A recent Group of Seven agreement to use frozen Russian assets in providing 50 billion dollars in loans to Ukraine was a "great achievement," Masato Kanda, Japanese vice finance minister for international affairs, said in an interview with Jiji Press on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The U.S. Treasury Department said in a report released Thursday that it has placed Japan, which runs a large trade surplus with the United States, back on its monitoring list over currency practices.時事通信社 による

A group of Japanese researchers have announced that they developed a deep-learning model to predict the cancer onset risk from fatty liver images.時事通信社 による

Japanese business leader Masahiko Uotani, an executive of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, on Thursday urged the country to introduce a selective dual surname system for married couples as soon as possible.時事通信社 による

Japanese shogi sensation Sota Fujii was beaten by his challenger for his "Eio" title Thursday, losing one of the eight major titles for the first time since he dominated them in October last year.時事通信社 による

Japan is seeing a spread of so-called welfare nail services, or nail stylists dispatched to welfare and other facilities giving manicures to elderly or disabled people.時事通信社 による

Major League Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani topped the annual list of favorite athletes for the third time in a row, a survey of people in Japan by Central Research Services Inc., a Jiji Press affiliate, showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese Embassy in Pakistan has identified a body found on Spantik peak in the country's northern region as a Japanese man in his 50s.時事通信社 による

Candidates for the July 7 gubernatorial election in Tokyo made their first campaign speeches on Thursday, the first day of the official campaign period, discussing issues such as disaster prevention and administrative reform.時事通信社 による

Japan's House of Representatives voted on Thursday to reject a no-confidence motion against the cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida submitted earlier in the day by the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.時事通信社 による

SoftBank Corp. is still in talks with South Korean search portal Naver Corp. to raise its stake in the LY Corp. joint venture, Junichi Miyakawa, president and CEO of the Japanese mobile service provider, said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japanese regional banking group Jimoto Holdings Inc., which has ailing regional lender Kirayaka Bank under its wing, has come under effective state control, with the Japanese government owning 63pctof the holding firm's voting rights.時事通信社 による

Japanese textbook publisher Kyoiku-Shuppan Co. said Thursday that it has removed a section in its approved English textbook for junior high school third-year students that introduced Ippei Mizuhara, a former interpreter for Major League Baseball star Shohei Ohtani.時事通信社 による

A Chinese coast guard ship entered Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the city of Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Thursday, the first such intrusion by an official Chinese ship since June 7 and the 18th this year.時事通信社 による

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed grave concern Thursday over a new treaty signed by Russia and North Korea the previous day to strengthen their security ties.時事通信社 による

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan submitted a no-confidence motion against the cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to the House of Representatives on Thursday morning.時事通信社 による

The official campaign period for the July 7 Tokyo gubernatorial election started Thursday, with incumbent Governor Yuriko Koike, 71, set to compete with challengers including Renho, 56, who served as administrative reform minister in the administration of the now-defunct Democratic Party of Japan.時事通信社 による

Tokyo police are ready to enhance security for the July 7 gubernatorial poll after a high-profile election obstruction incident in the Japanese capital in April.時事通信社 による

Ajinomono Frozen Foods Co., Nichirei Corp. and three other major Japanese frozen food makers said they will work together to improve logistics efficiency.時事通信社 による

Japan's amended political funds control law, enacted Wednesday in the wake of the revelation of the long-maintained practice of creating slush funds at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is facing mounting criticisms including for loopholes.時事通信社 による

Japanese Princess Kako said Wednesday that every encounter and event she experienced during a trip to Greece are precious and that she will remember all of them.時事通信社 による

Japan's Emperor Naruhito said Wednesday that he hopes that his planned trip to Britain will help deepen friendly relations between the two countries.時事通信社 による

Four people planning to run in the July 7 Tokyo gubernatorial election shared their views on key issues, such as the declining birthrate, at a joint press conference on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan is preparing to issue and use new bank notes ahead of their July 3 debut, which marks their first redesigns in 20 years.時事通信社 による

Honda Motor Co. CEO Toshihiro Mibe apologized to shareholders on Wednesday for irregularities in engine testing involving the Japanese automaker.時事通信社 による

Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling on Wednesday that sentenced a 37-year-old former nurse to an indefinite prison term for murdering three patients at a hospital in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, in 2016.時事通信社 による

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the country's main opposition party, decided Wednesday to submit a motion of no confidence against the cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday.時事通信社 による

Police arrested a 46-year-old man Wednesday on suspicion of killing his former wife, who was found dead near the bodies of their three children at their house in Tokyo in May.時事通信社 による

The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan rose 60.1pctfrom a year before to 3,040,100 in May, hitting a record high for the month, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The former chief accountant of a Liberal Democratic Party faction led by former party Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai on Friday admitted charges linked to a political funds scandal rocking the ruling party.時事通信社 による

U.S. investment firm Blackstone Inc. has announced that it will acquire Japanese digital comics provider Infocom Corp. for a total of about 280 billion yen, its largest investment in Japan.時事通信社 による

Kenta Izumi, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, called on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to dissolve the House of Representatives for a snap election, during a Diet debate between party leaders on Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese critic Toshiko Marks died at her home in London on Saturday at the age of 88, informed sources said.時事通信社 による

Japan's parliament Wednesday enacted a bill to create a Japanese version of Britain's Disclosure and Barring Service, to check whether people holding or seeking jobs that involve contact with children have sex crime records.時事通信社 による

Japan's Nintendo Co. has said it will release new game titles for its flagship video game console Nintendo Switch, including Mario Party, Mario & Luigi and Legend of Zelda games.時事通信社 による

A Bank of Japan policymaker stressed at an April meeting the need for raising interest rates "in a timely and appropriate manner" as the BOJ gets closer to achieving its inflation target, the minutes of the meeting showed Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese precision equipment maker Ricoh Co. will release the first film camera under the Pentax brand in 21 years on July 12, after acquiring the brand from lens maker Hoya Corp. in 2011.時事通信社 による

Japan posted a customs-cleared trade deficit of 1,221.3 billion yen in May as crude oil imports swelled due to higher resources prices and a weak yen, a government report showed Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's parliament enacted Wednesday a bill to give the central government power to issue necessary instructions to local governments in the event of emergencies such as disasters and pandemics.時事通信社 による

Japan's education ministry on Wednesday presented a draft of revisions to its investigation guidelines for serious bullying cases in which children are suspected of having suffered severe physical or mental damage.時事通信社 による

Japan's Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday it will launch a service to rent its HondaJet small business aircraft to corporate customers later this month.時事通信社 による

The death toll from the Noto Peninsula earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 1 is likely to exceed that from the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, it was learned Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Norinchukin Bank plans to sell up to 10 trillion yen's worth of U.S. Treasuries and European bonds, likely to leave it with some 1.5 trillion yen in consolidated net loss in the year ending in March 2025, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's parliament is expected to enact a bill sponsored by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to revise the political funds control law on Wednesday after a committee of the House of Councillors, its upper chamber, approved the legislation on Tuesday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government Tuesday adopted a policy of conditionally launching full self-driving services on general roads across the country in fiscal 2025.時事通信社 による

Consumers in Japan sought advice from authorities on fake celebrity advertisements for investment on social media in 1,629 cases in fiscal 2023, up nearly 10-fold from the previous year's 170 cases, the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese satellite startup Synspective Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed with Rocket Lab USA Inc. to launch 10 small satellites by 2027.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is seen visiting Germany in July for talks with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, informed sources said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese logistics company Seino Holdings Co. said Tuesday that it will acquire a 66.6pctstake in Mitsubishi Electric Logistics Corp., a unit of Mitsubishi Electric Corp., for 57.2 billion yen possibly on Oct. 1.時事通信社 による

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Tuesday a spent nuclear fuel cooling system came to a halt at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant the same day due to a power outage.時事通信社 による