Japan's House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation to replace the existing foreign technical intern program with a new scheme to train foreign workers in a move aimed at securing human resources amid serious labor shortages in the country.時事通信社 による

Japanese anime powerhouse Studio Ghibli Inc., known for its films by director Hayao Miyazaki including "Spirited Away" and "My Neighbor Totoro," on Monday received an Honorary Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival for its long-term achievements.時事通信社 による

A Japanese government advisory panel stressed the need Tuesday to strengthen the country's fiscal resilience after the Bank of Japan ended its negative interest rate policy earlier this year.時事通信社 による

Japanese police served fresh arrest warrants Tuesday on two men--Kang Gwang-gi and Kirato Wakayama--on suspicion of murdering a couple of Tokyo.時事通信社 による

Japan's lay judge system marked the 15th anniversary of its introduction on Tuesday, with a total of about 124,000 citizens having been selected as lay judges or standby lay judges over the past 15 years.時事通信社 による

Three major Japanese nonlife insurance firms posted record consolidated net profits for the year ended March thanks to lower benefit payments related to the COVID-19 pandemic and a weak yen that boosted revenue at overseas operations.時事通信社 による

Tokyo and Seoul are seen agreeing on measures to prevent a reoccurrence of a 2018 incident in which a South Korean warship directed its fire control radar at a Japanese Self-Defense Force patrol plane, it was learned Monday.時事通信社 による

Japan aims to win a 30pctshare of the global market for software-defined vehicles designed to improve performance by upgrading software rather than hardware, the industry and transport ministries said Monday.時事通信社 による

Japanese beer maker Kirin Holdings Co. announced on Monday the release of Electric Salt Spoon, which uses electricity to enhance the perception of the salty taste and umami of foods.時事通信社 による

Local government leaders of Japan and China are interacting with each other actively while state-level exchanges between the two Asian countries remain almost halted amid continuing diplomatic tensions including over Taiwan and China's ban on seafood imports from Japan.時事通信社 による

The Ishikawa prefectural government Monday unveiled a final draft of its plan for reconstruction after the Jan. 1 earthquake in the central Japan prefecture's Noto Peninsula.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government Monday expressed its condolences over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash the previous day.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday vowed to revise the political funds control law during the current parliamentary session ending on June 23.時事通信社 による

A cafe in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai helps people whose family members need constant medical care at home realize their desire to work.時事通信社 による

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi held talks with Anhui Governor Wang Qingxian on Monday during his visit to the eastern China province.時事通信社 による

U.S. investment fund Carlyle Group said Monday that it will acquire KFC Holdings Japan Ltd.時事通信社 による

Major Japanese companies agreed to raise monthly pay by 5.58 pct, or 19,480 yen, on average in this year's "shunto" spring labor-management wage talks, the first tally by the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, showed Monday.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, will come under the effective control of the Japanese government, informed sources said Monday.時事通信社 による

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has postponed his planned visit to Japan, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Monday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government's top spokesman on Monday congratulated Taiwan's new leader Lai Ching-te on his presidential inauguration and expressed hope that Japan-Taiwan friendship will deepen further.時事通信社 による

Trade ministers from member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum ended a two-day meeting in Peru on Saturday by adopting a joint statement for the first time in three years.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa on Sunday withdrew a possibly inappropriate remark against women that she made during a campaign speech related to a gubernatorial election.時事通信社 による

Japanese industry minister Ken Saito on Sunday voiced the government's readiness to consider providing additional aid to Rapidus Corp., which aims to mass-produce next-generation semiconductors.時事通信社 による

China's Commerce Ministry said Sunday that it has launched antidumping probes into some chemical products from Japan, the United States, the European Union and Taiwan.時事通信社 による

Norinchukin Bank is considering boosting its capital by about 1.2 trillion yen, it was learned Sunday.時事通信社 による

Major Japanese paper producer Hokuetsu Corp. and peer Daio Paper Corp. have opted to forge a strategic business tie-up.時事通信社 による

Japanese police on Sunday served a fresh arrest warrant to Hikaru Sasaki, one of the six people held over the case of the bodies of a Tokyo man and his wife being found in April, on suspicion of murdering the couple.時事通信社 による

The U.S. Department of State plans to deploy an officer who will monitor problematic behavior of China and consider countermeasures at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo from July, an official of the department said Saturday.時事通信社 による

Japan Railways Group companies are expanding cargo transportation services using Shinkansen bullet trains.時事通信社 による

The road to a nuclear-free world is becoming rockier a year after leaders from the Group of Seven major democracies adopted a landmark document on nuclear disarmament.時事通信社 による

A private-sector survey has found that 63.9pctof Japanese companies are seeing negative profit impacts from the recent weakness of the yen.時事通信社 による

Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in, in a recently published memoir, criticized the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.時事通信社 による

A peace march was held in Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, on Saturday, to mark the 52nd anniversary of its return to Japan from post-World War II U.S. occupation.時事通信社 による

The city of Los Angeles has designated May 17 as "Shohei Ohtani Day," in honor of the Major League Baseball superstar.時事通信社 による

North Korea test-fired tactical ballistic missiles with a new autonomous navigation system into the Sea of Japan on Friday, the reclusive country's state media said Saturday.時事通信社 による

James Auer, a former U.S. Department of Defense official for Japan affairs, died in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday at the age of 82, informed sources said.時事通信社 による

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel on Friday visited Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan's westernmost island near Taiwan, in an apparent bid to keep China's growing military pressure in check.時事通信社 による

The Diet, Japan's parliament, on Friday enacted a bill to promote the use of hydrogen energy for a carbon-free society.時事通信社 による

Nozomi bullet trains on Japan's Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines will be operated with all-reserved seating from Aug. 9 to 18, their operators said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party submitted a bill to the House of Representatives on Friday to revise the political funds control law in the wake of its "slush fund" scandal.時事通信社 による

Japan's political parties will aim to compile a plan on securing a sufficient number of Imperial Family members during the ongoing session of parliament, House of Representatives Speaker Fukushiro Nukaga said Friday.時事通信社 による

Itochu Corp., KDDI Corp., Toyota Industries Corp., Mitsui Fudosan Co. and Mitsubishi Estate Co. said Friday that they will collaborate in developing an efficient logistics system using digital technology.時事通信社 による

Shinji Ishimaru, the 41-year-old mayor of Akitakata in the western Japan prefecture of Hiroshima, said Friday that he will run as an independent candidate in the July 7 gubernatorial election in Tokyo.時事通信社 による

Japan's new Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Mizushima on Friday vowed efforts for further development of ties between the Asian countries.時事通信社 による

The Philippine government said Friday it has agreed to procure five more large patrol ships from Japan.時事通信社 による

Japan's parliament enacted a bill to allow divorced parents to choose shared custody of their children on Friday, a move that will change the country's child custody system for the first time in 77 years.時事通信社 による

The House of Councillors' political ethics panel voted Friday to urge 29 lawmakers involved in the ruling Liberal Democratic party's "slush fund" scandal to attend a hearing on the scandal.時事通信社 による

Japan's crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant started the second release for fiscal 2024 of treated water, which contains small amounts of radioactive tritium, into the sea on Friday.時事通信社 による

North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan on Friday, the South Korean military said.時事通信社 による

Japan's parliament Friday enacted a bill to make webcasts of television programs mandatory for public broadcaster NHK, or Japan Broadcasting Corp., just like conventional broadcasting.時事通信社 による