Japan's National Police Agency said Thursday that it will establish a new office aimed at collecting and analyzing information on masterminds in "tokuryu" loosely organized crime groups made up of anonymous members.時事通信社 による

The Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office on Friday indicted a former boyfriend of Asahi Okazaki, 20, whose body was found at his house in the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo.時事通信社 による

U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass visited the World Exposition in the western city of Osaka on Friday.時事通信社 による

All four giant pandas at a zoo in Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, will be transferred to China on June 28, the leisure facility said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Princess Aiko will visit Laos in November, her first official visit overseas, the Imperial Household Agency said Friday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government is considering reusing soil removed from the ground during radiation decontamination work after the 2011 nuclear reactor meltdowns in Fukushima Prefecture in the grounds of the prime minister's office in Tokyo, informed sources have said.時事通信社 による

New Japanese agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Friday pledged to lower retail rice prices to less than 3,000 yen per 5 kilograms through further releases of government-stockpiled rice.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone meeting Friday to discuss cooperation over economic security, in light of Washington's tariff measures.時事通信社 による

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres confirmed during phone talks Friday their intention to deepen cooperative ties between the Asian country and the United Nations.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government will work on reducing the impact on Japanese students of the revocation of Harvard University's right to enroll foreign students announced by the U.S. government on Thursday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Friday.時事通信社 による

Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures are considering the idea of charging fees for rescuing Mount Fuji climbers during the season in which the mountain straddling the two central Japan prefectures is closed.時事通信社 による

The employment rate for March 2025 graduates of mostly universities stood at 98.0pctas of April 1, the second highest on record, Japanese government data showed Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's core consumer price index rose 3.5pctin April from a year before, marking the steepest increase in two years and three months amid soaring prices for rice and other food products, government data showed Friday.時事通信社 による

All services on East Japan Railway Co.'s busy Yamanote Line in Tokyo were suspended for hours early Friday morning due to wire trouble, found Thursday night.時事通信社 による

The Bank of Japan will continue to monitor the domestic bond market carefully amid soaring yields on superlong-term Japanese government bonds, BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Philippine immigration authorities have detained seven members of the "JP Dragon" crime ring based in the Southeast Asian country and comprising former Japanese gang members, it was learned Friday.時事通信社 による

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of Seven major democracies released a joint statement Thursday recognizing that "elevated uncertainty can have implications for the economy and for financial stability."時事通信社 による

Some Japanese reality show cast members are still pestered with defamation five years after professional wrestler Hana Kimura, who appeared on popular show "Terrace House," took her own life after a flood of defamatory comments on social media.時事通信社 による

The Chiba city government said Thursday that it plans to spend some 65 billion yen to relocate and reconstruct Zozo Marine Stadium, which is located near the Tokyo Bay, aiming to open a new ballpark around 2034.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hosted Dutch King Willem-Alexander for a dinner at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force said Thursday that it has confirmed the death of two members who were on a T-4 training plane when it crashed into a lake in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, last week.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government has proposed a system of mutually recognizing vehicle safety standards with the United States under certain conditions as part of tariff talks between the two countries, people familiar with the matter said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Major Japanese companies agreed to raise monthly pay by 5.38 pct, or 19,342 yen, on average in this year's "shunto" spring labor-management wage talks, the first tally by the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

A third-party committee set up by Fuji Television Network Inc. on Thursday defended its report concluding that former popular television personality Masahiro Nakai had committed sexual violence against a former Fuji TV announcer.時事通信社 による

Nearly two-thirds of respondents think female members of the Japanese Imperial Family should retain their status after marriage, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Emperor Naruhito met with Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday.時事通信社 による

The victim of an alleged sexual assault by a former senior prosecutor in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, has said that the offender asked her in a letter not to report the incident.時事通信社 による

Japan's Norinchukin Bank on Thursday reported a record consolidated net loss of 1,807.8 billion yen in fiscal 2024, citing hefty losses on foreign bond investments.時事通信社 による

Mongolian-born yokozuna sumo grand champion Hoshoryu from the Tatsunami stable aims to acquire Japanese citizenship, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan's National Police Agency has unveiled plans to make stricter a system that enables people to convert their driver's licenses issued by another country to Japanese ones, amid a series of accidents caused by foreign drivers.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Thursday that Japan has lodged strong protests to Israel after the Israeli military fired what it claims were warning shots at a group of Japanese and other diplomats visiting the Palestinian territory of the West Bank.時事通信社 による

A register of people who died as a result of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima was given an airing on Thursday for its upkeep.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has held talks on economic issues with Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen at the prime minister's office in Tokyo.時事通信社 による

The public approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet dropped to 20.9pctin May, rewriting its lowest level since he took office in October last year, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed.時事通信社 による

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in March rose 13.0pctfrom the previous month, growing for the second consecutive month, the Cabinet Office said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan's inflation-adjusted real wages fell 0.5pctin fiscal 2024, which ended in March, from the previous year, down for the third straight year, the labor ministry said Thursday.時事通信社 による

The Israeli military fired warning shots at an international group of diplomats from Japan and other countries during their visit to Jenin in the West Bank on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The U.S. Treasury Department said Wednesday that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato did not discuss foreign exchange levels in their meeting the same day.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and visiting Paraguayan President Santiago Pena agreed Wednesday to upgrade bilateral ties to a strategic partnership.時事通信社 による

Japan and South Korea will establish priority immigration lanes at two airports in each country during June to reduce examination times for travelers from the two countries, the Japanese government said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that it will release a fully revamped version of its RAV4 SUV in Japan within fiscal 2025, which ends in March next year.時事通信社 による

Over 270 people are expected to run in the June 22 Tokyo metropolitan assembly election as of Wednesday, likely hitting the highest number in decades.時事通信社 による

Shinjiro Koizumi expressed eagerness Wednesday to concentrate on bringing down high-flying retail rice prices after succeeding Taku Eto as Japan's agricultural minister.時事通信社 による

The monthly number of foreign visitors to Japan hit a record high in April, a Japan National Tourism Organization report showed Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's parliament enacted a bill to revise the law that governs Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.'s operations at a House of Councillors plenary session on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

All three major Japanese nonlife insurance companies posted record consolidated net profits for the second straight year in fiscal 2024, which ended in March, driven by gains from the sale of cross-held shares, according to their earnings reports.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito met with Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok, who is visiting Japan for the World Exposition in Osaka, at his residence in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan is seen holding the third round of ministerial tariff negotiations with the United States as early as Saturday, with top negotiator Ryosei Akazawa set to make a three-day U.S. trip from Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese author Hiromi Kawakami has missed out on the International Booker Prize, a prestigious British award for translated fiction.時事通信社 による

A female high school student in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, was arrested Wednesday after slashing three fellow students with a knife.時事通信社 による