A study group within the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Tuesday approved a proposal to temporarily reduce the consumption tax rate on food to zero as an emergency measure to deal with inflation.時事通信社 による

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The victim of Monday's fatal stabbing in Saitama, north of Tokyo, may have been a random target, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government's gasoline subsidies will be set at zero yen per liter for the week from Thursday, down from 4.40 yen the previous week, reflecting lower crude oil prices and a stronger yen, the industry ministry said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's welfare ministry plans to give up a plan to increase benefits under the country's basic public pension program by utilizing reserve funds of the "kosei nenkin" pension program for corporate employees, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday morning that he will attend a U.S.-Japan ministerial meeting on tariffs in Washington later in the day.時事通信社 による

U.S. investment firm Dalton Investments, a major shareholder in Fuji Media Holdings Inc., said Wednesday that it will propose 12 candidates for the troubled media group's board of directors, including SBI Holdings Inc. Chairman and President Yoshitaka Kitao.時事通信社 による

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has decided not to field Sayaka Watanabe Kankolongo, former head of a nonprofit organization, in the Tokyo electoral district in this summer's House of Councillors election, informed sources said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Honda Motor Co. plans to shift domestic production of a hybrid model of the Civic sedan to its plant in the U.S. state of Indiana as early as June to mitigate the impact of U.S. tariffs, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is facing a backlash from opposition parties and some members of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party as he is reportedly coordinating not to submit a supplementary budget during the ongoing ordinary session of the Diet.時事通信社 による

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has referred television celebrity Dewi Sukarno, 85, to public prosecutors on a charge of assaulting an woman, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Environment Ministry is urging people to dispose of lithium-ion batteries properly as they can catch fire when mixed with other waste under certain conditions.時事通信社 による

The estimated number of visitors to Japan hit a record high for March, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's average retail price of regular gasoline rose 0.2 yen from a week before to 186.5 yen per liter as of Monday, matching the record high marked in September 2023, the industry ministry said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Actor Ryoko Hirosue was released Wednesday from police custody over her alleged assault against a nurse at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, after being involved in a car accident on an expressway earlier this month.時事通信社 による

An inauguration ceremony was held in the northern India city of Agra on Tuesday to mark the reopening of a public school whose building has been renovated by a Japanese prefecture and nonprofit organization.時事通信社 による

The Japanese agriculture ministry said Wednesday that it will hold the third auction of its reserved rice April 23-25.時事通信社 による

A record 76pctof Taiwanese people view Japan as the most favored country, a triennial survey has shown.時事通信社 による

Family members Wednesday mourned the death of a then 22-year-old university student who was killed in one of the big earthquakes that hit Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in 2016.時事通信社 による

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in February grew 4.3pctfrom the previous month, the first increase in three months, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's parliament Wednesday enacted a bill to facilitate restoration of ports damaged by natural disasters for use as transportation bases for relief supplies.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is coordinating to forgo submitting a supplementary budget for fiscal 2025, which began this month, during the current ordinary session of the Diet, it was learned Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ships will make a port call at a China-backed naval base in southern Cambodia for four days from Saturday, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Tariffs imposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump could dampen Japan's economic growth, Hoe Ee Khor, chief economist at the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office, or AMRO, has warned.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday kicked off his diplomatic schedule in connection with the ongoing 2025 World Exposition in the western city of Osaka.時事通信社 による

Police on Tuesday arrested a man on suspicion of stabbing to death a 15-year-old high school girl in the city of Saitama, near Tokyo, the day before.時事通信社 による

Japan's Finance Ministry proposed Tuesday that the government expand the minimum access system under which the country imports about 770,000 tons of rice per year at zero tariffs.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito met with Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa will visit the United States for three days from Wednesday to discuss tariffs with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.時事通信社 による

Japan's Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order against Google LLC, claiming that the company forced smartphone makers to install its search app in violation of the antimonopoly law.時事通信社 による

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Monday announced the cancellation of a government grant of about 63.9 million dollars to develop a high-speed rail link in Texas, citing ballooning costs.時事通信社 による

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Tuesday expressed condolences over the death of former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, a prominent Japan expert.時事通信社 による

Tokyo, April 15 ()削除-The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force will deploy Osprey tilt-rotor military transport aircraft to a new camp in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, from July 9, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said at a press conference Tuesday.時事通信社 による

As there are many small asteroids that carry the risk of crashing into Earth's surface, the idea of planetary defense to prevent such disasters is becoming more important than ever.時事通信社 による

Pasona Group Inc. has said that its president and CEO, Yasuyuki Nanbu, 73, the founder of the major Japanese staffing agency, will step down at the end of May.時事通信社 による

Shuhei Kishimoto, governor of Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan, died of septic shock at a hospital in the prefectural capital of Wakayama on Tuesday morning. He was 68.時事通信社 による

Kyoto University Hospital has succeeded in transplanting pancreatic cell sheets made from induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells into a diabetic patient, achieving the first clinical application of such sheets in Japan.時事通信社 による

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Tuesday morning began the second experimental work to remove nuclear fuel debris from a damaged reactor at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.時事通信社 による

Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, a prominent Japan expert, died on Sunday at the age of 79, his consulting firm said Monday.時事通信社 による

Japanese rice wholesalers and retailers on Monday called for improvements in what they see as the unbalanced distribution of government-stockpiled rice released last month to curb soaring prices.時事通信社 による

The torches for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics next year were unveiled Monday at the Italian pavilion of the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka.時事通信社 による

About 9.7 million advance tickets for the World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka were sold, the event's organizer said Monday, meaning that pre-event sales fell short of its target.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito hosted a tea party at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday for some 60 lawmakers, including the heads of both chambers of the Diet, Japan's parliament.時事通信社 による

A major stockholder in Tsuruha Holdings Inc. clarified Monday its stance against plans to merge the leading Japanese pharmacy chain with its biggest rival, Welcia Holdings Co., in a stock swap and subsequently make the merged company a consolidated subsidiary of Welcia's parent, Aeon Co., through a tender offer.…

Two major South Korean economic organizations have donated a total of 3 billion won to a Seoul-affiliated foundation that pays compensation to plaintiffs on behalf of Japanese companies sued over wartime labor, it was learned Monday.時事通信社 による

Major Japanese milling companies Nippn Corp. and Showa Sangyo Co. said Friday that they will lower flour prices for business customers, starting with deliveries on July 10.時事通信社 による

Wakayama Governor Shuhei Kishimoto, 68, has been taken to hospital after collapsing at his official residence, sources familiar with the matter said Monday.時事通信社 による

Japan's population, including non-Japanese residents, totaled 123,802,000 as of Oct. 1 last year, down by 550,000, or 0.44 pct, from a year before, falling for the 14th straight year, the internal affairs ministry said Monday.時事通信社 による

More than 270 victims in huge earthquakes that particularly hit hard Kumamoto Prefecture nine years ago were remembered in the southwestern Japan prefecture's capital on Monday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government has confirmed the first Japanese fatality in last month's 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, a Foreign Ministry official said Monday.時事通信社 による