The Japanese government will consider expanding the range of elderly people required to bear 30pctof their medical costs in an outline of measures to deal with the aging population adopted Friday.時事通信社 による

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden may delay a decision on Nippon Steel Corp.'s planned acquisition of United States Steel Corp. until after the presidential election in November, White House officials were quoted as saying by the Washington Post on Friday.時事通信社 による

The U.S. government said Friday that it has notified Congress of an estimated 4.1-billion-dollar sale of aerial refueling aircraft and related equipment to the Japanese government.時事通信社 による

Katsuro Kitagawa, director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's European Affairs Bureau, held talks in Moscow on Friday with Lyudmila Vorobyova, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Third Asian Department.時事通信社 による

Japanese economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sept. 27 leadership election, has expressed her negative view on the Bank of Japan seeking to raise interest rates.時事通信社 による

Japan's Finance Ministry recategorized retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co. into a core business sector in the country, which requires stricter conditions for foreign investment, a revised list released by the ministry showed Friday.時事通信社 による

Reservations for Apple Inc.'s new iPhone 16 smartphone series started in Japan on Friday night.時事通信社 による

Japan is working to arrange a week-long official trip to Turkey by Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko in early December, the Imperial Household Agency said Friday.時事通信社 による

All nine candidates in the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election Friday expressed caution on reinvestigating a slush funds scandal involving LDP factions.時事通信社 による

Nojima Corp. said Friday it has developed an app for in-house use allowing employees to seek pieces of advice from generative artificial intelligence that learned its president's management philosophy.時事通信社 による

NEC Corp. said Friday that it will develop technology to check the reality of online information, by utilizing artificial intelligence.時事通信社 による

CEOs at Nippon Steel Corp. and United States Steel Corp. have together sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden, people familiar with the matter said Friday.時事通信社 による

Sakataru Shrine in the town of Noto, heavily damaged by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake, raised 10 times the crowdfunding target figure by offering soda made with the essence of a fallen sacred tree as a return gift.時事通信社 による

The Bank of Japan is widely expected to keep its short-term interest rate target at around 0.25pctat its two-day policymaking meeting from Thursday as it is putting more of its focus on assessing the impact of recent financial market turbulence for the time being.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government and plaintiffs on Friday signed an agreement toward settling a series of damages lawsuits over forced sterilizations conducted under the now-defunct eugenic protection law.時事通信社 による

The Asahikawa municipal government made public at an assembly session Friday a report recognizing a causal relationship between bullying and the suicide of a 14-year-old school girl in the northern Japan city in 2021.時事通信社 による

Japanese transport minister Tetsuo Saito expressed his regret Friday over data falsification by Japan Freight Railway Co., JR Freight, which led to an across-the-board service halt.時事通信社 による

Japanese baseball star Norichika Aoki said Friday that he will retire at the end of this season.時事通信社 による

Keiichi Ishii, secretary-general of Komeito, on Friday stopped short of declaring his candidacy to become chief of the coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party.時事通信社 による

A team of Japanese and U.S. researchers won this year's Ig Nobel Prize in Physiology on Thursday for their discovery that mammals can breathe using their intestines through the anus.時事通信社 による

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the test-firing of a 600-millimeter multiple rocket launcher, the country's state media reported Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making efforts to maintain his influence on the ruling Liberal Democratic Party as the party holds a leadership election on Sept. 27 to choose his successor.時事通信社 による

A Quad summit meeting will be held in Wilmington, Delaware, on Sept. 21, the White House said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japanese tire maker Bridgestone Corp. has said it plans to close its plant in Lanklaar, Belgium, around the first half of 2025.時事通信社 による

Sogo & Seibu Co. said Thursday it will strengthen the lineup of luxury brand items, cosmetics and food products at its flagship Seibu Ikebukuro department store in Tokyo when its renovation is completed next year.時事通信社 による

Japan Freight Railway Co., or JR Freight, said Thursday that data tampering has been newly confirmed for 67 freight cars, resulting in the suspension of 631 of its overall 8,500 powered and unpowered vehicles.時事通信社 による

Two Tu-142 Russian maritime patrol aircraft flew along Japan's coast on Thursday, prompting the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force to scramble fighter jets in response, Japan's Defense Ministry said.時事通信社 による

Japanese space startup ispace Inc. said Thursday that it will launch a lunar lander as early as December.時事通信社 による

Candidates in the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election on Thursday vowed to regain public trust following a political funds scandal that has rocked the party.時事通信社 による

Farmers in Niigata Prefecture started on Thursday shipments out of the central Japan prefecture of Koshihikari rice harvested this year, a move expected to help relieve rice shortages in the country.時事通信社 による

The Osaka prefectural police recently arrested three people on suspicion of illegally laundering online casino gambling money.時事通信社 による

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and his Finnish counterpart, Antti Hakkanen, agreed Thursday to consider creating a bilateral framework for defense equipment transfers and information protection.時事通信社 による

Former Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a candidate in the leadership election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Thursday that he reunited with his birth mother earlier this year for the first time since his parents divorced when he was an infant.時事通信社 による

Japan's National Police Agency plans to launch a system on March 24, 2025, in which the My Number personal identification card can be used as a driver's license, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

Hyogo prefectural assembly members of the Liberal Democratic Party and other parties demanded on Thursday that Motohiko Saito step down as governor of the western Japan prefecture over his alleged power harassment and other misconduct.時事通信社 による

The Bank of Japan needs to raise short-term interest rates at least to 1pctto keep Japanese inflation in line with its 2pcttarget in a stable way, BOJ policymaker Naoki Tamura said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Producer prices in Japan rose 2.5pctyear on year in August, up for the 42nd straight month, but declined 0.2pctmonth on month, down for the first time in 10 months, the Bank of Japan said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Former Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi is leading the race to become the next leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, followed by former LDP Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba, a Jiji Press public opinion poll showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who led efforts to resolve a high-profile hostage crisis in the 1990s at the then Japanese ambassador's official residence, has died at age 86, his first daughter Keiko said.時事通信社 による

The 28-year-old then wife of a wealthy businessman nicknamed "Don Juan of Kishu" in western Japan pleaded not guilty to murdering the man, then 77, during the first court hearing of her lay-judge trial on Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tetsushi Sakamoto attended a food event in Sao Paulo on Wednesday, trying some dishes using Japanese fishery products to promote them.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party entered the official campaign period for its Sept. 27 leadership election on Thursday, with nine candidates filing their candidacies.時事通信社 による

Nippon Steel Corp. and United States Steel Corp. have disclosed on their websites detailed communications via email and phone with the United Steelworkers, or USW, labor union, which is opposed to the Japanese steelmaker's proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel.時事通信社 による

Major department stores and supermarkets are targeting young people for their "osechi" traditional Japanese cuisine, with sales of dishes for the New Year's celebrations turning downward after growth during the COVID-19 pandemic.時事通信社 による

North Korea fired an object believed to be a ballistic missile on Thursday, Japan's Defense Ministry said.時事通信社 による

A suprapartisan group of Japanese lawmakers is considering requiring the government to pay 15 million yen in damages to each victim of forced sterilizations conducted under the now-defunct eugenic protection law, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government and ruling coalition are considering convening a parliamentary session on Oct. 1 to elect a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, coalition officials said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Kirin Holdings Co. said Wednesday that it has successfully created an artificial human skin model that contains immune cells derived from induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells.時事通信社 による

Japanese financial markets remain unstable after experiencing turbulence triggered by the Bank of Japan's decision on another interest rate hike in July, a BOJ policymaker said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Seven & i Holdings Co. has been asked by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to cooperate in its investigation into Canadian convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.'s proposal to acquire the Japanese retailer, Seven & i officials said Wednesday.時事通信社 による