Japanese judoka Uta Abe, champion in the women's 52-kilogram competition in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, was eliminated in the second round in the same category at the ongoing Paris Games on Sunday.時事通信社 による

A helicopter crashed in southwestern Japan Sunday, killing two people aboard, local authorities said.時事通信社 による

The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the United States on Sunday confirmed the importance of continued bilateral coordination for sharing "timely information" on incidents and accidents, following a recent spate of sexual assault cases involving U.S. servicemen in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa.…

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is considering joining the camp of Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co., which are planning to cooperate in fields including electric vehicles, it was learned Sunday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday reaffirmed the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.時事通信社 による

The United States at a key security meeting with Japan on Sunday announced a plan to grant authority for troop management, such as command and operation planning, to U.S. forces in Japan.時事通信社 による

A man was confirmed dead Saturday in the city of Shinjo, Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which has been hit by torrential rain recently, the prefectural police department said.時事通信社 による

The two Japanese men who fell from K2, the second-highest mountain in the world after Mount Everest, on Saturday have been identified as famed alpinists belonging to Japanese mountaineering equipment shop operator Ishii Sports.時事通信社 による

The defense chiefs of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Sunday reaffirmed the three countries' unity, in response to North Korea's moves to deepen its relations with Russia, which continues its invasion of Ukraine, and China's growing maritime expansion.時事通信社 による

Japan's infrastructure ministry will additionally select as early as this fiscal year "michi no eki" roadside rest stations that will serve as bases for relief activities and temporary shelters in times of disasters.時事通信社 による

Japan's Natsumi Tsunoda won gold in the women's 48-kilogram judo competition at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, bringing the first medal to the Asian country in the Summer Games.時事通信社 による

Two male Japanese climbers fell from K2, the second-highest mountain in the world after Mount Everest, on Saturday, according to the Japanese Embassy in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.時事通信社 による

A series of foreign ministers meetings related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations members in the Laotian capital of Vientiane, some of which were also joined by ministers from countries including Japan and the United States, ended on Saturday.時事通信社 による

A male police officer has been confirmed dead and a woman was newly found to have gone missing in heavy rain that is pounding the neighboring northeastern Japan prefectures of Yamagata and Akita.時事通信社 による

Residents of Sado Island cheered a UNESCO committee's decision Saturday on the registration of now-defunct gold mines in the central Japan island as a World Cultural Heritage site.時事通信社 による

Foreign ministers from, Japan, China, South Korea and Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states affirmed Saturday that the Chiang Mai initiative, a regional currency swap arrangement for addressing financial crises, will be utilized in time of natural disasters as well.時事通信社 による

The European Medicines Agency has said that its committee for assessing medicines recommended "not granting a marketing authorization" to Alzheimer's drug lecanemab.時事通信社 による

Japan is suffering from a scarcity of rice as quality issues stemming from the heat wave last year has led to a decline in distribution.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and her Norwegian counterpart Espen Eide, meeting in the Laotian capital of Vientiane, have agreed to cooperate for safety of the Paris Olympic Games following the vandalism, such as arson, that hit France's high-speed railway network early Friday.時事通信社 による

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee unanimously decided Saturday to register Sado Island Gold Mines in central Japan as a World Cultural Heritage site.時事通信社 による

The Paris Olympic Games fully kicked off Friday with an opening ceremony featuring a parade of boats carrying athletes from over 200 countries and regions on the Seine River.時事通信社 による

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday discussed aid to Ukraine, including through the use of frozen Russian assets.時事通信社 による

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies reaffirmed Friday their past agreement warning against excessive foreign exchange market fluctuations.時事通信社 による

Japan's Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. said Friday that it has failed to report to the health ministry some products containing its "beni koji" red fermented rice that were supplied to five companies.時事通信社 による

Two startups from Japan's Fukushima Prefecture exhibited their self-developed drones at this year's Farnborough International Airshow, held Monday to Friday in Farnborough, Hampshire, southern Britain.時事通信社 による

Toyota Motor Corp. is planning to build a plant in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, to produce lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, informed sources said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and her South Korean counterpart, Cho Tae-yul, on Friday affirmed the importance of cooperation to maintain and strengthen a free and open Indo-Pacific region.時事通信社 による

Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito, facing power harassment and other allegations, vowed Friday to serve out his current term through July 2025.時事通信社 による

Regulators Friday concluded that the No. 2 reactor of Japan Atomic Power Co.'s nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, does not meet new safety standards.時事通信社 による

Japan's transport ministry said Friday that 14 air traffic controllers will be added from Thursday at five busy airports following a deadly aircraft collision at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in January.時事通信社 による

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. said Friday that they will end their "dial 177" weather information service at the end of March 2025.時事通信社 による

New COVID-19 cases reported from about 5,000 regularly monitored medical institutions across Japan have increased for the 11th consecutive week, health ministry data showed Friday.時事通信社 による

The average life expectancy for both Japanese men and women rose for the first time in three years in 2023, possibly reflecting a drop in fatality rates for COVID-19 patients, a health ministry survey showed Friday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government decided on Friday to set up a task force to eradicate discrimination against disabled people.時事通信社 による

South Korea is now going to accept designation of forced labor-linked gold mines on Japan's Sado Island as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, a senior official of the country's Foreign Ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

The mayor of the city of Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, was found dead at a hotel in the Akasaka area in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Friday.時事通信社 による

A memorial ceremony was held in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on Friday to mourn for the 19 people killed in a knife attack on Tsukui Yamayuri-en, a prefectural care home for people with disabilities, eight years ago.時事通信社 による

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies on Thursday adopted a statement for the early implementation of digital services taxes, apparently with information technology behemoths in mind.時事通信社 による

Japan's Justice Ministry has decided to expand the scope of cases in which multiple volunteer probation officers are assigned to watch over a person on probation, it was learned Friday.時事通信社 による

The Bank of Japan is set to deliberate whether to hike its policy interest rate again at a two-day meeting from Tuesday, after the central bank ended its negative rate policy in March.時事通信社 による

Five people have gone missing amid severe rain in the northeastern Japan prefectures of Yamagata and Akita, including two police officers responding to a distress call, police said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's national soccer team for women, known as Nadeshiko Japan, lost 1-2 to Spain on Thursday in its first group stage match at the Paris Olympic Games.時事通信社 による

Japanese furniture retailer Nitori Holdings Co. opened a store at a shopping mall in West Jakarta on Thursday, its first outlet in Indonesia.時事通信社 による

History shows that nations that enjoyed success in their home Olympics tend to continue riding the medal wave in the next quadrennial event, boosting hopes that Japan will do the same in the Paris Olympics.時事通信社 による

Core consumer prices in central Tokyo rose 2.2pctin July from a year before, climbing for the 35th consecutive month, Japan's internal affairs ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

The Brazilian government issued its first formal apology Thursday for its persecution of Japanese immigrants during World War II.時事通信社 による

The annual amount of money collected under Japan's "furusato nozei" hometown donation system is believed to have exceeded 1 trillion yen in fiscal 2023 for the first time ever, sources said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japanese beverage group Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. said Thursday that it will quit the restaurant business by selling its "ryotei" high-end restaurant operator Nadaman Co. to food service company Onodera Group Co.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government decided at a ministerial meeting on Thursday to lift the ban on double trailers on some sections of Tokyo's Metropolitan Expressway, the Hanshin Expressway in western Japan and the Hokkaido Expressway in northernmost Japan in September.時事通信社 による

Japan Post Co. on Thursday reported an operating loss of 89.6 billion yen from its mainline postal business in fiscal 2023, even bigger than the previous year's 21.1 billion yen.時事通信社 による