The U.N. General Assembly adopted by a majority vote a Japan-led resolution calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons, with support of 152 countries including the United States and Britain, at its plenary meeting Monday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government plans to relax its visa requirements for Chinese visitors to encourage more exchanges between the two countries, Japanese government officials said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Nankai Electric Railway Co. said Wednesday that it will acquire a 70.8pctstake in Tsutenkaku Kanko Co., which operates Tsutenkaku Tower, a major tourist attraction in the western Japan city of Osaka, for an undisclosed sum.時事通信社 による

East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, will raise its standard fares as early as March 2026, to secure funds for necessary capital investment at a time when users are decreasing due to shrinking population, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese elementary and junior high school students continued to get high science and math scores in an international survey in 2023, the education ministry said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday he is still committed to revising the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement.時事通信社 による

Japan's Panasonic Corp. has started a test run of facilities installed at a microwave oven plant in western Britain to allow the plant to run solely on renewable energy.時事通信社 による

Recent remarks by Japanese basketball star Rui Hachimura voicing discontent toward the Japan Basketball Association and the national team have caused a stir in the country's basketball world.時事通信社 による

An umbrella body of Japanese labor unions at small and midsize manufacturers Wednesday announced a plan to demand a record pay scale increase of at least 15,000 yen per month in 2025 "shunto" spring wage talks.時事通信社 による

The Japanese opposition Democratic Party for the People on Wednesday decided to suspend its leader Yuichiro Tamaki from his post over an extramarital affair reported by a weekly magazine.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday pledged to expedite discussions to enact as swiftly as possible legislation obliging lawmakers to refund their annual salaries if their elections are invalidated due to rule violations.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday he is carefully watching the situation in South Korea "with special and serious attention," after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol temporarily declared an emergency martial law.時事通信社 による

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission decided to expand Japan's catch quotas of Pacific bluefin tuna from 2025, the country's Fisheries Agency has said.時事通信社 による

Tsutomu Hotta, who investigated as a prosecutor the so-called Lockheed bribery scandal, one of the largest corruption cases in postwar Japan, died of old age Nov. 24. He was 90.時事通信社 による

David McCall, international president of the United Steelworkers labor union, issued a statement Tuesday welcoming U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pledge to block Japanese steel giant Nippon Steel Corp.'s plan to acquire United States Steel Corp.時事通信社 による

Mir, a 12-year-old male Siberian cat gifted by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Japan's Akita Prefecture, died of illness Tuesday, the prefectural government said the same day.時事通信社 による

The foreign chiefs of Japan and the European Union have agreed to work closely together to respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, North Korea's military cooperation with Russia and the situation in the Middle East.時事通信社 による

Tetsu Nakamura's wishes for the reconstruction of Afghanistan live on five years after the Japanese doctor who worked in the country for many years providing medical assistance and building irrigation canals was killed there.時事通信社 による

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.'s PlayStation home video game console marked the 30th anniversary of its debut on Tuesday, having reshaped the gaming industry once dominated by Nintendo Co. by attracting gamers worldwide with its vivid 3D images and sleek design.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba suggested Tuesday that the government would consider establishing laws and regulations to tackle both misinformation and disinformation on the internet.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday expressed regret for his actions during a foreign visit last month that have been criticized as bad manners.時事通信社 による

Nomura Securities Co. said Tuesday that President Kentaro Okuda will voluntarily return 30pctof his salaries for three months in the wake of a former employee being indicted on robbery and attempted homicide charges.時事通信社 による

The governments of Japan, Britain and Italy are coordinating to include Saudi Arabia in their joint development of a next-generation fighter jet, Japanese government sources have said.時事通信社 による

The number of electric kick scooter traffic violation cases handled by police in Japan remains high following the easing of regulations through a revision of the road traffic law in July last year, raising concerns about their safety.時事通信社 による

"Hagoita" Japanese wooden paddles featuring people who made the news this year were unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co. on Tuesday at its head office in Tokyo.時事通信社 による

Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. on Tuesday reiterated its call for understanding for its plan to acquire United States Steel Corp., as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on social media that he is "totally against" the acquisition plan.時事通信社 による

The Japan Council of Metalworkers' Unions said on Tuesday that it will demand a record-high pay-scale increase of 12,000 yen or more in next year's "shunto" annual spring labor negotiations.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government will run in the 2043 election to select nonpermanent members of the U.N. Security Council, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Keiichiro Tachibana said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba suggested Tuesday that his ruling Liberal Democratic Party may not officially endorse party members involved in its "slush fund" scandal in next summer's election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet.時事通信社 による

Japan's Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko left Tuesday for an official visit to Turkey, as this year marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Turkey.時事通信社 による

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that he is "totally against" Japanese steel giant Nippon Steel Corp.'s plan to acquire United States Steel Corp.時事通信社 による

Japan's revised real gross domestic product is projected to show an annualized increase of 1.0pctin the July-September period, exceeding the 0.9pctrise in a preliminary report released last month, according to the average forecast among 10 private think tanks.時事通信社 による

Opposition party Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 on Monday launched a new executive team under leader Hirofumi Yoshimura.時事通信社 による

Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, on Monday voiced hopes that the group's Nobel Peace Prize win will boost moves to eradicate nuclear weapons.時事通信社 による

Japan Industrial Partners Inc., an investment firm known as JIP, and U.S. investment fund Bain Capital are among bidders for York Holdings Co., which owns Seven & i Holdings Co.'s supermarket operations, people familiar with the matter said Monday.時事通信社 による

Tokyo police rearrested Monday two 25-year-old men on charges of injuring and robbing a woman in her 60s at her house in a western Tokyo suburb in September.時事通信社 による

Close to 90pctof people in both Japan and China have unfavorable impressions of each other's countries, a joint opinion poll by Japan's Genron NPO and China International Communications Group showed Monday.時事通信社 による

A Japanese lawyer and a professor said Monday that they have filed a criminal complaint accusing Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito of paying a public relations company to run his social media campaign for last month's gubernatorial election.時事通信社 による

"Futehodo," an abbreviation of "Futekisetsu nimo hodo ga aru! ()削除," the title of a comedy drama series broadcasted from January to March, was named this year's top buzzword in Japan on Monday.時事通信社 による

The chairman of Funai Electric Co. filed with Tokyo District Court on Monday for court-led rehabilitation of the company, despite the court's recent decision to initiate bankruptcy procedures for the Japanese audio and video equipment maker, according to credit research firm Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd.…

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that he does not believe political donations by companies and groups are inappropriate, signaling opposition to a proposal by the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and others to abolish them.時事通信社 による

After the Hokuriku central Japan region was hit by a major earthquake on Jan. 1, a student competition has been held in London on measures to revitalize the economy of the four prefectures in the region via inbound tourism.時事通信社 による

Bereaved relatives and others mourned on Monday the nine victims of the December 2012 partial collapse of a tunnel on an expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan.時事通信社 による

Japan's welfare ministry plans to raise the investment return target for public pension funds from the current 1.7pctto a record high of 1.9pctfor the five years from fiscal 2025, amid growing expectations of continued wage and price increases, it was learned Monday.時事通信社 による

The company formerly known as Bigmotor Co. filed for court-led rehabilitation under the civil rehabilitation law on Monday.時事通信社 による

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi is set to serve as commander of the International Space Station, becoming the third Japanese national to helm the ISS.時事通信社 による

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange operator DMM Bitcoin Co. said Monday that it will go out of business.時事通信社 による

Governments across the world decided in the small hours of Monday to postpone a conclusion on a proposed treaty to prevent pollution by plastics.時事通信社 による

Japan's Imperial Household Agency on Monday announced details of a New Year's greetings event by the Imperial Family, which will be held for the first time in two years on Jan. 2 next year at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.時事通信社 による

Japan terminated the issuance of traditional public health insurance cards Monday for a full shift to the system of using the My Number personal identification card also as a health insurance card.時事通信社 による