Former Japanese abductee to North Korea Kaoru Hasuike on Wednesday called for Japan to work with the United States to press North Korea to help reunite Japanese abductees and their families.時事通信社 による

Japan will work closely with the United States, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this week accused Tokyo of devaluing the yen.時事通信社 による

Japan's October-December gross domestic product growth in the government's upcoming revised report is expected to be unchanged from the preliminary reading of 0.7 pct, or an annualized 2.8 pct, according to 10 private think tanks.時事通信社 による

The Bank of Japan will not necessarily raise its policy interest rate at every future policy-setting meeting, Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

U.S. President Donald Trump has said in a congressional speech that Japan's Honda Motor Co. will build a new plant in the United States.時事通信社 による

Hiroshima District Court on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit seeking an injunction against the operation of the No. 3 reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear plant in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan.時事通信社 による

Japanese reconstruction minister Tadahiko Ito has pledged to fully tackle issues regarding the reuse of soil from radiation decontamination work after the March 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture.時事通信社 による

The Vaughn-Uyeda Memorial International Journalistic Prize for fiscal 2024 will be awarded to journalists from Jiji Press and the Yomiuri Shimbun daily, the Japan Press Research Institute said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Trial Holdings Inc., a discount store operator based in the Kyushu southwestern Japan region, said Wednesday that it will acquire Japanese supermarket operator Seiyu Co.時事通信社 による

The forest fire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, had burned some 2,900 hectares, or 9pctof the total area of the northeastern Japan city, as of Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's high tariff policy is likely to have an impact on the global economy.時事通信社 による

Raising the ratio of defense spending to gross domestic product is not a top priority in Japan's efforts to boost its defense expenditures, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government will mull designating the wildfire raging in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, as a severe disaster eligible for massive state aid, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The Hyogo prefectural assembly on Wednesday adopted a report by its special investigative committee that found the western Japan prefecture's efforts to identify a whistleblower against Governor Motohiko Saito to be highly likely illegal.時事通信社 による

Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. will withdraw from an international framework of banks committed to decorbonizing their operations, in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's pro-fossil fuel policy, according to informed sources.時事通信社 による

In December 2023, Natsue Kondo became the first woman promoted to top leadership at any of the three branches of Japan's Self-Defense Forces.時事通信社 による

A Japanese lawmaker spoke at a meeting of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons for the first time as he attended the third conference in New York on Tuesday.時事通信社 による

East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, has said that it will start developing a new bullet train series, E10, for the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, which links Tokyo and the Tohoku northeastern region.時事通信社 による

A U.S. Department of Defense policy nominee Tuesday urged Japan to raise its defense spending to over 3pctof its gross domestic product.時事通信社 による

The ongoing wildfire in the city of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, which is the largest in Japan since the start of the Heisei era in 1989, entered its second week on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese industry minister Yoji Muto will visit the United States next week amid growing concerns among Japanese companies over U.S. tariffs under the administration of President Donald Trump, it was learned Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Marketplace app operator Mercari Inc. said Tuesday that it has launched a low-cost smartphone service.時事通信社 による

The Democratic Party for the People aims to win at least 16 seats in this summer's House of Councillors election, its leader, Yuichiro Tamaki, said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Princess Kako, the second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, will make an official visit to Brazil in early June, the Imperial Household Agency said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako met Tuesday with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and his first daughter at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.時事通信社 による

The Hyogo prefectural assembly's special committee on harassment allegations against Governor Motohiko Saito said in a report released Tuesday that the prefectural government's actions that led to the identification of a whistleblower were possibly illegal.時事通信社 による

Japan's Self-Defense Forces still faces challenges in providing a better working environment for female members, although the number of women working for the SDF grew steadily in some 70 years since its launch in 1954.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government adopted at a cabinet meeting Tuesday a bill to revise the whistleblower protection law to impose criminal penalties for acts of revenge taken against whistleblowers in government offices and companies.時事通信社 による

Japan's Supreme Court has upheld lower court rulings ordering the Unification Church's head in Japan to pay a fine of 100,000 yen for refusing to answer some questions posed by the culture ministry.時事通信社 による

Renowned Japanese writer Ayako Sono, known for many best-selling novels and essays, died of natural causes at a Tokyo hospital Friday. She was 93.時事通信社 による

A panel of experts under Japan's Cultural Affairs Agency on Tuesday reselected "shodo" calligraphy as a candidate for UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.時事通信社 による

Japan's House of Representatives passed a modified fiscal 2025 budget bill at a plenary meeting on Tuesday, with support from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition, which submitted the modified bill, and Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government will start disclosing documents related to a controversial state land sale to school operator Moritomo Gakuen in a month's time at the earliest, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

The iconic ring-shaped roof at the venue of the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's largest wooden structure Tuesday.時事通信社 による

A senior official of Japan's Nihon Hidankyo, the winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, urged the international community to redouble efforts for the abolition of nuclear weapons, at the third meeting of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on Monday.時事通信社 による

Japan's ratio of effective job openings to seekers rose for the first time in four months in January, the labor ministry said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government's modified fiscal 2025 budget bill cleared the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, on Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato on Tuesday rebutted U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that the Asian country is trying to weaken its currency.時事通信社 による

U.S. President Donald Trump alleged Monday that Japan and China are guiding their currencies lower.時事通信社 による

As decommissioning work at the meltdown-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan reaches a crucial stage toward removing melted nuclear debris, the spotlight has fallen on diamond semiconductors that can withstand intense nuclear radiation.時事通信社 による

Progress is being made in creating an environment in which female members of local assemblies in Japan can balance political activities with childbirth and childrearing, such as by clearly stipulating the period during which they can take maternity leave.時事通信社 による

The International Court of Justice said Monday that Judge Yuji Iwasawa from Japan was elected president by his peers.時事通信社 による

Russia has added nine Japanese nationals, including Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, to the list of its entry ban introduced following sanctions imposed by Japan.時事通信社 による

Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd. said Monday that it will have its first Japanese female CEO from April 1.時事通信社 による

The number of gas station bankruptcies and closures in Japan rose for the third consecutive year to reach 184 in 2024, according to research firm Teikoku Databank Ltd.時事通信社 による

Japan's House of Representatives is set to pass a modified fiscal 2025 government budget bill on Tuesday, with support from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition and Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prince Hisahito, the only son of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko and second in line to the throne, attended his first press conference on Monday and vowed to fulfill his role as an adult member of the Imperial Family.時事通信社 による

Heavy snow is forecast to fall in mountainous areas in the Kanto-Koshin region in central and eastern Japan from Tuesday afternoon, and snow may accumulate even in the southern part of the Kanto area, including Tokyo, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.時事通信社 による

Japan's Supreme Court upheld Monday lower court rulings against FC2 Inc., finding the U.S. video-sharing platform operator infringed a patent held by Japanese peer Dwango Co., which operates the Niconico platform.時事通信社 による

Japan Airlines, or JAL, and Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. unveiled a passenger jet with a special livery based on the popular robot anime series "Gundam" at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Monday, ahead of the April opening of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.時事通信社 による