Relocation of U.S. Marines in Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, to Guam has started, Japan's Defense Ministry said Saturday.時事通信社 による

Tokyo police on Saturday distributed flyers asking members of the public for any information on the murder of four members of a family in the Japanese capital's Setagaya Ward in late December 2000 as a suspect has not been held 24 years after the tragedy.時事通信社 による

Foreign ministers of Japan and member nations of the Caribbean Community, or CARICOM, held a meeting in Tokyo on Saturday.時事通信社 による

Space One Co. decided Saturday to delay the launch of the second unit of its Kairos small rocket carrying satellites to Sunday morning.時事通信社 による

Leaders of the Group of Seven democracies in a videoconference on Friday expressed hope that the collapse of the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad will be the start of a peaceful and orderly transition of power in the country.時事通信社 による

The Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade framework, led by countries including Japan and Australia, is set to welcome Britain as its 12th member on Sunday.時事通信社 による

The Diet, Japan's parliament, may start next year's ordinary session on Jan. 21, with the next House of Councillors election to take place on July 13, it was learned Friday.時事通信社 による

Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, said Friday that it will change about half of the unisex bathrooms on Shinkansen bullet trains to female-only facilities, in light of a rise in the number of female passengers.時事通信社 による

A delegation from the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, returned home on Friday after receiving the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize at the award ceremony in the Norwegian capital of Oslo on Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling coalition on Friday proposed that the minimum annual taxable income be raised from the current 1.03 million yen to 1.23 million yen, starting next year.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba may visit the United States in February at the earliest to hold his first meeting with Donald Trump, who will return to the White House in January, Akihisa Nagashima, special adviser to Ishiba, said in an interview with Jiji Press on Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday he will visit Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Saturday.時事通信社 による

The Shizuoka prefectural government Friday unveiled the outline of a draft ordinance calling for collecting 4,000 yen per person from those climbing Mount Fuji from the central Japan prefecture, starting next summer.時事通信社 による

Naha District Court on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old U.S. airman to five years in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting an underage girl in Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, in December last year.時事通信社 による

Fukuoka High Court ruled Friday that Japan's Civil Code and other provisions that do not recognize same-sex marriage are unconstitutional as they violate the right to pursue happiness, among other reasons.時事通信社 による

Hiroshima High Court turned down second-generation hibakusha's appeal for state compensation on Friday, upholding a ruling by Hiroshima District Court.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that holding hearings of a parliamentary political ethics panel in a way that is open to the media is "one method" of allaying public suspicions about a slush funds scandal involving his ruling Liberal Democratic Party.時事通信社 による

Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, is considering withdrawing from a ship route between Japan and South Korea, over a scandal in which a subsidiary covered up a water leak incident on a high-speed passenger ship, it was learned Friday.時事通信社 による

The number of "kodomo shokudo" cafeterias providing meals mainly to needy children for free or at low prices in Japan surpassed 10,000 for the first time, a survey by a nonprofit organization has shown.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, have agreed to postpone deciding when to raise income tax to secure funding for higher defense expenditures, Yoichi Miyazawa, chair of the LDP's tax panel, said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are set to visit the city of Wajima on the Noto Peninsula on Tuesday to meet people affected by massive rain in September.時事通信社 による

The United Nations on Thursday designated Aug. 27 as World Lake Day to promote environmental conservation and sustainable development of lakes and reservoirs.時事通信社 による

Business sentiment among large manufacturers in Japan improved for the first time in two quarters, the Bank of Japan's "tankan" survey for December showed Friday.時事通信社 による

Around 20 members of the Liberal Democratic Party in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly were found to have omitted some revenues from fundraising parties in their political funds reports.時事通信社 による

All Nippon Airways on Thursday launched an airplane with a special livery to commemorate the 2025 World Exposition to be held in the western Japan city of Osaka.時事通信社 による

Seibu Holdings Inc. said Thursday that it will sell Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho, a large commercial building built on a former hotel site in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, to U.S. investment firm Blackstone Inc.時事通信社 による

The Sake Stakeholder Summit was held in Washington on Wednesday, bringing together people involved in the brewing, distribution and retail of Japanese sake in North America.時事通信社 による

The Japan Fair Trade Commission on Thursday approved a business improvement plan submitted by Tokyo-based housing equipment seller Hashimoto Sogyo Ltd.時事通信社 による

"Kin," meaning gold or money, was picked Thursday as the kanji character to represent events in Japan in 2024.時事通信社 による

The Japanese public is divided over whether Democratic Party for the People chief Yuichiro Tamaki should resign after the opposition party suspended him over his extramarital affair, according to a Jiji Press poll conducted earlier this month.時事通信社 による

Japan's House of Representatives on Thursday passed the government's supplementary budget bill for fiscal 2024, which will finance the first comprehensive economic policy package compiled under the administration of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and opposition parties were widely divided Thursday over whether to ban donations from companies and organizations to political parties, a key issue in revising the political funds control law again.時事通信社 による

A Japanese district court on Thursday ruled a 28-year-old woman not guilty of murdering in 2018 her then husband, a wealthy businessman nicknamed the "Don Juan of Kishu."時事通信社 による

Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet in December dipped 1.9 percentage points from the previous month to 26.8 pct, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan is considering raising the annual income cap for dependent children with part-time jobs, including university students, under a special tax deduction program from 1.03 million yen to 1.5 million yen, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

The policy chiefs of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner, Komeito, and opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 on Thursday agreed to start discussions on free education, which is Nippon Ishin's flagship policy.時事通信社 による

The House of Representatives is expected to pass on Thursday evening the Japanese government's draft supplementary budget for fiscal 2024, which will finance the first comprehensive economic package compiled under the administration of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.時事通信社 による

The holding company of Coincheck Inc. debuted on the Nasdaq Global Market on Wednesday, making it the first Japanese cryptocurrency exchange to be listed in the United States.時事通信社 による

Nobuhiro Torii, executive vice president of Japanese beverage giant Suntory Holdings Ltd., will be promoted to its president to succeed Takeshi Niinami, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

The opening ceremony of a special exhibition commemorating the awarding of this year's Nobel Peace Prize to the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, was held at the Nobel Peace Center in the Norwegian capital of Oslo on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Hibakusha atomic bomb survivors from the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, visited a high school in Oslo on Wednesday to share their experiences with students.時事通信社 による

A forum on nuclear disarmament was held Wednesday at the University of Oslo in Norway in commemoration of this year's Nobel Peace Prize won by the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo.時事通信社 による

Japan on Thursday put into effect revised cannabis and narcotics control laws that criminalize the use of cannabis and impose a penalty of up to seven years in prison for the crime.時事通信社 による

Three co-chairs of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, met with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store in Oslo on Wednesday, the day after the Japanese hibakusha group received the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his South Korean counterpart, Cho Tae-yul, agreed Wednesday that relations between the two countries remain important.時事通信社 による

The Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers' Unions said Wednesday that it plans to seek monthly pay-scale hikes of 12,000 yen in next year's "shunto" spring wage negotiations.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday expressed his willingness to meet with members of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, which received this year's Nobel Peace Prize.時事通信社 による

Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday that it will replace Chief Financial Officer Stephen Ma with Jeremie Papin, currently chair of the Americas, effective on Jan. 1.時事通信社 による

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito ruling coalition and the opposition Democratic Party for the People reached a deal Wednesday to ensure the passage of the government's supplementary budget bill for fiscal 2024 during the ongoing extraordinary Diet session.時事通信社 による

Uber Japan said Wednesday that it has launched a new service to allow children aged 13 to 17 to safely use taxis, including on their way to extracurricular activities.時事通信社 による