Shareholders of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. on Friday approved the company's proposed slate of 10 board nominees, including executive officer Norikazu Toyoda, who is set to become new president and CEO of the scandal-tainted Japanese company.時事通信社 による

The defense chiefs of Japan and the United States agreed Sunday to improve command control coordination between Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military.時事通信社 による

The Japan Meteorological Agency on Sunday raised the volcanic alert for Shinmoedake in the Kyushu southwestern region to Level 3 from Level 2.時事通信社 による

Officials from Japan's ruling bloc and the Democratic Party for the People on Sunday urged the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan to continue talks with them in April and later to reach an agreement on a review regarding political donations from companies and other organizations.…

Experts from Japan and abroad kicked off two-day talks in Tokyo on Sunday for compiling proposals to realize a world without nuclear weapons in the run-up to next year's review conference for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.時事通信社 による

While 80 years have passed since the end of organized fighting on Ioto, widely known as Iwo Jima, during World War II, the son of a Japanese soldier killed in the battle is continuing efforts to collect the remains of the war dead on the Pacific island.時事通信社 による

Japanese political parties remain at odds over a review of rules on political donations by corporations and other organizations, with the standoff likely to continue into April and later in the lead-up to this summer's election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament.時事通信社 による

Japanese "gyudon" beef-on-rice restaurant chain Sukiya Co. said Saturday it will temporarily close almost all stores from Monday, after a cockroach was found in a product following a similar sanitary issue.時事通信社 による

A ceremony was held Saturday to mark the completion of the Japan Pavilion at the 2025 World Exposition in the city of Osaka, western Japan, slated to kick off April 13 for a six-month run.時事通信社 による

Japan's Rapidus Corp. is set to start the operations of a pilot line at its plant for advanced semiconductors in Chitose, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Two Japanese residents of the Myanmar city of Mandalay were injured in a massive earthquake that struck the Southeast Asian country Friday, and received treatment at a local hospital, according to the Japanese embassy in Myanmar.時事通信社 による

Exposure to secondhand smoke during pregnancy increases by about 2.3 times the risk of placental abruption, a condition in which part of the placenta separates from the uterine wall before childbirth, according to a study conducted by a team from Japan's Tohoku University.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday attended a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service on Ioto, widely known as Iwo Jima, to honor troops who died in fierce battle on the Pacific island 80 years ago.時事通信社 による

Inui Street at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo was opened to the public Saturday for this year's spring season.時事通信社 による

A declassified South Korean diplomatic record has revealed how certain songs were exceptionally allowed to be sung in Japanese in 1994, when Japanese popular culture was still been banned in South Korea due to Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula in 1910-1945.時事通信社 による

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday that it has launched a full-scale probe regarding engine issues involving some 2.2 million Honda Motor Co. vehicles sold in the United States.時事通信社 による

An increasing number of companies in Japan are moving to raise the starting salaries for new employees at a time when labor shortages are becoming serious in the country.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prince Hisahito, who is set to enroll in the University of Tsukuba in April, will rent a private apartment near the institute in the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, an official has said.時事通信社 による

Japan Post Holdings Co. said Friday that Hiroya Masuda will step down as president and CEO in June, after five years in the posts.時事通信社 による

Japan's 10 major electricity suppliers said Friday that monthly bills for average households will go up by between 385 yen and 465 yen in April, due mainly to the end of government subsidies to curb inflation.時事通信社 による

A forest fire in Okayama Prefecture has been contained, Masao Omori, mayor of the city of Okayama, the capital of the western Japan prefecture, said Friday.時事通信社 による

Chiba Bank said Friday it has acquired a 19.9pctstake in Chiba Kogyo Bank for some 23.7 billion yen.時事通信社 による

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. on Friday promoted executive officer Norikazu Toyoda to its president and CEO after shareholders approved the company's proposed slate of 10 board nominees, including him.時事通信社 による

Japan's Imperial Household Agency said Friday it will start operating an official channel on the YouTube video-sharing platform on Tuesday.時事通信社 による

SBI Shinsei Bank said Friday it has repaid some 100 billion yen in public funds to the Japanese government.時事通信社 による

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co. plan to merge in April 2027, their parent, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc., said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday broadly agreed with the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan to put a revised government budget bill for fiscal 2025 to votes at the Budget Committee of the House of Councillors, the upper parliamentary chamber, and at a plenary session of the Upper House, both on Monday.…

An estimated 41,969 bodies in Japan were unclaimed in fiscal 2023, accounting for 2.7pctof total deaths in 2023, a recent welfare ministry survey showed.時事通信社 による

Japan will ask all of some 4,000 listed companies in the country to consider submitting and disclosing their annual securities reports before ordinary meetings of their shareholders, financial services minister Katsunobu Kato said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that he will visit Ioto, widely known as Iwo Jima, on Saturday to attend an event to honor soldiers who died in the fierce battle on the Pacific island 80 years ago.時事通信社 による

The number of suicides in Japan decreased by 1,517 from the previous year to 20,320 in 2024, the second-lowest level on record, the health ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

Many needy households in Japan with children set to enroll in junior or senior high schools next month are considering reducing their living costs to cover spending necessary for the new school life, a survey has found.時事通信社 による

The core consumer price index for Tokyo's densely populated 23 special wards in March rose 2.4pctfrom a year before amid continued food price increases, government data showed Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan should aim to boost annual rice exports, including packaged rice and rice flour, to 353,000 tons in 2030, up eightfold from last year, a government panel has said.時事通信社 による

Japan's Fair Trade Commission has warned confectionery maker Chateraise Co., alleging that the company refused to receive products from suppliers in violation of the subcontract law.時事通信社 による

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday approved by a majority vote a plan for nominee George Glass to become U.S. ambassador to Japan.時事通信社 による

Japan and eight other economies agreed Thursday to reduce this year's catch quota for saury in the northern Pacific by 10pctto 202,500 tons.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government published Thursday an evacuation plan for the roughly 120,000 people on remote southwestern islands, drawn up with a possible conflict over Taiwan in mind.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is planning to visit the Philippines and Vietnam during the holidays starting late next month, government officials said Thursday.時事通信社 による

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to impose 25pcttariffs on all automobile imports, starting next month, has shocked Japanese automakers as the United States is their key market.時事通信社 による

Masahiro Shinoda, a film director known for his unique Japanese aesthetic style, died of pneumonia on Tuesday. He was 94.時事通信社 による

A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced former lawmaker Megumi Hirose to 30 months in prison, suspended for five years, for defrauding the government of several million yen in salary for a secretary.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito bade farewell on Thursday to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at a hotel in Tokyo.時事通信社 による

Fuji Media Holdings Inc., parent of scandal-embattled Fuji Television Network Inc., announced Thursday that Hisashi Hieda will step down as the two firms' executive managing adviser.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is unlikely to release a government-adopted statement to mark the 80th anniversary this year of the country's surrender in World War II, government officials said Thursday.時事通信社 による

While Japan's Diet has enacted a bill calling for decency in election campaign posters, the country's efforts to prevent votes falling into chaos are starting to resemble a game of cat and mouse.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday that no new budgetary measures to tackle inflation will be compiled after the expected enactment of the government's fiscal 2025 budget.時事通信社 による

East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, launched part of its Takanawa Gateway City large-scale redevelopment area in Tokyo on Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday that his government has "all kinds of options" on how to respond to the imposition of 25pcttariffs on automobile imports announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.時事通信社 による

Families of high school students receiving aid from Japan's Ashinaga Foundation suffer poverty in many cases, earning disposable incomes less than half the national average, a survey has found.時事通信社 による