With three months to go until a Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, things are not going in favor of the Liberal Democratic Party, which has been hit with political funds scandals both on the national politics stage and at the assembly.時事通信社 による

Morinari Watanabe said Monday his bid for the president of the International Olympic Committee was meaningful albeit unsuccessful.時事通信社 による

Japan's Financial Services Agency issued business improvement orders to four major nonlife insurers on Monday for improperly obtaining information on rivals' customers through their employees on loan to insurance agents.時事通信社 による

The Chinese government on Monday rejected the Japanese government's protest over a statement released by the Chinese side following Friday's meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.時事通信社 による

Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, or NPB, said Monday that a total of 16 players of eight teams, including Orix Buffaloes pitcher Taisuke Yamaoka, will be fined by their respective teams for illegally using online casinos.時事通信社 による

Nippon Steel Corp. President Tadashi Imai said Monday that he believes the views of the Japanese steelmaker and the U.S. government are converging on the company's plan to buy United States Steel Corp.時事通信社 による

Japan's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission sought on Monday criminal charges against a former Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank official suspected of trading stocks based on insider information.時事通信社 による

Fusaho Izumi, former mayor of the western Japan city of Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, on Monday announced his candidacy for this summer's election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet.時事通信社 による

Komeito, the coalition partner of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party for the People have drawn up a proposal to tighten regulations on political donations by companies and other organizations.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to attend the opening ceremony of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka on April 12, government officials said on Monday.時事通信社 による

Cherry blossoms have started blooming in Tokyo this season, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced Monday.時事通信社 による

Fukui Governor Tatsuji Sugimoto on Monday effectively gave the green light for the continued operations of three nuclear plants in the central Japan prefecture from next fiscal year.時事通信社 による

A ceremony was held in Tokyo on Monday to mark the launch of the Joint Operations Command at Japan's Self-Defense Forces to direct the operations of the Ground, Maritime and Air SDFs in an integrated way.時事通信社 による

Evacuation orders have been issued to a total of 2,780 residents of 1,414 households in the western Japan prefectures of Okayama and Ehime as of Monday afternoon, due to wildfires that began on Sunday.時事通信社 による

Chinese coast guard ships have been in Japanese waters off the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture for more than three and a half days since early Friday, the longest such stay since Japan nationalized the islands, which are also claimed by China, in 2012.時事通信社 による

Japanese electronic parts and materials maker Maxell Ltd. said Monday that it will terminate its production of prismatic lithium-ion batteries as early as May.時事通信社 による

The Japanese Bankers Association, or Zenginkyo, plans to terminate the exchanges of promissory notes and checks at its national electronic clearing system in April 2027.時事通信社 による

An expert panel of Japan's National Personnel Authority proposed Monday that the government look at workers' salaries at larger businesses to decide those for national public servants.時事通信社 による

Shachihata Inc. is up for the challenge during the next 100 years, the head of the Japanese "hanko" seal maker, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding this year, said.時事通信社 による

Japan, Russia, China and six other economies kicked off on Monday an annual meeting of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission in Osaka to discuss this year's saury catch quota.時事通信社 による

The Joint Operations Command at the Self-Defense Forces that directs the operations of the Ground, Maritime and Air SDFs in an integrated manner was launched on Monday.時事通信社 による

Fukuoka Governor Seitaro Hattori won his second term in Sunday's gubernatorial election in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, defeating three other candidates, including lawyer Koichiro Yoshida.時事通信社 による

A preview ceremony was held Sunday for the "Osaka Healthcare Pavilion" to be run by the prefecture and city of Osaka at the 2025 World Exposition, which begins next month in the western Japan city.時事通信社 による

The sample Somei-Yoshino cherry trees monitored by the Japanese Meteorological Agency bloomed in the western Japan city of Kochi and the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto on Sunday, marking the earliest blooming in the country this spring, the agency said.時事通信社 による

Ryota Dei of Jiji Press expressed his desire to continue reporting on the Arctic Circle after winning the Vaughn-Uyeda Memorial International Journalistic Prize for fiscal 2024 for his field coverage in the region.時事通信社 による

The Japanese Foreign Ministry has said that there was an error in the announcement by the Chinese side regarding Friday's meeting in Tokyo between Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.時事通信社 による

Tokyo District Court has told the Unification Church to come to the court on Tuesday over the request for an order to dissolve the religious group, informed sources said Saturday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on Saturday agreed that their countries will work on resolving pending issues and strengthen cooperation to promote a mutually beneficial strategic relationship.時事通信社 による

The Japanese and Chinese governments on Saturday confirmed that they will make progress in talks toward the resumption of China's imports of Japanese fishery products.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his South Korean counterpart, Cho Tae-yul, on Saturday affirmed that their countries as well as the two plus the United States will continue to cooperate in dealing with North Korea's nuclear and missile development.時事通信社 による

Japanese department store operator Marui Group Co. has announced the launch of a credit card that allows users to make donations to museums and art galleries according to the amount of card usage.時事通信社 による

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will depart early next week for a trip to Japan and other destinations, the Defense Department said Friday.時事通信社 による

Bereaved families and others mourned the victims of an avalanche that occurred during a school mountaineering workshop in Tochigi Prefecture in 2017, in a memorial ceremony held Saturday before the eighth anniversary of the accident.時事通信社 による

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed his determination to strengthen Japan's deterrence capabilities to counter threats from neighboring countries, including China and North Korea, in his speech at the National Defense Academy's graduation ceremony Saturday.時事通信社 による

The foreign ministers of Japan, China and South Korea on Saturday confirmed that they will accelerate efforts to hold the next summit of the three countries' leaders in Japan at an early and appropriate time.時事通信社 による

Journalists from Jiji Press and the Yomiuri Shimbun daily were awarded the Vaughn-Uyeda Memorial International Journalistic Prize for fiscal 2024 at a ceremony in Tokyo on Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday signaled his readiness to speak before a Diet political ethics panel over his controversial distribution of gift vouchers to new lawmakers of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party.時事通信社 による

The foreign ministers of Japan, China and South Korea are expected to agree at a meeting in Tokyo on Saturday to speed up coordination to hold a trilateral summit by the end of this year at the earliest, informed sources said Friday.時事通信社 による

Pay increases offered by Japanese companies so far in this year's "shunto" spring wage negotiations have averaged 5.40 pct, a second tally by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, showed Friday.時事通信社 による

Shigeru Iwasaki, former chief of the Japanese Self Defense Force's Joint Staff, has been appointed as a political adviser to the executive branch of Taiwan's government, it was learned Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit the Pacific island of Iwoto, also known as Iwojima, on April 7 to pay respects to those who died there during World War II, the Imperial Household Agency said Friday.時事通信社 による

Osaka District Court on Friday rejected a petition for damages for coercive interrogations in an embezzlement case in which a former company president was acquitted later.時事通信社 による

Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Friday no change has been made to the Japan-U.S. policy of improving cooperation in military command and control.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that a compromise would be a realistic way to solve the issue of whether to introduce a selective dual surname system for married couples.時事通信社 による

Financial assets held by households in Japan as of the end of 2024 rose 4.0pctfrom a year earlier to a record 2,230 trillion yen, Bank of Japan data showed Friday.時事通信社 による

Three successor groups of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult continue to attract new young members 30 years after the cult carried out a deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.時事通信社 による

A Japanese government expert panel said Friday that residents of Tokyo and nearby prefectures should continue life in their own homes as much as they can in the event of an eruption of Mount Fuji.時事通信社 による

India plans to promote its art, science and technology, including its space development efforts, at its pavilion in the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, from next month.時事通信社 による

Members of Japan's leading opposition party and the public relations chief of China's ruling party have reaffirmed the importance of developing ties of mutual benefits and trust between the East Asian neighbors.時事通信社 による

The Japanese and Brazilian governments are planning to draw up a bilateral action plan calling for mutual visits by the two countries' leaders once every two years, it has been learned.時事通信社 による