Japanese Princess Kako, the second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, turned 31 on Monday.時事通信社 による

Youth clinics offering consultations on sexual and physical health concerns at affordable prices are expanding their reach in Japan, though public awareness remains limited.時事通信社 による

A Japanese group remains resolved to seek state relief for civilians who sustained injuries and other damage from U.S. air raids during World War II, although it failed to attain the goal in the milestone year of 2025.時事通信社 による

Japan's rice policy is at a crossroads as prices of the country's staple food stay around record highs, squeezing households.時事通信社 による

U.S. investment company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. plans to keep its shares in five major Japanese trading houses over the long term, even after the exit of CEO Warren Buffett on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese convenience store chain Lawson Inc. plans to launch as early as 2026 a delivery service for over-the-counter drugs at its stores with no pharmacists or registered sellers present, President Sadanobu Takemasu has said.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration is merging and abolishing councils that its predecessors set up within the Cabinet Secretariat and the Cabinet Office one after another.時事通信社 による

A survey by a nonprofit organization has shown that 76pctof needy young people in Japan saw an increase in their monthly food expenditure compared with last year amid the ongoing inflation.時事通信社 による

Japanese lawmaker Muneo Suzuki has said that he conveyed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's stance on Japan-Russia relations to Moscow during his trip to Russia.時事通信社 による

A truck accident on the Kan-Etsu Expressway in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, has led to multiple collisions involving more than 50 vehicles, leaving one dead and 26 injured.時事通信社 による

Japan's Defense Ministry said Friday that it has decided to suspend Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. from bidding on its projects for two and a half months until March 11, citing data falsifications.時事通信社 による

U.S. military police in Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, temporarily detained a civilian by mistake in the city of Okinawa on Nov. 22, a panel between the Japanese and U.S. governments said Friday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government plans to raise basic public pension benefits for the fourth straight year in fiscal 2026, reflecting wage increases, it was learned Friday.時事通信社 による

The first eight members of Japan's national team for the 2026 World Baseball Classic were announced on Friday, including two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers.時事通信社 による

Japan's transport ministry and the Cabinet Office announced on Friday a roadmap for revitalizing the country's shipbuilding industry, aiming to double annual ship output to 18 million gross tons by 2035 through sector realignment.時事通信社 による

Several people were attacked with a knife at a Yokohama Rubber Co. factory in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Friday evening.時事通信社 による

Japan's business leaders have offered a mixed response to the government's draft budget for fiscal 2026, which was adopted at a cabinet meeting on Friday.時事通信社 による

Tokyo police on Friday arrested two individuals in a high-profile fraud case involving a luxury watch sharing service.時事通信社 による

The number of new influenza patients in Japan remained above the warning level of 30 per medical institution last week, the health ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

The Chinese government is instructing travel agencies in the country to reduce the number of group tours to Japan, it was learned Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's education ministry said Friday that it has revised the calculation method for the basic school survey, after it was pointed out that the survey's university entry rate had been calculated without reflecting the rate of graduates from special schools for children with disabilities.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government plans to issue bonds totaling 180,692 billion yen in fiscal 2026, up 3,835.2 billion yen from the fiscal 2025 initial level, the Finance Ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

Swelling debt-servicing costs, shown by Japan's fiscal 2026 initial budget drafted by the government, will pose the risk of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's expansionary fiscal policy losing market confidence, experts warn.時事通信社 による

Japanese screenwriter Makiko Uchidate, known for writing scripts for many television drama series in the country, died of acute left-side heart failure at a hospital in Tokyo on Dec. 17. She was 77.時事通信社 による

In response to continuing military buildups by China and North Korea, the Japanese government has set defense-related spending at a record 9,035.3 billion yen under its draft fiscal 2026 budget adopted at Friday's cabinet meeting.時事通信社 による

Japan's Children and Families Agency on Friday decided to collect 600 billion yen as so-called child-rearing support funds in the form of extra fees to be added to public medical insurance premiums in fiscal 2026, which starts next April.時事通信社 による

Japan's seasonally adjusted effective job offers-to-applicants ratio stood at 1.18 in November, unchanged from the preceding month, the labor ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

Inflation in central Tokyo slowed to 2.3pctin December from 2.8pctin the previous month as energy prices dropped, the Japanese internal affairs ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's industrial production in November fell 2.6pctfrom the previous month, logging the first drop in three months as vehicle output dropped, the industry ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government on Friday adopted an outline of an envisaged disaster management agency, including its organizational structure and operations.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government adopted at a cabinet meeting Friday a draft fiscal 2026 budget featuring record-high general-account spending of 122,309.2 billion yen.時事通信社 による

Buichiro Kuroda, new chief of Japan's Imperial Household Agency, has pledged to carry out his duties to the best of his ability.時事通信社 による

Israeli Ambassador to Japan Gilad Cohen has expressed hope that Japan would provide peace education for future generations in Gaza to prevent attacks on Israel.時事通信社 による

Tokyo police searched locations linked to a luxury sauna facility operator on Thursday on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in the deaths of two customers earlier this month.時事通信社 による

Otsu District Court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by residents of Osaka and Shiga prefectures to shut down three Kansai Electric Power Co. nuclear plants along Wakasa Bay in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan.時事通信社 による

A Japanese Justice Ministry panel has drafted an outline of a planned bill to revise the automobile driving punishment law, including an expansion of the scope of dangerous driving, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

The economic benefits of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, are estimated to have reached around 3.6 trillion yen, exceeding the 2024 forecast of 2.9 trillion yen, the industry ministry said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Global vehicle production at eight major Japanese automakers fell 6.4pctfrom a year earlier to 1.98 million units in November, their data showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government plans to convene next year's ordinary session of the Diet, the country's parliament, on Jan. 23, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan's 10 major power utilities Thursday announced plans to lower their electricity rates by over 1,000 yen for a standard household next January, thanks to a resumption of government subsidies to cushion the impact of inflation.時事通信社 による

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda expressed confidence on Thursday that the country's underlying inflation is steadily approaching the central bank's 2pcttarget.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Thursday that she is seeking to visit the United States early next year to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump.時事通信社 による

A Tokyo-based advertising company called Solarie, its president, Reika Kuroki, who is also a social media influencer, and two other individuls, are suspected of evading 157 million yen in corporate and other taxes, informed sources said Thursday.時事通信社 による

The death a decade ago of Matsuri Takahashi, a 24-year-old rookie employee of Japanese ad giant Dentsu Inc., who committed suicide due to overwork, accelerated discussions on reforms of working practices in Japan.時事通信社 による

The Japan Transport Safety Board has conducted a simulation experiment as part of its investigation into a fatal aircraft collision accident that occurred on a runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport last year, according to an interim investigation report released by the board on Thursday.時事通信社 による

Bereaved people and others Thursday gathered to remember the victims of a train derailment accident that occurred in Shonai, Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, 20 years ago.時事通信社 による

The Ibaraki prefectural government said Thursday that it has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm, the first such case in the eastern Japan prefecture this season.時事通信社 による

North Korea conducted its first test of new high-altitude long-range antiair missiles in the Sea of Japan on Wednesday, its state-run Korean Central News Agency said Thursday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government plans to scrap its target of turning the primary budget balance at the central and local governments into a surplus in a specific fiscal year.時事通信社 による

Having a dog at home likely helps alter adolescent children's microbiome to make them happier and have better social skills, a study by a Japanese research team showed.時事通信社 による