Paul Watson, founder of antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd, detained in Greenland, has applied to obtain French nationality to avoid extradition demanded by Japan, French media outlets Thursday quoted his attorney as saying.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government decided Friday to award the Order of Culture for fiscal 2024 to seven people, including manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, 85.時事通信社 による

The Bank of Japan has ample time to make a decision on whether to implement an additional interest rate hike, Governor Kazuo Ueda said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies ended their two-day talks in Washington on Thursday, adopting a joint statement vowing to "resist protectionism."時事通信社 による

The core consumer price index for Tokyo's densely populated 23 special wards in October rose 1.8pctfrom a year earlier, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

Additional interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan "should proceed at a gradual pace," given balanced risks of inflation in the country, Krishna Srinivasan, director of the Asia and Pacific Department at the International Monetary Fund, said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. said Thursday that it will set up a new company on Nov. 1 to run camp sites effectively using digital technology.時事通信社 による

The transport ministry, the Tokyo Fire Department and other organizations concerned conducted a large-scale rescue drill at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda on Thursday, where a Japan Airlines passenger jet and a Japan Coast Guard plane collided on Jan. 2.時事通信社 による

The results of Sunday's general election in Japan could affect the country's defense policy and planned tax hikes to boost defense spending, which are opposed by many opposition parties.時事通信社 による

Japanese Princess Hisako of Takamado will visit the United States from Nov. 14 to 19, the Imperial Household Agency said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Funai Electric Co., a Japanese maker of audio and video equipment, received court approval of its bankruptcy plan on Thursday, Teikoku Databank Ltd., a credit research firm, said.時事通信社 による

Customs at two major international airports in Japan failed to collect more than 300 million yen in consumption taxes from foreign visitors who bought duty-free items in the country in fiscal 2022, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

Sexual harassment by voters against female candidates is a persistent issue in Japanese elections and is believed to be one of the factors preventing female advancement in the political sphere even as a record 314 women run in Sunday's general election.時事通信社 による

Japanese art historian Shuji Takashina, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and former director of the National Museum of Western Art, died of heart failure Oct. 17 at his home in Tokyo. He was 92.時事通信社 による

Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co. said Thursday that it has set a target of increasing sales from convenience store operations at home and abroad to more than 30 trillion yen in fiscal 2030, up 1.7-fold from 17.7 trillion yen in fiscal 2023.時事通信社 による

The war in Ukraine has taken on a different aspect since North Korea sent troops to Russia, former Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine Kuninori Matsuda said in an interview.時事通信社 による

The Tokyo Stock Exchange employee who is suspected of being involved in an insider trading case belonged to a division handling timely disclosure announcements by listed companies, informed sources said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies began two-day talks in Washington on Wednesday amid growing uncertainty over the Chinese economy, the situations in Ukraine and the Middle East, and the U.S. presidential election.時事通信社 による

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Wednesday that the BOJ is watching monetary policies in the United States and Europe "very carefully" in forecasting economic and price trends in Japan.時事通信社 による

A protest was held in Paris on Wednesday to demand the release of Paul Watson, founder of antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd, who has been detained in Greenland, the autonomous territory of Denmark, and is facing an extradition request from Japan.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday lashed out at media reports about his ruling Liberal Democratic Party's distribution of funds to party branches led by members who are running in Sunday's general election without the party's official endorsement due to their involvement in the party's "slush fund" scandal.…

Shurei Sasai, a Buddhist monk from Japan, is working in India for the restoration of Buddhism, which claims that all people are equal.時事通信社 による

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui addressed Seanad Eireann, the upper chamber of Ireland's parliament, on Wednesday, seeking cooperation over the fight against nuclear weapons and over calls for peace.時事通信社 による

A record seven candidates are expected to run in the Nov. 17 gubernatorial election in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, following the ouster of former Governor Motohiko Saito, 46, over his alleged power harassment and other problematic behavior.時事通信社 による

Voters in Wakayama Prefecture's redrawn No. 2 constituency, traditionally loyal to the Liberal Democratic Party, find themselves divided on which of the two leading candidates in Sunday's general election they should trust with shaping the future of their predominantly rural communities.時事通信社 による

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Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 will not join a ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party even if the LDP and its coalion partner, Komeito, fail to win a majority in the upcoming House of Representatives election, a Nippon Ishin executive said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese motor maker Nidec Corp. said Wednesday its April-September sales and operating profit both rewrote record highs.時事通信社 による

A memorial service was held Wednesday to mourn the victims of a powerful earthquake that hit Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, 20 years ago.時事通信社 による

Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. unveiled a "life-size" Gundam statue at the venue of the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani's 50th home run ball has sold at an auction for 4.39 million dollars, the auctioneer said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

The Kanazawa branch of Nagoya High Court on Wednesday accepted the second retrial plea by Shoji Maegawa, 59, who had served a prison sentence for the 1986 murder of a then 15-year-old junior high school student in the city of Fukui, central Japan.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has given 20 million yen to a branch led by a candidate denied party endorsement for Sunday's general election due to his involvement in a slush funds scandal, party officials said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Honda Motor Co. will recall about 720,000 vehicles in the United States over a fuel pump issue, U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration officials have said.時事通信社 による

A former village in central Japan that was hit by a powerful earthquake 20 years ago is continuing to stage traditional bullfights as a symbol of the region's reconstruction.時事通信社 による

Tokyo Metro Co. made a strong debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's top-tier Prime section Wednesday, fetching the first quotation of 1,630 yen apiece, higher than its initial public offering price of 1,200 yen.時事通信社 による

Japan's Financial Services Agency is conducting an on-site inspection of car sales company Toyota Mobility Tokyo Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corp., based on the insurance business law, it has been learned.時事通信社 による

Japanese opposition candidate Junya Ogawa is facing a tough battle in his district in Sunday's general election, especially since he is without organized votes from the Japanese Communist Party.時事通信社 による

The redrawing of the House of Representatives electoral map, which cut one seat from Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan, has sparked a fierce battle between two major political parties ahead of Sunday's general election.時事通信社 による

Japan's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission has launched an investigation into the possible involvement of an employee of Japan Exchange Group Inc., or JPX, which operates the Tokyo Stock Exchange, in an insider trading case, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize-winning Nihon Hidankyo, pledged on Tuesday to continue recounting the horrors of a nuclear attack for the rest of his days.時事通信社 による

Retailers and restaurant chains in Japan are rushing to lower prices for their products to attract consumers who are increasingly thrifty due to prolonged inflation.時事通信社 による

Japan set out to phase out the use of nuclear power plants after the country's worst nuclear accident at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant in March 2011, when the now-defunct Democratic Party of Japan was in power.時事通信社 による

Palestine Liberation Organization officials in charge of refugee affairs in the West Bank joined a training session on responding to disasters Tuesday in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, near the crippled nuclear power plant.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo reaffirmed bilateral cooperation over the situation in the East and South China Seas on Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Some 1,436 million yen in government-funded COVID-19 relief loans was extended to welfare recipients in Japan, who were not eligible for the lending, the Board of Audit of Japan has found.時事通信社 による

An idea of holding a special session of the Diet from Nov. 7 after the upcoming general election has emerged within the government and ruling parties, informed sources said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Two Japanese selected in the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's first public recruitment in 13 years have completed basic training and been certified as astronauts, the agency, or JAXA, said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Both Japanese ruling and opposition parties have promised continued wage increases to help counter soaring prices in their campaigning for an election on Sunday for the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of parliament.時事通信社 による

The Japan Fair Trade Commission conducted on-site inspections Tuesday of six companies, including Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, for suspected violation of the antimonopoly law over their alleged bid-rigging for railway bridge maintenance work, according to informed sources.時事通信社 による