Tokyo District Court on Thursday ordered the former operator of a now-closed manga piracy website called Mangamura to pay three major Japanese publishers a total of about 1.73 billion yen in damages.時事通信社 による

An 11-company consortium led by Mitsui Fudosan Co. will build a stadium as part of a 900-billion-yen project to redevelop the site of the former Tsukiji wholesale market in Tokyo's Chuo Ward, the metropolitan government said Friday.時事通信社 による

The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven major democracies on Friday urged Iran and Israel to prevent further escalation after direct attacks between them.時事通信社 による

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield visited an atomic bomb museum in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Friday.時事通信社 による

More unexpected compounds have been found in some of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co.'s supplements containing "beni koji" red fermented rice, which are allegedly behind a series of health problems, it was learned Friday.時事通信社 による

Nissan Motor Co. said Friday that it has lowered its consolidated operating profit forecast for the year ended last month by 90 billion yen to 530 billion yen.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday adopted a view that two proposals by a government expert panel to address the shrinking number of Imperial Family members are "reasonable," paving the way for talks on the matter between the ruling and opposition camps.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government will take a coordinating role and issue instructions to local governments on responses when public health crises involving infectious diseases happen again, based on lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to its draft plans.時事通信社 による

Japan's House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill to revise the basic law on food, agriculture and rural areas to strengthen the country's food security.時事通信社 による

Japan's transport ministry Friday lifted its domestic shipment ban on the last remaining Daihatsu Motor Co. vehicle models, including the Move Canbus minivehicle.時事通信社 による

A convoy of vehicles carrying five Japanese expatriates was attacked by an armed group in Pakistan on Friday, leaving one of the five injured, according to the Consulate-General of Japan in Karachi.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government said Friday that it will send two more Self-Defense Forces personnel to the headquarters of the U.N. Mission in South Sudan, or UNMISS, in Juba.時事通信社 による

Japan's industry ministry said Friday that it will provide up to 72.5 billion yen in subsidies for five projects to build supercomputers for use in developing artificial intelligence technology.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday agreed to continue close cooperation in support for Ukraine for its war to end Russia's invasion.時事通信社 による

Japanese Self-Defense Force fighter jets scrambled 669 times in response to possible airspace violations in fiscal 2023, the Defense Ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill aimed at boosting measures to tackle the country's declining birthrate.時事通信社 による

The U.N. Security Council on Thursday rejected a draft resolution that recommended Palestine become a full U.N. member state, with the United States casting a veto.時事通信社 による

Japan's core consumer prices in fiscal 2023 grew 2.8pctfrom the previous year, rising for the third straight year on higher food prices, government data showed Friday.時事通信社 による

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. started the release for fiscal 2024 of treated water containing tritium, a radioactive substance, from its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant into the sea on Friday.時事通信社 による

U.S. activist fund ValueAct Capital has expressed support for Japanese retail group Seven & i Holdings Co.'s stock listing plan for its supermarket operations.時事通信社 による

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies ended their two-day meeting in Washington on Thursday without adopting a joint statement or other outcome documents.時事通信社 による

A Japanese man who lost his wife and daughter in a high-profile accident involving a runaway car driven by an elderly man five years ago says he hopes to "leverage ()削除 the victimizer's experience to prevent traffic accidents."時事通信社 による

A group of doctors has filed a 1.4-million-yen damages lawsuit against technology giant Google over its Google Maps online map service.時事通信社 による

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on Thursday suggested a possible change in the Japanese central bank's monetary policy in the event of a weaker yen affecting prices considerably.時事通信社 による

Japanese companies with labor unions of under 300 members have agreed to raise monthly pay by 4.75pcton weighted average in this year's "shunto" spring wage talks, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, said in a survey report on Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan and eight other economies agreed on a new rule Thursday that reduces the 2024 catch quota for saury in the high seas in the northern Pacific to 135,000 tons from 150,000 tons.時事通信社 による

Boeing Co. on Thursday opened a research and development base in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, its first such facility in Japan.時事通信社 による

Japanese Crown Prince Akishino on Thursday visited a farmer in Anamizu, a town in the central prefecture of Ishikawa that was hard hit by a magnitude-7.6 earthquake on New Year's Day.時事通信社 による

Sapporo District Court on Thursday rejected a claim by a group of Ainu indigenous people in the town of Urahoro in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, that they have an "indigenous right" to catch salmon in local rivers.時事通信社 による

Nippon Steel Corp. and United States Steel Corp. released a joint statement Thursday in response to U.S. President Joe Biden's speech opposing the Japanese company's acquisition of the U.S. company.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa told her Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, on Thursday that her country's support for Ukraine will not waver amid Russia's invasion.時事通信社 による

A Japanese district court Thursday ordered Resonac Holdings Corp. to pay 104 million yen in damages to people claiming to suffer from Niigata Minamata disease, a neurological disorder caused by mercury poisoning.時事通信社 による

Oracle Corp. plans to invest more than 8 billion dollars in Japan over the next decade to meet growing demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure, its Japan unit said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan's National Police Agency plans to introduce driver's licenses for large automatic transmission, or AT, vehicles, including trucks and buses, in fiscal 2026 or later, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday dismissed concerns that the country's Self-Defense Forces may come under the command and control of the U.S. military.時事通信社 による

The average unit price of new condominiums put up for sale in the greater Tokyo area in fiscal 2023 hit a record high for the third consecutive year, Real Estate Economic Institute Co. said Thursday.時事通信社 による

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday it has launched a fresh investigation into the phantom braking issues targeting some 3 million vehicles made by Japan's Honda Motor Co.時事通信社 による

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Finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of Seven major democracies Wednesday reaffirmed their "unwavering support" for Ukraine amid its war with invading Russia.時事通信社 による

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara is considering visiting Hawaii to meet his U.S. counterpart, Lloyd Austin, as early as the beginning of May, Japanese Defense Ministry officials said Thursday.時事通信社 による

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Thursday met with families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago.時事通信社 による

The Diet, Japan's parliament, enacted a bill Thursday to start a scheme to allow crime victims and bereaved families to receive support from lawyers from soon after incidents.時事通信社 による

A House of Representatives special committee on Thursday approved a bill aimed at boosting measures to tackle Japan's declining birthrate.時事通信社 による

A total of nine people were injured in a strong earthquake that struck western Japan on Wednesday night, local authorities said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japanese anime powerhouse Studio Ghibli Inc. will be given an Honorary Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, it was announced Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Finance ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Wednesday affirmed that the three countries will keep working closely in dealing with movements of foreign exchange rates.時事通信社 による

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen confirmed that their countries will "communicate closely" on the trend of the foreign exchange market, where the yen has been weakening rapidly, Suzuki said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese anime director Hayao Miyazaki is among Time's 100 most influential people of 2024, according to the list published by the U.S. magazine Wednesday.時事通信社 による

A Japanese ruling party faction led by senior lawmaker Toshimitsu Motegi decided Wednesday to withdraw its registration as a political organization amid a strong public backlash over a high-profile political funds scandal involving the party.時事通信社 による

Major Japanese trading house Itochu Corp. and investment fund J-Will Partners plan to acquire embattled used car dealer Bigmotor Co. for 60 billion yen, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による