Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday approved draft legislation for pension system reform at a meeting of the party's decision-making General Council.時事通信社 による

Japanese Ambassador to the United States Shigeo Yamada has expressed confidence in strengthening economic cooperation with Washington while showing concern about President Donald Trump's tariff measures against Japan.時事通信社 による

The Japanese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that it has confirmed moves by China to build a new structure on the Chinese side of the two countries' median line in the East China Sea.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya urged Israel to abide by international law during a meeting with his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Saar, in Tokyo on Tuesday.時事通信社 による

-The English version of "Butter," a novel by Japanese author Asako Yuzuki, won the debut fiction category of the 2025 British Book Awards, Japanese publisher Shinchosha Publishing Co. said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

A Chinese district court Tuesday sentenced a Japanese man in his 50s to 12 years in prison for espionage, the Japanese Consulate-General in Shanghai said.時事通信社 による

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, or AIST, showed Japan's meter and kilogram prototypes to the press on Monday, ahead of the 150th anniversary later this month of the conclusion of the Meter Convention in 1875.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government and the World Trade Organization on Tuesday reaffirmed their determination to work closely together to strengthen the WTO-led free and open multilateral trade regime.時事通信社 による

Japanese retail giant Aeon Co. said Tuesday that it will sell Calrose rice produced in California, as rice prices remain elevated in Japan.時事通信社 による

The pavilions of Angola and Nepal at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, are not open a month after the Expo began on April 13.時事通信社 による

The Ground Self-Defense Force said Tuesday that it will conduct its first surface-to-ship missile launch drill in Japan from June 19 to 30.時事通信社 による

Japanese Empress Masako attended a convention of the Japanese Red Cross Society in Tokyo on Tuesday.時事通信社 による

A panel of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party presented Tuesday a draft proposal on strengthening the country's public security, including the possible introduction of a law to counter espionage.時事通信社 による

Nearly half of people in Japan are likely to believe false and misleading information on the internet, a government survey showed Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Nissan Motor Co. on Tuesday reported a consolidated net loss of 670.8 billion yen for fiscal 2024, against the fiscal 2023 profit of 426.6 billion yen.時事通信社 による

Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday that its group net profit in the current fiscal year through next March is forecast to plunge 70.1pctfrom the previous year to 250 billion yen.時事通信社 による

Tokyo Metro Co. will promote Senior Managing Executive Officer Akihiro Kosaka to president after the cabinet gave its approval on Tuesday.時事通信社 による

SoftBank Group Corp. said Tuesday that it posted a consolidated net profit of 1,153.3 billion yen for the year ended this March, its first black ink in four years, against the previous year's loss of 227.6 billion yen.時事通信社 による

Senior officials of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, agreed Tuesday on the need to draft a supplementary budget before a possible extraordinary session of the Diet this autumn.時事通信社 による

Bank of Japan policymakers, at the central bank's latest policy-setting meeting, found it necessary to delay further interest rate cuts for the time being amid concerns about a global economic slowdown, a summary of the April 30-May 1 meeting showed Tuesday.時事通信社 による

A lawyer for former popular television personality Masahiro Nakai has refuted a third-party committee's report that found Nakai committed sexual violence against a former Fuji TV announcer.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government has said that Paraguay's President Santiago Pena and his wife will visit Japan for five days from next Monday.時事通信社 による

The 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka, which began a month ago, is still struggling to draw visitors, although it has attracted two million visitors faster than the 2005 Expo in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.時事通信社 による

Struggling Nissan Motor Co. is planning to cut about 20,000 jobs in and outside Japan, up from 9,000 as previously planned, it was learned Monday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met with Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on Monday, showing an eagerness to contribute to the stability of the increasingly turbulent West African region.時事通信社 による

Japan's Sharp Corp. said Monday that it will sell its small and midsize liquid crystal display panel plant in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, to its Taiwanese parent, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.時事通信社 による

The Japanese Foreign Ministry said Monday that it will begin issuing residency certificates online to Japanese nationals living abroad through overseas diplomatic missions, except those in Iran and Russia, starting May 27.時事通信社 による

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, or JAMSTEC, unveiled on Monday a deep sea explorer capable of reaching a depth of 8,000 meters, deepest among the country's existing deep sea probes.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government is proposing in tariff negotiations with the United States that the two countries cooperate in shipbuilding, sources said Monday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Princess Aiko will visit Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, for two days from Sunday to see efforts to rebuild areas affected by the January 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, the Imperial Household Agency said Monday.時事通信社 による

Chilean President Gabriel Boric attended Chile's "national day" event at the ongoing World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka on Monday.時事通信社 による

A restaurant chef in Shiga Prefecture has developed cheesecake using an ingredient of "funazushi," one of Japan's stinky original sushi called narezushi, in an effort to attract more people's attention to the western prefecture's local food.時事通信社 による

The Chiba city government is considering moving and reconstructing Zozo Marine Stadium, a city-owned ballpark in Chiba, east of Tokyo, sources said Monday.時事通信社 による

The average price of rice at supermarkets across Japan fell for the first time in 18 weeks in the week ended May 4, the agriculture ministry said Monday.時事通信社 による

A Buddha statue stolen in 2012 and taken to South Korea was returned to a temple on Tsushima, an island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki, on Monday.時事通信社 による

Japan's transport ministry on Monday issued a strict warning to Japan Airport Terminal Co. over its subsidiary's inappropriate transactions that benefited a consultant firm headed by the eldest son of Makoto Koga, former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government is carefully looking at movements related to the proposed direct peace talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Monday.時事通信社 による

Japan's current account surplus hit a record high in fiscal 2024 as a weaker yen boosted dividend and interest flows from overseas, a Finance Ministry report showed Monday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Foreign Ministry said Monday that World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will visit the country for three days through Wednesday to meet with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and other senior officials.時事通信社 による

An 84-year-old woman was found bleeding on a street in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Sunday and was pronounced dead after being rushed to a hospital.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday suggested his intention to submit a pension system reform bill as early as this week.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has welcomed the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan as a "significant achievement."時事通信社 による

Whether to lower the consumption tax rate would be a campaign issue in this summer's election of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of Japan's parliament, key members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan have said.時事通信社 による

A Chinese marine research ship was extending something like a pipe into the sea in the Japanese exclusive economic zone off the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture Sunday, the Japan Coast Guard said.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chilean President Gabriel Boric on Sunday reaffirmed the importance of free trade as the world faces a historic turning point.時事通信社 による

Hokuhoku Financial Group Inc. will deploy staff with advanced green transformation knowledge mainly in Hokkaido, northern Japan, President Hiroshi Nakazawa said in a recent interview with Jiji Press.時事通信社 による

Idemitsu Kosan Co. will strengthen materials business for all-solid-state batteries, considered to be next-generation electric vehicle batteries, President Noriaki Sakai said in a recent interview with Jiji Press.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reiterated his country's demand on Sunday that the United States withdraw its auto tariffs after Washington and London agreed to create a low-tariff quota for British car exports to the United States.時事通信社 による

Japan's first university faculty dedicated to dinosaur studies opened last month in a prefecture known as a major dinosaur fossil excavation site.時事通信社 による

A Buddha statue stolen from a temple on Tsushima, an island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki, in 2012 was handed over to the Japanese side at a temple in Seosan, central South Korea, on Saturday, people familiar with the matter said.時事通信社 による