Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said Tuesday that he will hold talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent again.時事通信社 による

Japan's National Police Agency has unveiled plans to make stricter a system that enables people to convert their driver's licenses issued by another country to Japanese ones, amid a series of accidents caused by foreign drivers.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Thursday that Japan has lodged strong protests to Israel after the Israeli military fired what it claims were warning shots at a group of Japanese and other diplomats visiting the Palestinian territory of the West Bank.時事通信社 による

A register of people who died as a result of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima was given an airing on Thursday for its upkeep.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has held talks on economic issues with Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen at the prime minister's office in Tokyo.時事通信社 による

The public approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet dropped to 20.9pctin May, rewriting its lowest level since he took office in October last year, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed.時事通信社 による

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in March rose 13.0pctfrom the previous month, growing for the second consecutive month, the Cabinet Office said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan's National Police Agency said Thursday that it will establish a new office aimed at collecting and analyzing information on masterminds in "tokuryu" loosely organized crime groups made up of anonymous members.時事通信社 による

Japan's inflation-adjusted real wages fell 0.5pctin fiscal 2024, which ended in March, from the previous year, down for the third straight year, the labor ministry said Thursday.時事通信社 による

The Israeli military fired warning shots at an international group of diplomats from Japan and other countries during their visit to Jenin in the West Bank on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The U.S. Treasury Department said Wednesday that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato did not discuss foreign exchange levels in their meeting the same day.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and visiting Paraguayan President Santiago Pena agreed Wednesday to upgrade bilateral ties to a strategic partnership.時事通信社 による

Japan and South Korea will establish priority immigration lanes at two airports in each country during June to reduce examination times for travelers from the two countries, the Japanese government said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that it will release a fully revamped version of its RAV4 SUV in Japan within fiscal 2025, which ends in March next year.時事通信社 による

Over 270 people are expected to run in the June 22 Tokyo metropolitan assembly election as of Wednesday, likely hitting the highest number in decades.時事通信社 による

Shinjiro Koizumi expressed eagerness Wednesday to concentrate on bringing down high-flying retail rice prices after succeeding Taku Eto as Japan's agricultural minister.時事通信社 による

The monthly number of foreign visitors to Japan hit a record high in April, a Japan National Tourism Organization report showed Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's parliament enacted a bill to revise the law that governs Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.'s operations at a House of Councillors plenary session on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

All three major Japanese nonlife insurance companies posted record consolidated net profits for the second straight year in fiscal 2024, which ended in March, driven by gains from the sale of cross-held shares, according to their earnings reports.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito met with Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok, who is visiting Japan for the World Exposition in Osaka, at his residence in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan is seen holding the third round of ministerial tariff negotiations with the United States as early as Saturday, with top negotiator Ryosei Akazawa set to make a three-day U.S. trip from Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese author Hiromi Kawakami has missed out on the International Booker Prize, a prestigious British award for translated fiction.時事通信社 による

A female high school student in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, was arrested Wednesday after slashing three fellow students with a knife.時事通信社 による

Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have confirmed their support for a rules-based multilateral trading system amid uncertainties stemming from U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policy.時事通信社 による

The National Archives of Japan has disclosed to researchers lists of members of some bacterial warfare units the former Imperial Japanese Army had in China.時事通信社 による

Japan's exports to the United States fell for the first time in four months in April, due apparently to additional tariffs by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, preliminary government data showed Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Nippon Steel Corp. is confident that U.S. President Donald Trump's concerns about the Japanese steelmaker's proposed acquisition of United States Steel Corp. have been resolved, Nippon Steel Vice Chairman Takahiro Mori has suggested.時事通信社 による

Japanese agriculture minister Taku Eto was effectively dismissed from his post Wednesday over his recent gaffe over rice.時事通信社 による

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and four other Japanese opposition parties agreed Tuesday to demand the dismissal of agriculture minister Taku Eto for his recent gaffe over rice.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz agreed Tuesday to boost economic cooperation between their countries.時事通信社 による

Seven & i Holdings Co. is considering selling part of its stake in Seven Bank to Itochu Corp., people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's House of Representatives on Tuesday enacted a bill to revise the entertainment and amusement business regulation law to tighten penalties on malicious host bars.時事通信社 による

The family of Wishma Sandamali, a Sri Lankan woman who died while being detained at an immigration facility in Japan, sued the Japanese government on Tuesday, demanding that all video footage of her detention be disclosed.時事通信社 による

Toyoda Gosei Co. said Tuesday that it has developed a new technology to recycle high-quality plastic from end-of-life vehicles.時事通信社 による

Paraguayan President Santiago Pena on Tuesday laid flowers at the cenotaph for the victims of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima in 1945.時事通信社 による

Most of the government-stockpiled rice released through auctions in March has not become available to consumers, an agriculture ministry survey showed Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's parliament began deliberations on a public pension reform bill on Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, apologized on Tuesday to Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki over an LDP member's inappropriate remark about war-related exhibits in the southernmost prefecture.時事通信社 による

The Tokyo metropolitan government is considering waiving basic water supply charges for all general households in the Japanese capital during this summer to cushion the impact of inflation, informed sources said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japan is in working-level talks with the United States over U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff measures in Washington from Monday, economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government is opposed to Israel's expanded military operations in the Palestinian territory of Gaza, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Nissan Motor Co. is set to implement its first large-scale restructuring measures since when the major Japanese automaker was led by former Chairman Carlos Ghosn, known as a cost-cutting guru.時事通信社 による

Japan on Tuesday expressed hope for a diplomatic breakthrough over Ukraine, after telephone talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin the previous day.時事通信社 による

Japan has temporarily stopped importing chicken meat and eggs from the city of Monte Negro, located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, following the confirmation of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the city.時事通信社 による

Japan's Fair Trade Commission has decided to warn the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, or NPB, that its confiscation of press passes from Fuji Television Network Inc. likely violated the antimonopoly law, informed sources said.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday declined to dismiss agriculture minister Taku Eto for his recent gaffe that he never bought rice.時事通信社 による

Japan's education ministry said Tuesday that eight national and private universities have applied for grants from the government's 10-trillion-yen university fund aimed at promoting world-class research projects in the second-round selection process.時事通信社 による

A 34-year-old Peruvian man has been arrested after his car drove in the wrong direction on the Shin-Meishin Expressway in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, collided with other vehicles and fled the scene.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya has had telephone talks with his new German counterpart, Johann Wadephul, to further strengthen bilateral ties.時事通信社 による

Japanese and U.S. government officials are set to hold trade negotiations in Washington this week, a source in U.S. authorities told reporters Monday.時事通信社 による