Traditional dances of the Ainu indigenous ethnic group in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, were performed on Saturday at the ongoing 2025 World Exposition in the western city of Osaka.時事通信社 による

The trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, charged with murdering former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022, may begin this October, it has been learned.時事通信社 による

Police in Miyagi Prefecture on Saturday rearrested a 21-year-old unemployed man for alleged murder, after the body of a 35-year-old female nursery school teacher was found on the coast of the northeastern Japan prefecture last month.時事通信社 による

The Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are taking different approaches regarding Taiwan over their annual peace ceremonies remembering the U.S. atomic bombings in 1945.時事通信社 による

Larger gaps between wholesalers' procurement and selling prices, which represent their costs and profits, may be a factor behind the current elevated retail rice prices in Japan, a government survey has suggested.時事通信社 による

People affected by a major wildfire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, earlier this year began moving into temporary housing in the northeastern Japan city on Saturday.時事通信社 による

Dalton Investments, a major shareholder of Fuji Media Holdings Inc., on Saturday criticized the Japanese media group for opposing its nominees to Fuji Media's board.時事通信社 による

Vice-ministerial-level officials from Japan and the United States met in Washington on Friday and agreed to continue close security cooperation in the face of China's growing hegemonic moves.時事通信社 による

Ailing Nissan Motor Co. is considering closing two plants in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, in hopes of shifting away from its costly business structure, which includes excessive production equipment, it was learned Saturday.時事通信社 による

Three people were taken to a hospital, with two of them in critical condition, after a possible gas leak occurred at an ENEOS Corp. oil refinery in the western Japan city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Saturday.時事通信社 による

A 97-year-old man from central Japan has donated about 1,400 photos taken during his years of confronting the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult.時事通信社 による

A 31-year-old Japanese man has achieved the feat of dribbling a soccer ball for about 2,000 kilometers across India, reaching his goal of New Delhi two and a half months after leaving Kolkata.時事通信社 による

Japan's Fuji Media Holdings Inc. said Friday that it has decided to add four individuals to its list of director candidates, including Takashi Sawada, former president of convenience store chain FamilyMart Co.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government's Personal Information Protection Commission issued an emergency order under the personal information protection law for the first time, against a Tokyo name list broker.時事通信社 による

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Friday that body parts possibly of a missing crew member of a Self-Defense Force trainer jet that crashed into Lake Iruka in central Japan have been found.時事通信社 による

Japan's Fuji Media Holdings Inc. on Friday reported a consolidated net loss of 20.1 billion yen for fiscal 2024, its first red ink since becoming a holding company in 2008.時事通信社 による

Tariffs on Japanese vehicles that have been raised by U.S. President Donald Trump are unlikely to return to the level before the launch in January this year of his second administration, even after negotiations, an economist has said.時事通信社 による

A Japanese government panel proposed Friday that some Lake Biwa canal facilities in western Japan be collectively designated as a national treasure.時事通信社 による

The opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan said Friday that its proposal to temporarily cut the consumption tax rate on food items to zeropctis estimated to reduce the annual tax burden by 40,000 yen per person.時事通信社 による

Japan's Meteorological Agency announced Friday that the rainy season began in the southern part of the Kyushu southwestern region.時事通信社 による

Yoshihiko Noda, head of the leading opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, has proposed that the Imperial House Council decide whether to allow husbands and sons of women who will stay in the Imperial Family after marriage to be part of the family.時事通信社 による

Lists of victims who died from the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki were given an airing at the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims in the southwestern Japan city Friday.時事通信社 による

A 45-year-old man was arrested by Friday on suspicion of dangerous driving resulting in injury after ignoring a traffic light and hitting a woman with his moped in Tokyo.時事通信社 による

Consolidated net profits at 73 listed regional banks and banking groups in Japan totaled 1,251.9 billion yen for the year through March, up 28.5pctfrom the previous year, according to their earnings reports.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government decided Friday to send former Prime Minister Taro Aso, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, to Vatican as a special ambassador to attend the ceremony for Pope Leo XIV's inauguration on Sunday.時事通信社 による

Japan's parliament enacted Friday bills to revise laws to make criminal procedures digital, including allowing investigative authorities to receive search and arrest warrants online.時事通信社 による

Japan's agriculture ministry on Friday announced a set of measures to help stockpiled rice released by the government reach store shelves more quickly, including the creation of an auction quota for bidders ready to sell rice to retailers soon.時事通信社 による

Engine parts of a Self-Defense Force trainer jet that crashed into a pond in Aichi Prefecture on Wednesday are believed to have been found, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's parliament enacted a bill on Friday to allow the government to take proactive steps to prevent serious cyberattacks.時事通信社 による

Kioxia Holdings Co. said Thursday that its consolidated net profit hit the highest level since its 2019 founding in the year ended last March thanks to brisk sales of flash memory chips to data centers amid the spread of artificial intelligence.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government on Friday adopted public pension system reform legislation for deliberations at parliament.時事通信社 による

Japan's economy shrank at an annualized rate of 0.7pctafter price and seasonal adjustment in the first three months of this year, the first contraction in four quarters, the Cabinet Office said in a preliminary report Friday.時事通信社 による

A Japanese research team led by Kyushu University professor Hiroyuki Sasaki has said it discovered a gene that determines the color patterns of the tricolored calico cat, known in Japan as "mike neko."時事通信社 による

Japan's Self-Defense Forces has expanded its operations in the world amid a worsening security environment, under the security legislation allowing the country's limited exercise of its collective self-defense rights, which was adopted by the government 10 years ago.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hosted a dinner for King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at their residence in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday.時事通信社 による

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering revising the bilateral trade agreement with Japan that entered into force during his first presidential term, sources said Thursday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government is considering adding three more sectors to the list of fields covered by its program to grant residency status to foreign workers with so-called specified skills, in order to address labor shortages, informed sources said Thursday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government is set to express grave concern in its upcoming defense white paper over the deepening military cooperation between China and Russia, a draft showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

Netflix Inc. has announced plans to stream "Hotaru no Haka" ()削除, an animated film produced by Studio Ghibli Inc., from July 15 in Japan.時事通信社 による

Japan's House of Councillors Cabinet Committee on Thursday approved by a majority vote an active cyberdefense bill to allow the government to monitor communications in peacetime to prevent cyberattacks.時事通信社 による

Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co. and mobile carrier SoftBank Corp. said Thursday that they will form a comprehensive partnership in the digital finance service area.時事通信社 による

The combined net profit of three major Japanese banking groups in fiscal 2024 grew 25.3pctfrom the previous year to 3,926.3 billion yen, hitting a record high for the second straight year.時事通信社 による

Japanese police have arrested four individuals for allegedly transferring a driver account of Demaecan, a food delivery service website, to a foreigner who is not qualified to work in Japan.時事通信社 による

Japan and the European Union will expand their mutual recognition arrangement for organic food so that a wider range of products can be labeled as organic food for trade between the economies.時事通信社 による

Japan's three major mobile phone carriers expect year-on-year rises in their respective consolidated sales in fiscal 2025, reflecting increases in mobile phone rates, according to their earnings reports released by Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The search continued overnight through Thursday for the two missing crew members of an Air Self-Defense Force training plane that crashed in central Japan the previous day.時事通信社 による

Tokyo police have arrested five people for alleged fraudulent purchases of heated tobacco products with stolen credit card information at a convenience store in the Japanese capital.時事通信社 による

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa is expected to visit the United States in as early as the second half of next week for the third round of negotiations over Washington's tariffs, people familiar with the matter said Thursday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese agriculture ministry is considering releasing 100,000 tons of government-stockpiled rice through auctions planned to be held every month in May-July, informed sources said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said Wednesday that its consolidated net profit rose 22.3pctto 1,177.9 billion yen in the year ended last March from the previous year, topping 1 trillion yen for the first time in its history.時事通信社 による