuclear sites in the Middle Eastern country.時事通信社 による

Japan's Foreign Ministry said Sunday that an additional 21 people, consisting of Japanese citizens and their foreign family members, have fled the Iranian capital of Teheran by a Japanese government-chartered bus.時事通信社 による

The United States has demanded that its Asia-Pacific allies, including Japan, increase their respective defense spending to 5pctof each country's gross domestic product, Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said Saturday.時事通信社 による

Belarus has freed 14 prisoners including two Japanese nationals, as well as opposition figure Sergey Tikhanovsky, according to Russia's state-run Tass news agency and other media outlets citing a spokesperson for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.時事通信社 による

South Korean Ambassador to Japan Park Cheol-hee has described the current state of his country's relations with Japan as "the best ever," as the two East Asian neighbors celebrate the 60th anniversary on Sunday of signing the 1965 bilateral treaty that normalized their diplomatic relations.時事通信社 による

Japan Display Inc., or JDI, director and former CEO Scott Callon told JDI shareholders on Saturday that the company will meet their expectations by returning to profitability as soon as possible.時事通信社 による

This year's ordinary session of the Diet ended in substance on Saturday, before its official close on Sunday, after the House of Councillors forwent a vote on an opposition-sponsored bill to abolish the provisional gasoline tax rate.時事通信社 による

Two Japanese Air Self-Defense Force transport aircraft left Japan for Djibouti on Saturday to prepare to evacuate Japanese nationals from Israel and Iran.時事通信社 による

Police in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, have arrested three Taiwanese individuals for possessing pirated copies of the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine containing the first episode of the popular manga series "One Piece," for the purpose of selling them.時事通信社 による