Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended his Christmas and New Year's greetings to U.S. President Donald Trump and other world leaders, but not to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.時事通信社 による

The year-end balance of bank notes in circulation in Japan is estimated at 120,606 billion yen, falling for the third straight year amid the rise of cashless payments, according to Bank of Japan data released Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday criticized Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, apparently mentioning her remarks from November regarding a possible Taiwan contingency.時事通信社 による

A former police official apologized Tuesday over the December 2000 murder of a family of four in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward as the perpetrator in the crime has not been captured yet.時事通信社 による

Japanese soccer legend Kazuyoshi Miura, 58, will join Fukushima United in the third division of the Japan Professional Football League, or J. League, the club said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Former Japanese Communist Party leader Tetsuzo Fuwa died of acute cardiac failure at a Tokyo hospital on Tuesday. He was 95.時事通信社 による

A Japanese nonprofit organization is calling for consumers to choose emergency portable toilets that meet its quality standards.時事通信社 による

The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average closed above 50,000 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, the final market day of 2025, marking its highest year-end finish.時事通信社 による

Yomeishu Seizo Co. has granted U.S. investment fund KKR preferential negotiation rights to take the company private, officials at the Japanese herbal health tonic maker said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

A Japanese federation of labor unions at small and midsize machinery and metal makers will highlight the plight of workers in next spring's "shunto" annual wage negotiations with the management, its leader, Katahiro Yasukochi, has said.時事通信社 による

A 26-year-old Japanese tourist has died in the Island of Hawaii after jumping from a cliff into the ocean in the southern part of the island, according to local police.時事通信社 による

Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. aims to double membership of its flagship health-promotion insurance program, Vitality, to 5 million over the next five years, banking on a new related asset-building product to drive this growth, President Yukinori Takada said in a recent interview.時事通信社 による

Tokyo police have arrested a man on suspicion of stabbing a woman in the Takadanobaba district of the Japanese capital's Shinjuku Ward on Monday, investigative sources said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

The brutal murder of a family of four in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward remains unresolved a quarter century after the crime, despite many clues left at the scene, such as fingerprints and bloodstains, and police continue their desperate search for a person responsible for the fatal assault case.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi moved into the official residence of the prime minister from the dormitory for members of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, on Monday.時事通信社 による

Japanese and U.S. officials are working to select which projects in the United States will receive 550 billion dollars in investments and loans from Japan as part of a trade agreement that Tokyo and Washington struck in summer 2025.時事通信社 による

A woman was stabbed multiple times in the upper body on a Tokyo street around noon Monday and was taken to a hospital while remaining conscious, according to investigative sources.時事通信社 による

Japan's Antarctic research vessel Shirase carved its way through sea ice and reached a fast ice berthing point about 1,700 meters off Japan's Showa Station at 12:44 p.m. on Saturday.時事通信社 による

A Bank of Japan policymaker called for raising interest rates "with intervals of a few months" at the central bank's latest policy-setting meeting this month, according to a summary of opinions at the meeting released on Monday.時事通信社 による

A 5-year-old boy died after becoming trapped in an escalator at a ski resort in Otaru in the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido, according to local police.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government is set to begin full procedures to select locations for casino-featuring integrated resorts following Osaka, western Japan.時事通信社 による

Japanese Princess Kako, the second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, turned 31 on Monday.時事通信社 による

Youth clinics offering consultations on sexual and physical health concerns at affordable prices are expanding their reach in Japan, though public awareness remains limited.時事通信社 による

A Japanese group remains resolved to seek state relief for civilians who sustained injuries and other damage from U.S. air raids during World War II, although it failed to attain the goal in the milestone year of 2025.時事通信社 による

Japan's rice policy is at a crossroads as prices of the country's staple food stay around record highs, squeezing households.時事通信社 による

U.S. investment company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. plans to keep its shares in five major Japanese trading houses over the long term, even after the exit of CEO Warren Buffett on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese convenience store chain Lawson Inc. plans to launch as early as 2026 a delivery service for over-the-counter drugs at its stores with no pharmacists or registered sellers present, President Sadanobu Takemasu has said.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration is merging and abolishing councils that its predecessors set up within the Cabinet Secretariat and the Cabinet Office one after another.時事通信社 による

A survey by a nonprofit organization has shown that 76pctof needy young people in Japan saw an increase in their monthly food expenditure compared with last year amid the ongoing inflation.時事通信社 による

Japanese lawmaker Muneo Suzuki has said that he conveyed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's stance on Japan-Russia relations to Moscow during his trip to Russia.時事通信社 による

A truck accident on the Kan-Etsu Expressway in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, has led to multiple collisions involving more than 50 vehicles, leaving one dead and 26 injured.時事通信社 による

Japan's Defense Ministry said Friday that it has decided to suspend Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. from bidding on its projects for two and a half months until March 11, citing data falsifications.時事通信社 による

U.S. military police in Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, temporarily detained a civilian by mistake in the city of Okinawa on Nov. 22, a panel between the Japanese and U.S. governments said Friday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government plans to raise basic public pension benefits for the fourth straight year in fiscal 2026, reflecting wage increases, it was learned Friday.時事通信社 による

The first eight members of Japan's national team for the 2026 World Baseball Classic were announced on Friday, including two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers.時事通信社 による

Japan's transport ministry and the Cabinet Office announced on Friday a roadmap for revitalizing the country's shipbuilding industry, aiming to double annual ship output to 18 million gross tons by 2035 through sector realignment.時事通信社 による

Several people were attacked with a knife at a Yokohama Rubber Co. factory in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Friday evening.時事通信社 による

Japan's business leaders have offered a mixed response to the government's draft budget for fiscal 2026, which was adopted at a cabinet meeting on Friday.時事通信社 による

Tokyo police on Friday arrested two individuals in a high-profile fraud case involving a luxury watch sharing service.時事通信社 による

The number of new influenza patients in Japan remained above the warning level of 30 per medical institution last week, the health ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

The Chinese government is instructing travel agencies in the country to reduce the number of group tours to Japan, it was learned Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's education ministry said Friday that it has revised the calculation method for the basic school survey, after it was pointed out that the survey's university entry rate had been calculated without reflecting the rate of graduates from special schools for children with disabilities.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government plans to issue bonds totaling 180,692 billion yen in fiscal 2026, up 3,835.2 billion yen from the fiscal 2025 initial level, the Finance Ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

Swelling debt-servicing costs, shown by Japan's fiscal 2026 initial budget drafted by the government, will pose the risk of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's expansionary fiscal policy losing market confidence, experts warn.時事通信社 による

Japanese screenwriter Makiko Uchidate, known for writing scripts for many television drama series in the country, died of acute left-side heart failure at a hospital in Tokyo on Dec. 17. She was 77.時事通信社 による

In response to continuing military buildups by China and North Korea, the Japanese government has set defense-related spending at a record 9,035.3 billion yen under its draft fiscal 2026 budget adopted at Friday's cabinet meeting.時事通信社 による

Japan's Children and Families Agency on Friday decided to collect 600 billion yen as so-called child-rearing support funds in the form of extra fees to be added to public medical insurance premiums in fiscal 2026, which starts next April.時事通信社 による

Japan's seasonally adjusted effective job offers-to-applicants ratio stood at 1.18 in November, unchanged from the preceding month, the labor ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

Inflation in central Tokyo slowed to 2.3pctin December from 2.8pctin the previous month as energy prices dropped, the Japanese internal affairs ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's industrial production in November fell 2.6pctfrom the previous month, logging the first drop in three months as vehicle output dropped, the industry ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による