A group of middle-ranking officers of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces inspected a Chinese air force facility in Tianjin on Thursday as part of an exchange program between the two Asian neighbors' defense personnel.時事通信社 による

Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp. and U.S. investment funds were among those that applied in the first round of bidding for Seven & i Holdings Co.'s supermarket and other operations, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

All 27 House of Councillors lawmakers involved in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's slush funds scandal wish to face a parliamentary ethics panel, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

A senior official of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or UNRWA, expressed strong anger Thursday over Israel's planned law banning the agency from operating in the country.時事通信社 による

Dolls featuring people that attracted public attention during 2024 were unveiled to the press in Tokyo by traditional doll maker Mataro on Thursday.時事通信社 による

The proportion of female presidents at companies in Japan rose to a record high of 8.4pctas of October, a survey by research firm Teikoku Databank Ltd. showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government and ruling parties have decided to overhaul the country's consumption tax exemption system for foreign visitors to prevent them from reselling duty-free goods in Japan, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

Domestic vehicle production at eight major Japanese automakers fell 0.3pctfrom a year earlier to some 770,000 units in October, down for three months in a row, according to data released by the companies Thursday.時事通信社 による

Yoshitaka Ito, Japan's minister for regional revitalization, has displayed an eagerness to support the efforts of motivated local governments for the promotion of regional revitalization, a key policy of the administration of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.時事通信社 による

Japan's Unitika Ltd. said Thursday that it will withdraw from the textile business, as part of turnaround efforts with the support of public-private fund Regional Economy Vitalization Corp. of Japan, or REVIC.時事通信社 による

The Japanese Association of Metal, Machinery and Manufacturing Workers, or JAM, would seek an unprecedented pay-scale increase of "15,000 yen or more" per month in next spring's "shunto" wage negotiations, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government plans to issue an additional 6,690 billion yen in bonds in fiscal 2024 to finance nearly half of a supplementary budget with general-account spending of 13,943.3 billion yen, informed sources said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Oita District Court in southwestern Japan on Thursday sentenced a 23-year-old man to eight years in prison for driving a car at 194 kilometers per hour to cause a fatal accident in 2021.時事通信社 による

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to visit South Korea in early January for talks with President Yoon Suk-yeol, people familiar with the matter said Thursday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, said Thursday that it will demand a pay increase of 6pctor more for small and midsize companies in "shunto" annual spring wage negotiations next year.時事通信社 による

Japanese textile and chemical maker Unitika Ltd. will withdraw from the textile business, informed sources said Thursday.時事通信社 による

A fire broke out at the home of Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi in Tokyo on Wednesday afternoon, leaving two people dead, police said.時事通信社 による

Japan's parliament opened a 24-day extraordinary session on Thursday as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba seeks to enact political reform legislation and a supplementary budget.時事通信社 による

Japanese airlines and travel businesses are voicing expectations for an increase in visitors to China for tourism and business, as Beijing will resume its visa exemption for short-term stays from Saturday.時事通信社 による

SoftBank Group Corp. is considering additional investment in generative artificial intelligence developer OpenAI, U.S. media reported Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office indicted former Olympus Corp. President and CEO Stefan Kaufmann without arrest on Wednesday on charges of receiving illegal drugs.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to say in his upcoming policy speech before parliament that the government will raise the minimum annual taxable income, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan will consider an additional tax break for small and midsize companies with plans to increase their sales by at least 10pcton average over a decade, informed sources said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Yu Sato, a 23-year-old Tokyo student hosting online events for listening to the experiences of "hibakusha" atomic bomb survivors, thinks a momentum toward achieving a world without nuclear weapons should be maintained even after hibakusha group Nihon Hidankyo's winning of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.時事通信社 による

The Bank of Japan said Wednesday that unrealized losses on its holdings of Japanese government bonds widened to a record 13,660.4 billion yen at the end of September from 10.5 trillion yen a year earlier.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited the Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Wednesday to pay their respects at the grave of the late Princess Yuriko, the Emperor's great-aunt.時事通信社 による

A Japanese high court upheld on Wednesday a lower court ruling rejecting a request to halt the No. 2 reactor at Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan.時事通信社 による

A Japanese communications ministry panel Wednesday stopped short of making a definite decision on whether to scrap a law imposing various restrictions on Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.時事通信社 による

Japanese police on Wednesday searched four sites allegedly used as bases for goods shoplifted by a group of Vietnamese thieves.時事通信社 による

Sumitomo Corp. is considering investing in an intermediate holding company that controls supermarket chain Ito-Yokado Co., people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese police on Wednesday served a fresh arrest warrant to a 45-year-old suspect in the 2006 case of attempted murder of a girl in Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, for allegedly stabbing another girl to death in Kakogawa in the same prefecture in 2007.時事通信社 による

The head of a public prosecutors' office in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Wednesday apologized directly to Iwao Hakamata, who was recently acquitted in a retrial decades after he was convicted over the 1966 murder of four people.時事通信社 による

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's plan to raise tariffs on products from Mexico, China and other countries is feared to affect Japanese firms with plants in those countries.時事通信社 による

More than two years have passed since Japan previously conducted an execution, as calls for the abolition of capital punishment in the country grow again, following the acquittal of former death row inmate Iwao Hakamata in a retrial.時事通信社 による

The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven major democracies Tuesday criticized Russia and North Korea for expanding their military cooperation, including Pyongyang's dispatch of its troops to Russia over its war against Ukraine.時事通信社 による

A major earthquake rocked the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Tuesday night.時事通信社 による

Many House of Councillors lawmakers embroiled in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's slush funds scandal have shown their intent to face a parliamentary ethics panel, it was learned Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Defense Ministry presented a plan Tuesday to abolish the current system of Self-Defense Forces personnel candidates and create a new recruitment system with a higher salary level, in order to secure enough fixed-term SDF personnel.時事通信社 による

Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, said Tuesday that it will cut President Yoji Furumiya's pay by 30pctfor two months over a scandal in which a subsidiary covered up a water leak incident on a high-speed ferry.時事通信社 による

Japanese ruling and opposition parties broadly agreed on a plan Tuesday to abolish so-called policy activity funds provided by political parties to member lawmakers, amid criticisms over the lack of transparency regarding their use.時事通信社 による

Many Japanese municipalities that could be heavily damaged by a possible Nankai Trough megaquake lack enough knowledge of the government's advisory system to warn that such a disaster may strike soon, a government survey showed Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japan has launched a government-led panel to commercialize carbon capture and storage, or CCS, projects by 2030, including by creating a common standard for ships carrying liquefied carbon dioxide and developing tanks to store liquefied CO2.時事通信社 による

Japan's top government spokesperson, at a press conference on Tuesday, called it "extremely regrettable" that Kyodo News erroneously reported that Akiko Ikuina, parliamentary vice foreign minister, had visited Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine.時事通信社 による

Japanese trading house Itochu Corp. said Tuesday it has started selling Google LLC-certified used Pixel smartphones in Japan through a subsidiary.時事通信社 による

A Japanese government task force on Tuesday compiled a report seeking the strengthening of support for disaster-affected people, including through the introduction of cardboard beds and cooking facilities at evacuation shelters.時事通信社 による

Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, clarified Tuesday his stance against tax increases to boost Japan's defense spending.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday that his government will draw up measures by next spring to help raise the country's minimum wages.時事通信社 による

Nissan Motor Co. plans to reduce its vehicle production in the United States by 17pctuntil the end of March 2025, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

A fire broke out during a ground combustion test for the second-stage engine of a Japanese Epsilon S solid-fuel rocket at Tanegashima Space Center in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima on Tuesday morning.時事通信社 による

The main funeral ceremony for Japanese Princess Yuriko, great-aunt of Emperor Naruhito, was held at the Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Tuesday after she died of natural causes on Nov. 15 at the age of 101.時事通信社 による