Fukuoka prefectural police Thursday served a fresh arrest warrant on Masanori Hirabaru over a stabbing attack in the southwestern Japan prefecture on suspicion of murdering a junior high school girl.時事通信社 による

A Japanese national purported to be a leader of a yakuza organized crime syndicate has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar to other countries, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The average number of influenza patients per hospital in Japan in the week that ended Dec. 29 came to 64.39, the highest since the current survey method was adopted in April 1999, the health ministry said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Mizuho Bank said Thursday that it will raise its long-term prime lending rate for January by 0.10 percentage point from the previous month to 2.00 pct, the highest level in 15 years and seven months.時事通信社 による

An expert panel of Japan's National Police Agency released a report Thursday calling for mandatory identity verification for scrap metal transactions following a surge in copper wire theft cases in the country.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba left for Malaysia and Indonesia on Thursday as he seeks to strengthen maritime security cooperation with the two Southeast Asian countries in an apparent effort to counter threats from China.時事通信社 による

Sales of imported foreign-brand vehicles in Japan in 2024 fell 8.5pctfrom a year earlier to 227,202 units, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said Thursday.時事通信社 による

A team including Kyoto University researchers said Thursday that it has taken a major step toward the practical use of a light, low-cost and high-performance carbon magnet not requiring rare earth minerals.時事通信社 による

Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, is set to be in the red for the third straight year in fiscal 2025, after a cut in its viewing fees in October 2023, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. will not raise the yields on its insurance products promised to policyholders, although rivals have raised such yields amid higher interest rates, President Toshiaki Sumino said in a recent interview.時事通信社 による

Japanese chipmaker Rapidus Corp. said Wednesday it will collaborate with an artificial intelligence developer and a cloud service provider to make high-performance semiconductors with low power consumption for data centers.時事通信社 による

Japanese television and radio broadcasters are responding to media reports of a sex scandal involving popular personality Masahiro Nakai, including suspending shows hosted by him.時事通信社 による

Japan's Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. said Wednesday that it will acquire Dunlop trademark rights in Europe, North America and Oceania for 526 million dollars from U.S. giant Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.時事通信社 による

The Tokyo Stock Exchange plans to tighten its management buyout, or MBO, rules for listed companies as early as this spring to protect the interests of minority shareholders, informed sources said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Fast Retailing Co. said Wednesday that it will raise the starting monthly salary for new employees by 10pctto 330,000 yen from March 2025, taking their annual pay to slightly over 5 million yen.時事通信社 による

Indian Ambassador to Japan Sibi George has said there are absolutely no issues with Japan over a high-speed railway project using Shinkansen-style bullet trains currently underway in western India.時事通信社 による

Police in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Wednesday sent papers on a U.S. Marine in his 30s to public prosecutors for alleged nonconsensual sexual intercourse resulting in injury.時事通信社 による

Japanese cybersecurity authorities raised alarm Wednesday over a China-linked hacker group called MirrorFace, saying it has struck 210 targets in Japan since 2019.時事通信社 による

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office decided Wednesday not to indict three people suspected of making and using official documents containing falsified information during criminal investigations into machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co.時事通信社 による

A "yagura" guard tower of Hirosaki Castle in Aomori Prefecture designated as an important national cultural asset has been damaged by heavy snow, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

An analysis of data provided to Japan's Financial Services Agency by Osaka Exchange has shown that lower market liquidity may have led to the historic Tokyo stock market plunge last August, the agency said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The Japan Fair Trade Commission issued an administrative guidance to Japan Post Co. last year for failing to adequately respond to a request from its parcel delivery service subcontractor to pass on higher costs, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Four Chinese coast guard ships intruded in Japan's territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Following its success in automating the process of creating induced pluripotent stem cells, Kyoto University's CiRA Foundation will start producing iPS cells from patients' own cells utilizing the automated culture system in April.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday stopped short of clarifying whether Japan will participate as an observer in a meeting of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons to be held in March.時事通信社 による

Toyama and Osaka, both Japanese cities, have made The New York Times' list of "52 Places to Go in 2025."時事通信社 による

Honda Motor Co. on Tuesday unveiled two prototype models to be introduced to global markets under its new "0" ()削除 Series electric vehicle brand starting in 2026.時事通信社 による

Renesas Electronics Corp. plans to cut hundreds of jobs, or less than 5pctof its total global workforce of some 21,000, due to a slump in semiconductor prices, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

The traffic death toll in Japan in 2024 fell by 15 from a year earlier to 2,663, marking the third-lowest level on record, the National Police Agency said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Panasonic Holdings Corp. said Tuesday that it has formed a strategic partnership with Anthropic to enhance the convenience of its products and services by using the U.S. startup's generative artificial intelligence technology.時事通信社 による

Resona Bank was apparently hit by another cyberattack on Tuesday, as its internet banking service for retail customers was temporarily inaccessible.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent a condolence message to Chinese President Xi Jinping in the wake of a deadly earthquake in China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Tuesday, expressing his sympathy for the victims and their families.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is planning to visit South Korea, the Philippines and Palau from Monday, it was learned Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will attend the state funeral of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in Washington on Thursday, the government said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

A Japanese research team said Tuesday that glass eels, or baby Japanese eels, are believed to have increased in rivers in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, in recent years because of an ocean current moving northward due to global warming.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday stressed the importance of free and open-minded debate in the Diet, or Japan's parliament, and other forums.時事通信社 による

Leaders of Japan's three major business groups, at a joint press conference in Tokyo on Tuesday, expressed a willingness to continue wage hikes in this year's "shunto" spring labor-management negotiations.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will soon start discussions on whether to introduce a selective dual surname system, LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

A co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, a group of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors that was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last month, vowed to continue calling for nuclear abolition during his visit to a cenotaph at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city on Tuesday.時事通信社 による

U.S. investment fund KKR is considering selling its stake in Japanese supermarket operator Seiyu Co., it was learned Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japan and China will resume dialogue between their ruling parties next week, it was learned Tuesday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government plans to name Vice Foreign Minister Masataka Okano as secretary-general of the National Security Secretariat to succeed Takeo Akiba, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Nippon Steel Corp. "will never give up" on its acquisition of United States Steel Corp., Eiji Hashimoto, chairman and CEO of the Japanese steelmaker, said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Tuesday that the country aims to take its alliance with the United States to a higher level.時事通信社 による

Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday that it will launch autonomous driving and other projects at a test course now under construction in central Japan, starting as early as this autumn.時事通信社 による

Fujitsu Ltd. said Monday that it will sell its 44pctstake in Fujitsu General Ltd. to Paloma Rheem Holdings Co. for 92 billion yen.時事通信社 による

The president of the United Steelworkers union on Monday vowed to contest allegations against him from Nippon Steel Corp. and United States Steel Corp. over U.S. President Joe Biden's rejection of their deal.時事通信社 による

North Korea said Tuesday that it successfully test-fired a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile on Monday.時事通信社 による

Nippon Steel Corp. said Monday that it and United States Steel Corp. have jointly filed a lawsuit against U.S. President Joe Biden's order to block the Japanese company's acquisition of its U.S. peer.時事通信社 による

The annual average temperature in Japan in 2024 was the highest since records began in 1898, setting a record high for the second consecutive year, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Monday.時事通信社 による