Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa criticized Iran's attacks against Israel in telephone talks Tuesday with her Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.時事通信社 による

Major Japanese automakers are rushing to develop all-solid-state batteries, considered to be next-generation automotive batteries.時事通信社 による

Junji Ito, who served as president of Kanebo Ltd., currently Kracie Ltd., and chairman of Japan Airlines, died in December 2021 at the age of 99, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese companies are speeding up efforts to utilize cargo planes to tackle the so-called 2024 problem of possible logistics service disruptions due to new overtime rules for truck drivers.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday declined a request by senior party lawmaker Ryu Shionoya to review a penalty given to him over a high-profile political funding scandal.時事通信社 による

Japan's internal affairs ministry on Tuesday issued administrative guidance to Fujitsu Ltd. over a fresh problem with a subsidiary's My Number-linked certificate issuance system.時事通信社 による

The number of countries slated to build their own pavilions for the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka is expected to decrease to about 40, Hirofumi Yoshimura, governor of Osaka Prefecture, said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on Tuesday began showing twin giant panda cubs in separate pens to prevent them from hurting each other.時事通信社 による

Government-backed Japan Investment Corp.'s tender offer for Japanese semiconductor materials maker JSR Corp. ended Tuesday.時事通信社 による

South Korea's Foreign Ministry protested Japan's renewed claim on the South Korean-controlled Sea of Japan islets on Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's welfare ministry said Tuesday that it will examine the possible impact of changing the rule of reducing "kosei nenkin" public pension benefits for working pensioners with certain levels of income.時事通信社 による

The Japanese communications ministry on Tuesday issued a fresh administrative guidance to LY Corp., operator of the Line messaging app and Yahoo! Japan internet portal, over breaches of personal information.時事通信社 による

Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. and Konica Minolta Inc. are set to start discussing a business tie-up for products including multifunction printers.時事通信社 による

Ailing semiconductor maker Kioxia Holdings Corp. may go public by the end of the year, it was learned Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese writer Osamu Soda, known for his "Bokura" series of novels featuring junior or senior high school students, died of pneumonia at a hospital in the central Japan city of Nagoya on April 8. He was 95.時事通信社 による

Saga Governor Yoshinori Yamaguchi said Tuesday that the southwestern Japan prefecture has no plan to host a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants.時事通信社 による

Japan's House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill aimed at introducing in the country a system that allows divorced parents to share custody of their children.時事通信社 による

The official campaign period for by-elections for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japanese parliament, started in Tokyo and the two prefectures of Shimane and Nagasaki on Tuesday.時事通信社 による

A Japanese government annual foreign policy report released Tuesday highlighted the country's policy of strengthening trilateral cooperation with the United States and the Philippines to better counter China's increasing coercive actions.時事通信社 による

A pure gold tea bowl that was stolen last week while being showcased in an event at a department store in Tokyo has been found at an antique shop in the Japanese capital, police said.時事通信社 による

Finance ministers from Japan, the United States and South Korea are expected to hold their first trilateral meeting on the sidelines of a Group of 20 meeting in Washington this week, it was learned Monday.時事通信社 による

The 2025 World Exposition in Osaka is seen serving as a catalyst for economic growth in the Kansai region including the western Japan city, Masayoshi Matsumoto, chairman of the Kansai Economic Federation, a local business lobby, said in a recent interview.時事通信社 による

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga visited the disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan on Monday to inspect progress on the release of tritium-containing treated water from the plant into the sea.時事通信社 による

Nine countries and regions, including Japan, Russia and China, started annual talks of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission in the city of Osaka, western Japan, on Monday to discuss controls for saury fishing amid continuing poor catches.時事通信社 による

Three private-sector organizations are calling on Genkai, Saga Prefecture, to accept a "literature survey" to examine its suitability for hosting a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear plants, it was learned Monday.時事通信社 による

A volunteer helping people in the quake-hit Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, is trying to save some used goods reminiscent of old days in the area before they are dumped as disaster waste.時事通信社 による

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Monday that it has started fuel loading at the idled No. 7 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government plans to impose fines equal to 20pctof related domestic revenue under an envisaged bill to prevent monopolies of smartphone apps and other products by technology giants, people familiar with the matter said Monday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government said Monday that it has resumed funding for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or UNRWA, completing the remittance of some 35 million dollars to the body.時事通信社 による

OpenAI, the developer of generative artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, launched its first Asian office in Tokyo on Monday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Kirin Brewery Co. said Monday that it will launch a new series of its Kirin Hyoketsu "chuhai" alcoholic beverages, "Hyoketsu mottainai," using fruit usually discarded as irregular.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday unveiled its first poster featuring a catchphrase created using generative artificial intelligence.時事通信社 による

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in February rose 7.7pctfrom the previous month, the first increase in two months, the Cabinet Office said Monday.時事通信社 による

The central Japan town of Higashiura, Aichi Prefecture, wants to sell unnecessary items kept at the municipal government, including two big blocks of salt, through the flea market app Mercari.時事通信社 による

Japan will make further efforts through high-level talks to encourage Iran to calm the tension in the Middle East that has intensified following its attack on Israel, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Monday.時事通信社 による

Over 60pctof financially struggling parents with children advancing to the next stage of education said they planned to cut their living costs to secure money needed for the kids' new school life, a survey has shown.時事通信社 による

Major League Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani refused a request from his former longtime interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, to go along with his story that the Los Angeles Dodgers player had paid Mizuhara's massive gambling debts to a bookmaker, according to a report by The New York Times.時事通信社 による

The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Monday approved a plan for Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to move nuclear fuel into a reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan.時事通信社 による

Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday reiterated that he would block the planned buyout of United States Steel Corp. by Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. if he returns to power after the U.S. presidential election in autumn.時事通信社 による

The leaders of the Group of Seven advanced nations, including Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, held a videoconference Sunday to discuss how to respond to Iran's latest attack on Israel.時事通信社 による

Japan's Foreign Ministry on Sunday called on Japanese nationals not to travel to Iran.時事通信社 による

Japanese Princess Aiko enjoyed watching a "gagaku" traditional Japanese court music and dance performance on Sunday.時事通信社 による

Top Group of 20 finance officials will meet in Washington for two days from Wednesday, with agenda items including reform of multilateral development banks and issues in funding for climate change measures.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa on Sunday issued a statement denouncing Iran's latest attack on Israel.時事通信社 による

Three Japanese parliamentary by-elections will formally kick off soon, giving voters an opportunity to evaluate the administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida regarding its response to a high-profile fund scandal at the nation's ruling party.時事通信社 による

Japan's transport ministry plans to revise around June its guidelines on airport operators' business continuity planning ()削除 in order to enable airports to accept evacuees smoothly in times of disasters.時事通信社 による

A ceremony was held Sunday to remember the 276 victims of a pair of powerful earthquakes that mainly struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, eight years ago.時事通信社 による

Uniforms for people who will work at the venue of the 2025 World Exposition in the city of Osaka, western Japan, have been unveiled.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has apparently succeeded in demonstrating the strong Japan-U.S. ties around the world during his latest visit to the United States as a state guest, but he may find it difficult to leverage the diplomatic achievement in shoring up his flagging administration.時事通信社 による

Foreign pavilion construction for the 2025 World Exposition has been slow with only one year to go before the start of the event in the western Japan city of Osaka.時事通信社 による