Japan's Nikon Corp. aims to expand its market share for cameras by utilizing the video technologies of a U.S. movie camera company it acquired in spring, President Muneaki Tokunari has said.時事通信社 による

Major Japanese food maker Ajinomoto Co. is providing nutrition support to Japanese athletes who are set to compete in the Paris Olympics, which starts this month.時事通信社 による

Japanese food businesses including retailers and restaurant chains are competing to sell eel products ahead of the midsummer Day of the Ox on Wednesday, when demand is expected to spike.時事通信社 による

Drones have been introduced in the city of Nayoro in the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido to prevent people from being attacked by bears.時事通信社 による

Japanese makers of electric power-assisted bicycles have launched models designed to carry children more easily and safely, hoping to attract fresh demand.時事通信社 による

The average unit price of newly supplied condominiums in the greater Tokyo area in January-June fell 13.5pctfrom a year earlier, Real Estate Economic Institute Co. said Monday.時事通信社 による

Public prosecutors Monday demanded a prison term of 2 years for a former chief accountant of a ruling Liberal Democratic Party faction led by former LDP Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai over a political funds scandal.時事通信社 による

Nearly 60pctof Japanese mothers enjoy hobby activities to support their favorite celebrities or characters, a recent survey by Interspace Co., which runs an information website for mothers, showed.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday that the country will closely monitor developments in the U.S. presidential election, after incumbent President Joe Biden pulled out of the race.時事通信社 による

An event was held in New York's Manhattan on Sunday to promote "wagyu" Japanese beef, part of an effort to expand sales in the United States, one of major markets for its beef exports.時事通信社 による

Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train services were briefly suspended between Tokyo and Nagoya stations Monday following a derailment incident involving a maintenance train.時事通信社 による

Public prosecutors have questioned House of Representatives lawmaker Manabu Horii on a voluntary basis over funeral money allegedly given to voters in his constituency, informed sources said Sunday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Sunday he wants to firmly support the administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who seeks to be re-elected in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election expected to be held in September.時事通信社 による

Temperatures reached 30 degrees Celsius or higher at 822, or about 90 pct, of all observation points across Japan by 5 p.m. Sunday, the highest daily total this summer, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.時事通信社 による

Former Japanese Red Army member Tsutomu Shirosaki died while serving his sentence for his involvement in the 1986 terrorist attack on the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta, informed sources said Sunday. He was 76.時事通信社 による

The funeral money allegedly given by Japanese House of Representatives lawmaker Manabu Horii to voters in his constituency is suspected of having been paid out of his office funds, according to informed sources.時事通信社 による

New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters has emphasized the need for his country to cooperate with Japan and other like-minded nations in maintaining the rule of law, apparently with China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region in mind.時事通信社 による

The main part of one of the two Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol helicopters that collided and crashed off a remote Tokyo island in April has been found on the seabed in the sea area where the accident occurred, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday.時事通信社 による

A large-scale event showcasing a wide range of Japanese culture kicked off at an exhibition center in London on Friday for a three-day run.時事通信社 による

Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. has hired Mike Pompeo, who served as secretary of state in the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump, as an adviser, Bloomberg reported Friday.時事通信社 による

The Tokyo metropolitan government plans to introduce an ordinance to prevent "customer harassment," or excessive demands and disruptive behavior by customers against store and other workers, during a metropolitan assembly session in September, it was learned Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. said Friday that they will stop publishing the paper version of their "TownPage" yellow pages at the end of fiscal 2025.時事通信社 による

The Japanese and Chinese governments are planning to hold a meeting of their foreign chiefs on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations-related gathering in Laos this month, it has been learned.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, at a government meeting on Friday, unveiled a plan to bring luxury resort hotels to the country's 35 national parks by fiscal 2031, when the national park system marks its 100th anniversary.時事通信社 による

Japan's Cultural Affairs Council recommended Friday that the culture minister designate six more people as living national treasures including, for the first time ever, a "rokyoku" artist and a "Yaeyama jofu" fabric weaver.時事通信社 による

Eurofighter jets from the Spanish and German air forces arrived at the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's Chitose base in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, on Friday to participate in joint training with the ASDF.時事通信社 による

A worldwide system glitch at U.S. technology giant Microsoft Corp. affected businesses in Japan on Friday, with Jetstar Japan canceling about 20 domestic flights.時事通信社 による

Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Keizo Takemi and Lei Haichao, head of China's National Health Commission, met in Beijing on Friday and agreed to promote cooperation in the areas of medical and nursing care services.時事通信社 による

U.S. forces-linked sexual crime cases have not been reported to local governments also in Aomori, Nagasaki and Yamaguchi Prefectures, it was learned Friday after similar situations happened in other parts of Japan including Okinawa Prefecture.時事通信社 による

New COVID-19 cases in Japan increased for 10 weeks in a row through last Sunday, health ministry data showed Friday.時事通信社 による

All Nippon Airways will launch regular routes linking Tokyo's Haneda Airport respectively with three cities--Milan, Stockholm and Istanbul--in or after December, the major Japanese airline said Friday.時事通信社 による

The Hyogo prefectural assembly in western Japan decided Friday to conduct a survey of prefectural government employees over power harassment and other allegations against Governor Motohiko Saito.時事通信社 による

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. said Friday that it will reduce the remuneration for President and Group CEO Hironori Kamezawa as part of punishments for top executives over a scandal involving the illegal sharing of customer information among subsidiaries.時事通信社 による

Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata will withdraw from the Paris Olympic Games, set to begin later this month, due to code of conduct violations, the Japan Gymnastics Association said Friday.時事通信社 による

The Japan Coast Guard and Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration carried out a joint maritime exercise Thursday to the south of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, Taiwanese government sources said Friday.時事通信社 による

Spending by foreign visitors to Japan is estimated to come to about 8 trillion yen in 2024, far exceeding the previous year's total of some 5.3 trillion yen, the government said Friday.時事通信社 による

The Tottori Prefecture town of Kofu, western Japan, became the first in the country Friday to use an online system to monitor voting at a polling station for a public offices election.時事通信社 による

McDonald's Co. ()削除 has suspended operations at some 30pctof its shops around the country due to a glitch in the cash register system, the company said Friday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government on Friday lowered its forecast for the country's economic growth for fiscal 2024, citing the impact of testing fraud scandals at automakers.時事通信社 による

Japan's core consumer prices rose 2.6pctin June from a year before, marking a faster increase than May's 2.5pctgain as electricity and city gas bills increased after the government reduced subsidies, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

The amount of special allowances that divers of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force fraudulently received exceeds 53 million yen, 10 million yen larger than the recently announced figure, it was learned Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's education ministry, in an annual report released Friday, pointed out the need to fundamentally change the current situation where teachers are responsible for many tasks and ensure appropriate working conditions for them.時事通信社 による

The International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed again the safety of Japan's discharge of tritium-containing treated water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the sea.時事通信社 による

Tohoku Electric Power Co. has announced a decision to put off the planned restart of the No. 2 reactor at its Onagawa nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan by two months to around November.時事通信社 による

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. will impose pay cuts on four top executives, including President Hironori Kamezawa, over the illegal sharing of customer information among the group's three units, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

The top uniformed officers of Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the South Korean military have resumed their high-level dialogue, which had been suspended due to the 2018 fire radar incident involving a Japanese plane and a South Korean warship.時事通信社 による

Kyodo News said Thursday that it has taken disciplinary action against four senior officials for misreporting the results of last month's Okinawa prefectural assembly election in southern Japan.時事通信社 による

Tokyu Land Corp. on Thursday unveiled to the press the commercial area of Shibuya Sakura Stage, a new large-scale complex located on the southwest side of Shibuya Station in Tokyo.時事通信社 による

Japan's Supreme Court on Thursday backed the collection of 5 billion yen in additional taxes from Nissan Motor Co. over the income of a tax haven-based insurance affiliate.時事通信社 による

The head of Japan's Imperial Household Agency offered the view Thursday that Prince Hisahito will not show up at events in the Imperial Palace until next spring.時事通信社 による