Japan Airlines, or JAL, saw its consolidated net profit in April-December 2024 increase 6.0pctfrom a year earlier to 91 billion yen, thanks to brisk inbound travel demand and steady demand for domestic flight services.時事通信社 による

Nissan Motor Co. is preparing to rescind its agreement with Honda Motor Co. to consider integrating their operations, sources said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The government said Wednesday that it hopes to designate intensive repair and replacement of water and sewage pipes as a priority measure in its forthcoming plan for making Japan more resilient to natural disasters.時事通信社 による

Honda Motor Co. is set to begin late this year production of electric vehicles in the United States.時事通信社 による

Japanese police said Wednesday that they have identified the severed body of an adult man found in the western prefecture of Osaka as belonging to transport ministry official Takamichi Kamioka.時事通信社 による

Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. on Wednesday revised up its consolidated operating profit forecast for fiscal 2024, which ends next month, to 4.7 trillion yen.時事通信社 による

Japan's Panasonic Holdings Corp. has said it will carry out group restructuring measures in fiscal 2025, including considering the possibility of scaling back some home electronics operations such as the television business.時事通信社 による

The Japanese House of Representatives' Budget Committee on Wednesday began checking the contents of the fiscal 2025 draft budget, launching its first government budget review by agency.時事通信社 による

Japan's inflation-adjusted real wage index in 2024 fell 0.2pctfrom the previous year, down for the third straight year, the labor ministry said in a preliminary report Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Nintendo Co. said Tuesday it has cut its consolidated sales and profit estimates for the year ending next month because of lower-than-expected sales of its Switch video game console.時事通信社 による

The combined consolidated net profits of five major Japanese banking groups rose 42.8pctfrom a year earlier to 4,135.4 billion yen in April-December, according to their latest earnings reports released by Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Tokyo High Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced Greg Kelly, a former aide to former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn, to six months in prison, suspended for three years, for his involvement in the former boss' financial crime.時事通信社 による

Honda Motor Co. has proposed a plan to buy shares in Nissan Motor Co. to make it a subsidiary, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Yoshio Yoshida, former player and then manager of the Hanshin Tigers professional baseball team in western Japan, died of a stroke early Monday, the team announced Tuesday. He was 91 years old.時事通信社 による

Japanese Crown Prince Akishino will visit Thailand on Feb. 26-28 to receive an honorary doctorate from Naresuan University, his 12th from a Thai university, the Imperial Household Agency said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

U.S. investment fund KKR said Tuesday that it will raise the purchase price of its ongoing tender offer for Japanese system developer Fuji Soft Inc. to 9,850 yen per share from 9,451 yen.時事通信社 による

A tasting event was held in Sao Paulo in Brazil on Monday to promote Japan-made rice with cheaper production costs.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will visit the United States for three days from Thursday for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Forty-fourpctof Japanese people have thought of discussions regarding the surnames of married couples as something that may affect them, a survey by the Cabinet Office showed Tuesday.時事通信社 による

A 25-year-old man accused of attempted murder and other charges for throwing an explosive at then Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in April 2023 denied Tuesday any intent to kill him.時事通信社 による

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Tuesday that Japan's economy is in a state of inflation, not deflation.時事通信社 による

Nippon Steel Corp. and United States Steel Corp. on Monday jointly filed an opening brief in their administrative lawsuit against former U.S. President Joe Biden's order to block the Japanese steelmaker's plan to acquire the U.S. peer.時事通信社 による

An iconic annual snow festival kicked off in Sapporo, the capital of the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido, on Tuesday, featuring a total of 202 snow and ice sculptures at three venues.時事通信社 による

Tokyo police Tuesday served another arrest warrant on a former MUFG Bank employee who had been held on suspicion of stealing from customers' safe deposit boxes.時事通信社 による

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo gave honorary citizenship Monday to antiwhaling activist Paul Watson, who is internationally wanted for obstructing Japanese research whaling.時事通信社 による

The southeastern part of Hokkaido saw record snow from Monday evening to Tuesday morning as a developing low-pressure system over the Sea of Japan approached the northernmost Japan prefecture.時事通信社 による

Japanese Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Tuesday that he will seek advice from the Legislative Council on the idea of revising the companies law to fully allow businesses to hold online-only shareholders' meetings.時事通信社 による

Japan's exports of agricultural, fishery and food products in 2024 hit a record high for the 12th consecutive year, agriculture ministry data showed Tuesday.時事通信社 による

U.S. investment firm Dalton Investments, a major shareholder in Fuji Media Holdings Inc., sought the resignation of Hisashi Hieda, executive managing adviser of the Japanese firm, in a letter dated Monday.時事通信社 による

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to impose 25pcttariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada has sent shock waves through Japanese automakers operating in the two U.S. neighbors.時事通信社 による

Japan's Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, or JA Zenchu, plans to suspend the use of a newly developed information system due to huge costs, people familiar with the matter said Monday.時事通信社 による

A former accountant for Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has told the secretariat of the House of Representatives that he will not appear before the lower parliamentary chamber for unsworn testimony over the party's slush funds scandal, LDP officials said Monday.時事通信社 による

An artificial intelligence-based chatbot will start answering questions from Buddhist viewpoints in English in Bhutan, its developers including a Kyoto University professor said Monday.時事通信社 による

Work to rescue a truck driver trapped in a sinkhole in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, has been hampered by water flowing into the affected area.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that his government will decide the timing of a planned increase in the minimum taxable income at the same time as measures to secure funds to cover the change.時事通信社 による

Ishikawa Prefecture on Monday reported 10pctfalls in the populations of Wajima and Suzu over the year from the Noto Peninsula earthquake that struck the central Japan prefecture Jan. 1, 2024.時事通信社 による

UFO fans are increasingly active in Japan, where lawmakers have called for official investigations and UFO events have attracted many visitors.時事通信社 による

U.S. investment fund KKR is considering investing in Seven & i Holdings Co. as part of a plan by the founding family of the Japanese retailer to acquire Seven & i, people familiar with the matter said Monday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government is considering having residents in the Gaza Strip come to Japan for medical treatment and education, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday.時事通信社 による

Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. said Monday that it has agreed with U.S. artificial intelligence powerhouse OpenAI to establish a joint venture to develop and sell advanced AI to corporate clients.時事通信社 による

Kinuko Iwamoto, former chancellor of Tokyo Women's Medical University, was served a fresh arrest warrant Monday over fraudulent payments of consulting fees by the university, according to investigative sources.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that he plans to discuss with U.S. President Donald Trump about the rule of law at their upcoming summit.時事通信社 による

Sumitomo Chemical Co. will appoint Nobuaki Mito, the chemical firm's senior managing executive officer, as its next president, it was learned Monday.時事通信社 による

The Bank of Japan discussed worries raised by some policymakers about a possible upward deviation of prices at its latest monetary policy meeting Jan. 23-24, the BOJ said Monday.時事通信社 による

People laid flowers Monday at Yokohama Port in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, to pray for those who died after contracting COVID-19 in the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which arrived at the port five years ago.時事通信社 による

Japan's industry ministry and the Japan External Trade Organization, or JETRO, said Sunday that they have launched a consultation service for Japanese companies over additional U.S. tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China.時事通信社 による

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, on Sunday successfully launched the fifth H3 rocket carrying the Michibiki No. 6 satellite for the Japanese version of the U.S. Global Positioning System.時事通信社 による

Conservative lawmakers in Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party are growing increasingly frustrated with the diplomatic stance of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's administration toward China.時事通信社 による

The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven major countries issued a joint statement Saturday condemning the offensive by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and urging them to withdraw from all areas under their control.時事通信社 による

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan plans to present a "full package" of revisions to the government's fiscal 2025 budget bill in mid-February, a CDP lawmaker said in a televised debate on Sunday.時事通信社 による