Japan's Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling bloc has broadly agreed with opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 over a proposal to make high school education free of tuition, an LDP executive said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese political parties, including the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the major opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, submitted a bill to parliament on Thursday calling for decency in campaign posters.時事通信社 による

Osaka Gas Co. plans to increase its city gas sales in India by about 10 times from the current level to about 3.5 billion cubic meters in 2030 as the world's most populous country tries to cut greenhouse gas emissions, company officials said.時事通信社 による

Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 said Wednesday that a Hyogo prefectural assembly member of the party has admitted his involvement in providing key documents to Takashi Tachibana, leader of controversial political group NHK Party.時事通信社 による

The Hyogo prefectural assembly's special committee investigating harassment allegations against Governor Motohiko Saito is planning to acknowledge in its upcoming report that the allegations are largely true, informed sources said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Former residents of Japan's Iwojima, a major World War II battlefield, on Wednesday submitted to the land ministry a request to return to the Pacific island in stages.時事通信社 による

The average price of Japan's 2024 rice crop sold to wholesalers surged in January to hit a record high for the fifth straight month, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Thirty-two of Japan's 47 prefectures have compiled draft general-account budgets for fiscal 2025 that are larger than those of the previous year, a Jiji Press tally showed Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Mitsui & Co. said Wednesday that it will acquire a 40pctinterest in an Australian iron ore project for 5,342 million U.S. dollars, one of the biggest investments by the trading house.時事通信社 による

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. shareholders voted down proposals by Hong Kong-based investment fund Oasis Management Co. at their extraordinary meeting in Osaka on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Nagoya High Court and Sendai High Court's Akita branch ruled on Wednesday that Japan's House of Representatives election in October 2024 was constitutional in terms of vote-value disparities.時事通信社 による

The Bank of Japan needs to consider implementing further gear shifts in its monetary policy after last month's additional interest rate hike, BOJ policymaker Hajime Takata said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and leading opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan agreed Wednesday to postpone an unsworn testimony over slush funds created by the now-defunct LDP faction once led by late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.時事通信社 による

The death sentence for the Chinese man who stabbed a Japanese boy to death in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, southern China, last September is likely to be finalized, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The monthly number of foreign visitors to Japan hit a record high in January, partly reflecting travel demand from China and other parts of Asia during the Lunar New Year holiday period, a Japan National Tourism Organization report showed Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Major Japanese automakers are seeking strategies to handle U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs.時事通信社 による

Mental health care and the rebuilding of local communities remain challenging issues in Miyagi Prefecture 14 years after a massive earthquake and tsunami, Governor Yoshihiro Murai said in an interview on Tuesday.時事通信社 による

The Japan Press Research Institute released digitized editions of "Kokusai Keizai Shuho" ()削除, published before and during World War II, on its website Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in December last year fell 1.2pctfrom the previous month, the first decline in three months, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Iwate Prefecture will ask the Japanese government for continued assistance after the second-phase reconstruction period expires at the end of fiscal 2025 following a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, Governor Takuya Tasso said in an interview.時事通信社 による

A Japanese district court on Wednesday sentenced a 25-year-old man to 10 years in prison over a high-profile attack on then Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a campaign trail in the western city of Wakayama in 2023.時事通信社 による

Norinchukin Bank President Kazuto Oku plans to step down as early as the end of March after the Japanese lender reported a huge net loss, it was learned Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, agreed on Tuesday to strengthen cooperation in work to decommission and dismantle the meltdown-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.時事通信社 による

Japan will not participate as an observer in the third meeting of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in New York in March, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

A senior Japanese Foreign Ministry official met with visiting senior officials of Afghanistan's Taliban-led interim government in Tokyo on Tuesday and urged them to cooperate with the international community.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday proposed increasing the tax-free portion of annual income to 1.6 million yen, but only for people with annual incomes of 2 million yen or less.時事通信社 による

Six former presidents of the Science Council of Japan urged Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday to scrap a planned bill that would transform the council into a corporation separate from the government.時事通信社 による

The Naha branch of Fukuoka High Court on Tuesday found last year's House of Representatives election constitutional in terms of vote-value disparity, following similar rulings on the event.時事通信社 による

Japan will allow regions to be recorded as nationalities under its family register system, enabling people from Taiwan to write the self-governing island instead of China, Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Tokyo District Court's Tachikawa branch on Tuesday gave an indefinite prison term, as sought by prosecutors, to a 54-year-old man over a robbery resulting in death in Komae, Tokyo, about two years ago.時事通信社 による

Buddhist priest Kodai Furutani, known for online videos explaining the teachings of Buddhism in an easy-to-understand manner, hopes to become a "clinical" chaplain providing mental and spiritual support in hospitals and disaster-hit areas.時事通信社 による

The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has imposed some 1.8 billion yen in back taxes, including penalties, on a Hong Kong-based game company for failing to pay in Japan consumption tax associated with revenue from in-game spending, it was learned Tuesday.時事通信社 による

A former employee at Mizuho Bank had stolen several tens of millions of yen in assets from two customers' safe deposit boxes several years ago, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

The House of Representatives Budget Committee agreed Tuesday to question on Thursday a former chief accountant of a now-defunct faction of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party over a high-profile slush funds scandal.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government said Tuesday that the country will make maximum use of nuclear power, which does not emit carbon dioxide, as it is preparing for a surge in electricity demand from data centers.時事通信社 による

Kabosu, the Shiba Inu dog known as the logo model for a cryptocurrency, remains hugely popular even after her death last May, with fan letters flooding in from around Japan.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government said Tuesday that it will aim to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 60pctin fiscal 2035 from fiscal 2013 and 73pctin fiscal 2040 to achieve carbon neutrality in calendar 2050.時事通信社 による

Japan's government and ruling Liberal Democratic Party have begun discussions on a concession over a proposed hike in the 1.03-million-yen income tax threshold, an LDP executive said Monday.時事通信社 による

Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, unveiled a specially painted Shinkansen bullet train Monday with a theme of Fantasy Springs, a new area of the Tokyo DisneySea amusement park.時事通信社 による

Japanese business leaders including Kosei Shindo, head of the Japan-China Economic Association and adviser to Nippon Steel Corp., met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Beijing on Monday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Prince Hisahito, the only son of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, has obtained a driver's license, sources said.時事通信社 による

Thai police agreed with embassy officials from about 20 countries, including Japan and China, on Monday to enhance information sharing over a Chinese criminal organization's fraud base near the Thai border in Myanmar.時事通信社 による

Draft general-account budgets for fiscal 2025 hit record highs in 16 of Japan's 20 government ordinance-designated big cities, reflecting price hikes and expansion of child-rearing support, a Jiji Press tally showed Monday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that the government will consider raising the upper limit on public aid for households with children attending private high schools to around 457,000 yen per year in fiscal 2026 from the current 396,000 yen.時事通信社 による

High-ranking officials of the Taliban-led interim government of Afghanistan, including deputy economy minister Abdul Latif Nazari, have visited Japan at the invitation of the nonprofit Nippon Foundation.時事通信社 による

Combined net profits at Japanese listed companies in April-December 2024 jumped 14.5pctfrom a year earlier to a record 43,960.2 billion yen, according to SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.時事通信社 による

Sakie Yokota, the mother of Megumi Yokota, a Japanese abductee to North Korea, mourned on Monday the recent death of Akihiro Arimoto, the father of another abductee Keiko Arimoto.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday voiced concern over U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on auto imports, stressing his intention to seek an exemption for Japan.時事通信社 による

A group of Japanese researchers have found a bacterium that can improve people's intestinal environment and prevent obesity, raising expectations for the development of novel treatments and preventive methods for obesity and diabetes.時事通信社 による

Japan plans to establish a system allowing the central government to promptly repair locally managed airports damaged by disasters, in place of local governments.時事通信社 による