Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Monday that the launch of the 49th unit of the H-2A rocket from a Japanese space center, scheduled for the afternoon on the day, has been postponed due to unsuitable weather conditions.時事通信社 による

The number of centenarians in Japan stood at 95,119 as of Sunday, hitting a record high for 54 years in a row, the health ministry said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese transport ministry will allow the use of ride-hailing services as a means of transport in times of disasters to supplement taxis that are likely to be in short supply.時事通信社 による

Entry restrictions imposed from this year's summer hiking season at Mount Fuji reduced dangerous overnight attempts to scale the mountain from the Yamanashi Prefecture side by some 90pctfrom the year before.時事通信社 による

A rock from Mars collected by a Japanese Antarctic research expedition is set to be exhibited at the 2025 World Exposition to be held in Osaka, western Japan, according to government sources.時事通信社 による

Yoshihiro Hidaka, president of Japanese motorcycle maker Yamaha Motor Co., was allegedly slashed with a knife by his daughter at their home in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, around 3 a.m. Monday, suffering a minor injury.時事通信社 による

Japan's Morinari Watanabe, president of the International Gymnastics Federation and a member of the International Olympic Committee, is running for the IOC presidency, the IOC said Monday.時事通信社 による

Candidates in the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, in a debate on Monday, made backward-looking statements one after another on efforts to restore the country's fiscal health, which is currently at one of the worst levels in the developed world.時事通信社 による

"Shogun," a drama set in feudal Japan, on Sunday won four more Emmy Awards, including one for lead actor Hiroyuki Sanada and one for lead actress Anna Sawai.時事通信社 による

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's upcoming presidential election, said on Sunday that he would be willing to use even extralegal means to rescue Japanese citizens in the event of an emergency in Taiwan if he becomes prime minister.…

Liberal Democratic Party leadership candidates Shigeru Ishiba and Sanae Takaichi, popular in public opinion polls by news organizations, are struggling to widen support for them among LDP lawmakers, falling behind Shinjiro Koizumi, another popular candidate, and some others, a Jiji Press survey has revealed.…

The population of people aged 65 and over in Japan was estimated at 36.25 million as of Sunday, up by 20,000 from a year earlier and hitting a record high, the internal affairs ministry said ahead of Monday's Respect for the Aged Day.時事通信社 による

About 1,300 people participated in the Tour de Tohoku 2024 on Sunday, cycling through coastal areas in northeastern Japan, including the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, that were hit by the March 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami.時事通信社 による

All four candidates in the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's Sept. 23 leadership election indicated in a television program on Sunday that they are willing to review the Japan-U.S. status-of-forces agreement.時事通信社 による

The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven major democracies has issued a statement condemning "in the strongest possible terms" Iran's export of ballistic missiles to Russia amid the Russia-Ukraine war.時事通信社 による

A microsatellite built by women in Japan who had no experience in space development was launched into space last month and began operating in orbit around the Earth.時事通信社 による

A system revision in Japan in October will increase out-of-pocket expenses for patients who choose original drugs with expired patents over their generic counterparts.時事通信社 による

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden may delay a decision on Nippon Steel Corp.'s planned acquisition of United States Steel Corp. until after the presidential election in November, White House officials were quoted as saying by the Washington Post on Friday.時事通信社 による

The U.S. government said Friday that it has notified Congress of an estimated 4.1-billion-dollar sale of aerial refueling aircraft and related equipment to the Japanese government.時事通信社 による

Katsuro Kitagawa, director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's European Affairs Bureau, held talks in Moscow on Friday with Lyudmila Vorobyova, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Third Asian Department.時事通信社 による

Japanese economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sept. 27 leadership election, has expressed her negative view on the Bank of Japan seeking to raise interest rates.時事通信社 による

Japan's Finance Ministry recategorized retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co. into a core business sector in the country, which requires stricter conditions for foreign investment, a revised list released by the ministry showed Friday.時事通信社 による

Reservations for Apple Inc.'s new iPhone 16 smartphone series started in Japan on Friday night.時事通信社 による

Japan is working to arrange a week-long official trip to Turkey by Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko in early December, the Imperial Household Agency said Friday.時事通信社 による

All nine candidates in the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election Friday expressed caution on reinvestigating a slush funds scandal involving LDP factions.時事通信社 による

Nojima Corp. said Friday it has developed an app for in-house use allowing employees to seek pieces of advice from generative artificial intelligence that learned its president's management philosophy.時事通信社 による

NEC Corp. said Friday that it will develop technology to check the reality of online information, by utilizing artificial intelligence.時事通信社 による

CEOs at Nippon Steel Corp. and United States Steel Corp. have together sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden, people familiar with the matter said Friday.時事通信社 による

Sakataru Shrine in the town of Noto, heavily damaged by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake, raised 10 times the crowdfunding target figure by offering soda made with the essence of a fallen sacred tree as a return gift.時事通信社 による

The Bank of Japan is widely expected to keep its short-term interest rate target at around 0.25pctat its two-day policymaking meeting from Thursday as it is putting more of its focus on assessing the impact of recent financial market turbulence for the time being.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government and plaintiffs on Friday signed an agreement toward settling a series of damages lawsuits over forced sterilizations conducted under the now-defunct eugenic protection law.時事通信社 による

The Asahikawa municipal government made public at an assembly session Friday a report recognizing a causal relationship between bullying and the suicide of a 14-year-old school girl in the northern Japan city in 2021.時事通信社 による

Japanese transport minister Tetsuo Saito expressed his regret Friday over data falsification by Japan Freight Railway Co., JR Freight, which led to an across-the-board service halt.時事通信社 による

Japanese baseball star Norichika Aoki said Friday that he will retire at the end of this season.時事通信社 による

Keiichi Ishii, secretary-general of Komeito, on Friday stopped short of declaring his candidacy to become chief of the coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government will consider expanding the range of elderly people required to bear 30pctof their medical costs in an outline of measures to deal with the aging population adopted Friday.時事通信社 による

A team of Japanese and U.S. researchers won this year's Ig Nobel Prize in Physiology on Thursday for their discovery that mammals can breathe using their intestines through the anus.時事通信社 による

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the test-firing of a 600-millimeter multiple rocket launcher, the country's state media reported Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making efforts to maintain his influence on the ruling Liberal Democratic Party as the party holds a leadership election on Sept. 27 to choose his successor.時事通信社 による

A Quad summit meeting will be held in Wilmington, Delaware, on Sept. 21, the White House said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japanese tire maker Bridgestone Corp. has said it plans to close its plant in Lanklaar, Belgium, around the first half of 2025.時事通信社 による

Sogo & Seibu Co. said Thursday it will strengthen the lineup of luxury brand items, cosmetics and food products at its flagship Seibu Ikebukuro department store in Tokyo when its renovation is completed next year.時事通信社 による

Japan Freight Railway Co., or JR Freight, said Thursday that data tampering has been newly confirmed for 67 freight cars, resulting in the suspension of 631 of its overall 8,500 powered and unpowered vehicles.時事通信社 による

Two Tu-142 Russian maritime patrol aircraft flew along Japan's coast on Thursday, prompting the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force to scramble fighter jets in response, Japan's Defense Ministry said.時事通信社 による

Japanese space startup ispace Inc. said Thursday that it will launch a lunar lander as early as December.時事通信社 による

Candidates in the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election on Thursday vowed to regain public trust following a political funds scandal that has rocked the party.時事通信社 による

Farmers in Niigata Prefecture started on Thursday shipments out of the central Japan prefecture of Koshihikari rice harvested this year, a move expected to help relieve rice shortages in the country.時事通信社 による

The Osaka prefectural police recently arrested three people on suspicion of illegally laundering online casino gambling money.時事通信社 による

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and his Finnish counterpart, Antti Hakkanen, agreed Thursday to consider creating a bilateral framework for defense equipment transfers and information protection.時事通信社 による

Former Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a candidate in the leadership election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Thursday that he reunited with his birth mother earlier this year for the first time since his parents divorced when he was an infant.時事通信社 による