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

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

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

A former accountant for a now-defunct faction of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to appear before a Diet committee for unsworn testimony over a slush funds scandal, the party said Monday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese and British governments plan to hold the first "two-plus-two" meeting of their foreign and economic ministers in Tokyo on March 7, Japanese government sources said Monday.時事通信社 による

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan aims to revise the government's fiscal 2025 draft budget by the trillion yen, party leader Yoshihiko Noda said Monday.時事通信社 による

U.S. investment fund Bain Capital said Monday that it has dropped its bid for Fuji Soft Inc., bringing an end to its battle with U.S. rival KKR for control of the Japanese system developer.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that his government will take every possible step to bring Japanese abductees home from North Korea as soon as possible.時事通信社 による

Akihiro Arimoto, father of Keiko Arimoto, a Japanese abductee to North Korea, has died, it was learned Monday. He was 96.時事通信社 による

Opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 co-leader Seiji Maehara suggested Sunday that his party would accept the ruling camp's proposal to postpone to fiscal 2026 the abolition of the income cap on financial aid for households with students attending private high schools.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Saturday that he told his Group of Seven counterparts at the day's meeting in Munich, Germany, that Japan remains resolved to strongly promote support for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia over its invasion of the neighboring country.時事通信社 による

-The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Saturday issued a joint statement underscoring the necessity of enhancing the strength of the Japan-U.S. and U.S.-South Korea alliances.時事通信社 による

-Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya requested that Japan be exempted from the U.S. government's 25pcttariffs on steel and aluminum imports, during his talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the German city of Munich on Saturday.時事通信社 による

-Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven major powers reaffirmed their "unwavering support" for Ukraine, which is battling Russia's invasion, but stopped short of condemning Moscow, in their joint statement issued Saturday.時事通信社 による

Over 80pctof people in the United States do not know that the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, won last year's Nobel Peace Prize, a survey has shown.時事通信社 による

Japan's education ministry plans to consider reviewing the country's teaching license system to make it easier for people who pursue graduate studies in the middle of their careers to become teachers.時事通信社 による

Tokyo Tower and N Seoul Tower were lit up simultaneously on Saturday night in an event organized by the Japanese and South Korean governments to commemorate the 60th anniversary this year of the normalization of the two countries' diplomatic ties.時事通信社 による

A Japanese researcher has raised 8,375,000 yen through a crowdfunding campaign for dinosaur fossil excavation surveys to be conducted mainly in the U.S. state of Alaska.時事通信社 による

Six major political parties in Japan adopted a draft law revision on addressing election-related issues, which includes a supplementary provision pledging to tackle the issue of people filing candidacies to support other candidates rather than to win office.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government is increasingly vigilant about U.S. President Donald Trump's stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as he espouses what appear to be pro-Russian views which might lead to ceasefire negotiations that favor Moscow.時事通信社 による

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday indicated that he would not oppose Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp.'s small investment in United States Steel Corp.時事通信社 による

Japanese flash memory maker Kioxia Holdings Corp. reported a record consolidated net profit of 252,048 million yen for April-December 2024, achieving a turnaround from a year-before loss of 253,974 million yen thanks to robust demand for memory chips for data centers.時事通信社 による

The Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday approved the listing of JX Advanced Metals Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Eneos Holdings Inc., which is expected to debut on the TSE's top-tier Prime section on March 19.時事通信社 による

The Himeji municipal government said Friday it will raise the admission fee for a World Heritage castle in the western Japan city by 2.5-fold for visitors other than residents there.時事通信社 による