Japan Post Holdings Co. said Friday that Hiroya Masuda will step down as president and CEO in June, after five years in the posts.時事通信社 による

Japan's 10 major electricity suppliers said Friday that monthly bills for average households will go up by between 385 yen and 465 yen in April, due mainly to the end of government subsidies to curb inflation.時事通信社 による

A forest fire in Okayama Prefecture has been contained, Masao Omori, mayor of the city of Okayama, the capital of the western Japan prefecture, said Friday.時事通信社 による

Chiba Bank said Friday it has acquired a 19.9pctstake in Chiba Kogyo Bank for some 23.7 billion yen.時事通信社 による

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. on Friday promoted executive officer Norikazu Toyoda to its president and CEO after shareholders approved the company's proposed slate of 10 board nominees, including him.時事通信社 による

Japan's Imperial Household Agency said Friday it will start operating an official channel on the YouTube video-sharing platform on Tuesday.時事通信社 による

SBI Shinsei Bank said Friday it has repaid some 100 billion yen in public funds to the Japanese government.時事通信社 による

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co. plan to merge in April 2027, their parent, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc., said Friday.時事通信社 による

Shareholders of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. on Friday approved the company's proposed slate of 10 board nominees, including executive officer Norikazu Toyoda, who is set to become new president and CEO of the scandal-tainted Japanese company.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday broadly agreed with the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan to put a revised government budget bill for fiscal 2025 to votes at the Budget Committee of the House of Councillors, the upper parliamentary chamber, and at a plenary session of the Upper House, both on Monday.…

An estimated 41,969 bodies in Japan were unclaimed in fiscal 2023, accounting for 2.7pctof total deaths in 2023, a recent welfare ministry survey showed.時事通信社 による

Japan will ask all of some 4,000 listed companies in the country to consider submitting and disclosing their annual securities reports before ordinary meetings of their shareholders, financial services minister Katsunobu Kato said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that he will visit Ioto, widely known as Iwo Jima, on Saturday to attend an event to honor soldiers who died in the fierce battle on the Pacific island 80 years ago.時事通信社 による

The number of suicides in Japan decreased by 1,517 from the previous year to 20,320 in 2024, the second-lowest level on record, the health ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

Many needy households in Japan with children set to enroll in junior or senior high schools next month are considering reducing their living costs to cover spending necessary for the new school life, a survey has found.時事通信社 による

The core consumer price index for Tokyo's densely populated 23 special wards in March rose 2.4pctfrom a year before amid continued food price increases, government data showed Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan should aim to boost annual rice exports, including packaged rice and rice flour, to 353,000 tons in 2030, up eightfold from last year, a government panel has said.時事通信社 による

Japan's Fair Trade Commission has warned confectionery maker Chateraise Co., alleging that the company refused to receive products from suppliers in violation of the subcontract law.時事通信社 による

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday approved by a majority vote a plan for nominee George Glass to become U.S. ambassador to Japan.時事通信社 による

Japan and eight other economies agreed Thursday to reduce this year's catch quota for saury in the northern Pacific by 10pctto 202,500 tons.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government published Thursday an evacuation plan for the roughly 120,000 people on remote southwestern islands, drawn up with a possible conflict over Taiwan in mind.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is planning to visit the Philippines and Vietnam during the holidays starting late next month, government officials said Thursday.時事通信社 による

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to impose 25pcttariffs on all automobile imports, starting next month, has shocked Japanese automakers as the United States is their key market.時事通信社 による

Masahiro Shinoda, a film director known for his unique Japanese aesthetic style, died of pneumonia on Tuesday. He was 94.時事通信社 による

A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced former lawmaker Megumi Hirose to 30 months in prison, suspended for five years, for defrauding the government of several million yen in salary for a secretary.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito bade farewell on Thursday to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at a hotel in Tokyo.時事通信社 による

Fuji Media Holdings Inc., parent of scandal-embattled Fuji Television Network Inc., announced Thursday that Hisashi Hieda will step down as the two firms' executive managing adviser.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is unlikely to release a government-adopted statement to mark the 80th anniversary this year of the country's surrender in World War II, government officials said Thursday.時事通信社 による

While Japan's Diet has enacted a bill calling for decency in election campaign posters, the country's efforts to prevent votes falling into chaos are starting to resemble a game of cat and mouse.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday that no new budgetary measures to tackle inflation will be compiled after the expected enactment of the government's fiscal 2025 budget.時事通信社 による

East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, launched part of its Takanawa Gateway City large-scale redevelopment area in Tokyo on Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday that his government has "all kinds of options" on how to respond to the imposition of 25pcttariffs on automobile imports announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.時事通信社 による

Families of high school students receiving aid from Japan's Ashinaga Foundation suffer poverty in many cases, earning disposable incomes less than half the national average, a survey has found.時事通信社 による

Over 900 hectares have been destroyed in total in wildfires that began on Sunday in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan.時事通信社 による

Chiba Bank is considering acquiring a stake of about 20pctin Chiba Kogyo Bank for about 20 billion yen, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Nissan Motor Co. will seek a new partnership even with a firm outside the auto industry following the breakdown of merger talks with Honda Motor Co., incoming Nissan President Ivan Espinosa said in a recent interview.時事通信社 による

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters said Wednesday that this year's Abel Prize for mathematicians with distinguished achievements will be given to Masaki Kashiwara, making him the first Japanese to win the award.時事通信社 による

Major Japanese agricultural and consumer cooperatives are starting shipping rice released by the government to curb soaring prices.時事通信社 による

West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, on Wednesday built a station building that consists of parts made with 3D printer technology, in Wakayama Prefecture.時事通信社 による

Honda Motor Co. unveiled to media Wednesday its 3.49-billion-yuan new joint venture electric vehicle plant with an output capacity of 120,000 units per year in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.時事通信社 による

The Diet, Japan's parliament, on Wednesday enacted a bill aimed at boosting disaster prevention measures in peninsular areas of the country.時事通信社 による

In the wake of Tokyo District Court's order to dissolve the Unification Church, opposition parties have demanded that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party reinvestigate its members' ties with the controversial religious group, also known as the Moonies.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will meet Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Tokyo on Wednesday to agree on future mutual visits by the two countries' leaders and confirm their cooperation on promoting decarbonization and expanding investments.時事通信社 による

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda suggested Wednesday that the central bank may raise interest rates to respond to recent increases in food and other prices.時事通信社 による

One of the largest Mars rocks in the world, which is set to be exhibited in the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, was taken from the National Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo on Wednesday for transport to the event site.時事通信社 による

Motohiko Saito, governor of Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, apologized to prefectural government workers Wednesday, after a third-party panel last week found that his prefecture's actions to identify a whistleblower accusing him of harassment violated the whistleblower protection law.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government has decided to accept two Palestinian women who were injured in the Gaza Strip for medical treatment, in response to the serious humanitarian situation there and at the request of the World Health Organization, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday proposed that the House of Councillors Budget Committee puts a fiscal 2025 government budget bill to a vote on Friday.時事通信社 による

A memorial ceremony was held in an Okinawa Prefecture village Wednesday, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. military's landing on the Kerama Islands, which preceded fierce ground battles in the southwestern Japan prefecture during World War II.時事通信社 による

Tokyo District Court on Wednesday found a former judge guilty of committing insider trading by using information obtained during his work on loan at the Financial Services Agency.時事通信社 による