Opposition party Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 on Monday launched a new executive team under leader Hirofumi Yoshimura.時事通信社 による

Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, on Monday voiced hopes that the group's Nobel Peace Prize win will boost moves to eradicate nuclear weapons.時事通信社 による

Japan Industrial Partners Inc., an investment firm known as JIP, and U.S. investment fund Bain Capital are among bidders for York Holdings Co., which owns Seven & i Holdings Co.'s supermarket operations, people familiar with the matter said Monday.時事通信社 による

Tokyo police rearrested Monday two 25-year-old men on charges of injuring and robbing a woman in her 60s at her house in a western Tokyo suburb in September.時事通信社 による

Close to 90pctof people in both Japan and China have unfavorable impressions of each other's countries, a joint opinion poll by Japan's Genron NPO and China International Communications Group showed Monday.時事通信社 による

A Japanese lawyer and a professor said Monday that they have filed a criminal complaint accusing Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito of paying a public relations company to run his social media campaign for last month's gubernatorial election.時事通信社 による

"Futehodo," an abbreviation of "Futekisetsu nimo hodo ga aru! ()削除," the title of a comedy drama series broadcasted from January to March, was named this year's top buzzword in Japan on Monday.時事通信社 による

The chairman of Funai Electric Co. filed with Tokyo District Court on Monday for court-led rehabilitation of the company, despite the court's recent decision to initiate bankruptcy procedures for the Japanese audio and video equipment maker, according to credit research firm Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd.…

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that he does not believe political donations by companies and groups are inappropriate, signaling opposition to a proposal by the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and others to abolish them.時事通信社 による

After the Hokuriku central Japan region was hit by a major earthquake on Jan. 1, a student competition has been held in London on measures to revitalize the economy of the four prefectures in the region via inbound tourism.時事通信社 による

Bereaved relatives and others mourned on Monday the nine victims of the December 2012 partial collapse of a tunnel on an expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan.時事通信社 による

Japan's welfare ministry plans to raise the investment return target for public pension funds from the current 1.7pctto a record high of 1.9pctfor the five years from fiscal 2025, amid growing expectations of continued wage and price increases, it was learned Monday.時事通信社 による

The company formerly known as Bigmotor Co. filed for court-led rehabilitation under the civil rehabilitation law on Monday.時事通信社 による

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi is set to serve as commander of the International Space Station, becoming the third Japanese national to helm the ISS.時事通信社 による

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange operator DMM Bitcoin Co. said Monday that it will go out of business.時事通信社 による

Governments across the world decided in the small hours of Monday to postpone a conclusion on a proposed treaty to prevent pollution by plastics.時事通信社 による

Japan's Imperial Household Agency on Monday announced details of a New Year's greetings event by the Imperial Family, which will be held for the first time in two years on Jan. 2 next year at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.時事通信社 による

Japan terminated the issuance of traditional public health insurance cards Monday for a full shift to the system of using the My Number personal identification card also as a health insurance card.時事通信社 による

Opposition party Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 elected Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura, 49, as its new leader at a party convention in the western city of Osaka on Sunday.時事通信社 による

The two victims of a recent fire at Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi's home have been identified as her husband, Takashi, a University of Tokyo professor emeritus, and first daughter, police said Sunday.時事通信社 による

Japanese political parties and lawmakers actively used social media and the internet for their political activities in 2023, 10 years after internet election campaigns became legal, political funds reports have shown.時事通信社 による

Japanese Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, turned 23 on Sunday.時事通信社 による

Locals expressed anxiety Saturday after a survey covering the Hokkaido town of Suttsu, northern Japan, to find a place to build a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants.時事通信社 による

China on Saturday reinstated its short-term visa waiver for Japanese visitors after four years and eight months.時事通信社 による

Tokyo police Saturday arrested a 66-year-old doctor who ran unsuccessfully in last month's general election as an independent, on suspicion of promising to pay campaign staff.時事通信社 による

Sales of stuffed dolls of Peopo, the official mascot character of Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department, will be resumed in April 2025.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government has provided a 3D laser scanner to the Philippine National Police through the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.時事通信社 による

Two Toyota Motor Corp. shareholders have filed a damages lawsuit against company executives including Chairman Akio Toyoda over major losses stemming from a vehicle certification test fraud scandal at unit Daihatsu Motor Co.時事通信社 による

Many Japanese companies are boosting benefits for long-term shareholders in a bid to turn people who began investing in stocks under the country's NISA tax-exempt investment program into stable shareholders.時事通信社 による

Inui Street at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo was opened to the public Saturday amid the autumn leaves season.時事通信社 による

Japanese Crown Prince Akishino turned 59 on Saturday.時事通信社 による

Ten Chinese and Russian military aircraft, including fighters and bombers, conducted long-distance joint flights between the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea on Friday, the Japanese Defense Ministry's Joint Staff said.時事通信社 による

Wealthy people in Japan failed to declare a total of 65.5 billion yen in taxable income in the year through June, down 33.2pctfrom the year before, a National Tax Agency report showed Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Toshiba Corp. said Friday that it has completed rightsizing its workforce by shedding or reassigning some 3,500 workers.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party received a total of 2,400.37 million yen in donations from companies and industry groups in 2023, down 1.9pctfrom the previous year, the first decline in three years, according to political funds records released by the internal affairs ministry on Friday.時事通信社 による

Nippon Television Holdings Inc. said Friday that four affiliated television stations of subsidiary Nippon Television Network Corp. will undergo a management integration April 1 next year.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government Friday adopted a draft supplementary budget for fiscal 2024 with 13,943.3 billion yen in general-account spending, mainly to fund a comprehensive economic package.時事通信社 による

A Japanese government panel of experts on Friday called for legislation to allow the government to monitor communications for active cyber defense, or pre-emptive action to prevent cyberattacks.時事通信社 による

Ahead of Christmas, a Santa Claus authorized by a Finnish foundation arrived at Narita International Airport near Tokyo on Friday.時事通信社 による

The Japan Tourism Agency said Friday that it has created 22 pictograms to show how foreign visitors should behave in the Asian country.時事通信社 による

Nagasaki author Yuichi Seirai hopes that Nihon Hidankyo's winning of this year's Nobel Peace Prize will help bring fresh attention to the devastation from the 1945 atomic bombings in Japan.時事通信社 による

A Chinese man admitted charges in a court on Friday that he vandalized Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo in May, by spraying graffiti on a pillar of the shrine.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged in his policy speech Friday to raise the minimum annual taxable income.時事通信社 による

Japan's industry ministry said Friday it will provide an aid of up to 70.5 billion yen to auto parts maker Denso Corp. and Fuji Electric Co. for joint production of power semiconductors.時事通信社 による

No excessive levels of PFAS, potentially carcinogenic chemicals, were found in drinking water supplied across Japan as of Sept. 30, a survey released by the environment and infrastructure ministries on Friday showed.時事通信社 による

Japan's seasonally adjusted ratio of effective job openings to seekers in October rose 0.01 point from the previous month to 1.25, up for the second successive month, the labor ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. plans to acquire Japanese robo-advisory firm WealthNavi Inc. to reinforce its asset management services targeting individual customers, people familiar with the matter said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's industrial production in October grew 3.0pctfrom the previous month after seasonal adjustment, marking its second straight month of increase thanks chiefly to rising output of semiconductors and automobiles, the industry ministry said in a preliminary report on Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese food makers plan to raise prices for 109 items in December, the lowest monthly figure this year, a survey released by research company Teikoku Databank Ltd. on Friday showed.時事通信社 による

The core consumer price index for Tokyo's densely populated 23 wards in November rose 2.2pctfrom a year before, growing for the 39th consecutive month, the Japanese internal affairs ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による