New Japanese bank notes that were put into circulation a month ago have been increasingly listed on online auction sites, and a new 10,000-yen note with same numbers in its serial number was sold at as high as 70,000 yen.時事通信社 による

Japan should reaffirm its recognition of history in a proposed joint declaration with South Korea next year, outgoing South Korean Ambassador to Japan Yun Duk-min said in a recent interview with Jiji Press.時事通信社 による

Ryo Sato, a 44-year-old Japanese painter who paints with a pencil in his mouth due to a physical disability, is determined to achieve international success.時事通信社 による

Japan's stock rout has rattled novice individual investors who joined the market following the launch of a revamped tax-exempt investment program in the country this year.時事通信社 による

Japan claimed the silver medal in the men's epee team fencing event at the Paris Olympics on Friday.時事通信社 による

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. plans to cut about 1,000 jobs in the United States, people familiar with the matter said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's industry ministry issued its first-ever advisories under a law regulating digital platforms to Amazon.com. Inc.'s local unit and Apple Inc. of the United States on Friday.時事通信社 による

Five major Japanese banking groups posted consolidated net profits that increased 19.1pctin the fiscal first quarter ended in June from a year before to 1,338.6 billion yen in total as income from loans grew amid higher interest rates at home and abroad and higher corporate demand for funding.時事通信社 による

Japan Display Inc. said Friday that it has developed an in-vehicle display that enables different images to be seen from the driver's and front passenger seats.時事通信社 による

Nintendo Co. said Friday that its consolidated net profit dropped 55.3pctto 80.9 billion yen in the fiscal first quarter ended in June from a year before due mainly to sluggish sales of video game consoles.時事通信社 による

Japanese nuclear regulators said Friday that they have decided to reject a request to restart the Tsuruga nuclear power plant's No. 2 reactor due to its failure to meet safety standards.時事通信社 による

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency has started experiments at its Stacy research reactor for the removal of nuclear fuel debris, the agency said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's real gross domestic product in April-June is believed to have increased 0.6pctfrom the previous quarter, for an annualized rise of 2.4 pct, according to the latest estimates by 10 private think tanks.時事通信社 による

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund on Friday reported an investment profit of 8,973.2 billion yen for April-June, reflecting gains in overseas stocks and bonds amid the yen's weakness.時事通信社 による

A Japanese government panel Friday released the locations and lengths of 25 offshore active faults on the Sea of Japan side of the country where an earthquake with a magnitude of 7 or higher may occur.時事通信社 による

The average temperature in Japan this July was the highest for the month since records began in 1898, due chiefly to the effects of a high-pressure system in the Pacific, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.時事通信社 による

Japan's Defense Minister Minoru Kihara will visit Cambodia and Vietnam for four days from Sunday, his ministry announced Friday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government has introduced bulletproof panels for the prime minister's outdoor press briefings, following the recent shooting of former U.S. President Donald Trump.時事通信社 による

Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki said Friday that he will share his sense of crisis over a possible use of nuclear weapons, in a speech to be delivered at an annual peace ceremony next week.時事通信社 による

Prefectural governors from across Japan on Friday issued an emergency declaration calling for cooperation among the central and local governments, the business community and others to overcome depopulation problems.時事通信社 による

Japan's exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and other food items in January-June 2024 fell 1.8pctfrom a year earlier to 701.3 billion yen, decreasing for the first time in four years, the agriculture ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government on Friday kicked off discussions on a possible law and regulations for developers of generative artificial intelligence.時事通信社 による

The Japanese Olympic Committee has called on social media users to stop defaming athletes online.時事通信社 による

A Japanese government white paper Friday stressed the need to pay attention to the impact of interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan on personal consumption and corporate bankruptcies.時事通信社 による

The U.S. military said Thursday that the crash accident of a CV-22 Osprey last November off the southwestern Japan island of Yakushima was caused by a device failure and a continued flight after the failure.時事通信社 による

Japan has asked Denmark to extradite the founder of antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd, Paul Watson, who was detained in Greenland in July, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Friday.時事通信社 による

The total amount of "furusato nozei" hometown donations to local governments across Japan surpassed 1 trillion yen for the first time in fiscal 2023, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan clinched its first ever Olympic medal for women's fencing on Thursday, securing bronze in the team foil event at the Paris Olympics.時事通信社 による

East Japan Railway Co., Central Japan Railway Co. and West Japan Railway Co. posted higher consolidated revenue and profits for the fiscal first quarter ended in June.時事通信社 による

The Daily Jakarta Shimbun, the only Japanese-language newspaper in Indonesia, tentatively suspended publication on Thursday.時事通信社 による

AGC Inc. said Thursday the Japanese glass giant is expected to incur a record group net loss of 95 billion yen for the current business year through December.時事通信社 による

Three major Japanese department store operators on Thursday reported year-on-year increases in same-store sales for July.時事通信社 による

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui said Thursday that he will urge world leaders to abandon their reliance on nuclear deterrence, in a speech to be delivered at an annual peace ceremony next week.時事通信社 による

The Japanese and Indian governments are planning to hold a so-called two-plus-two security meeting of their foreign and defense ministers in India in late August, possibly on Aug. 20, Japanese government sources said Thursday.時事通信社 による

The curry bread of Japan's 7-Eleven convenience store chain has been certified by Guinness World Records as the most sold freshly made curry bread in volume in 2023, the chain's operator, Seven-Eleven Japan Co., said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Most of Japan's 10 major power utilities saw their earnings deteriorate in April-June as electricity prices fell, according to their latest earnings reports.時事通信社 による

Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. said Thursday that Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will join them in discussing a partnership on electric vehicles.時事通信社 による

A 63-year-old former member of Japanese rock band C-C-B was arrested in June for allegedly possessing stimulants at his home in Tokyo, investigative sources said Thursday.時事通信社 による

A new star was born on Wednesday, after Shinnosuke Oka of Japan clinched gold in the men's all-around gymnastics event at the Paris Summer Olympics, his first-ever Games.時事通信社 による

House Foods Group Inc. has said that it will build a factory for ready-made curry for restaurant use in the city of Fukushima.時事通信社 による

Taro Kono, Japan's digital transformation minister, has said he now believes that the country should facilitate the restart of idled nuclear power plants and promote research into nuclear fusion, in the face of a predicted rise in electricity demand.時事通信社 による

Masato Kanda, who retired as Japanese vice finance minister for international affairs on Wednesday, was appointed special adviser to the Cabinet on Thursday, the government said the same day.時事通信社 による

Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday its consolidated operating profit in April-June surged 16.7pctfrom a year earlier to 1,308.4 billion yen, a record high for the fiscal first quarter.時事通信社 による

There were 9,522 cases of metal cables being stolen from solar power plants in Japan between January last year and June this year, a National Police Agency survey showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

The proportion of male employees in Japan who took parental leave in fiscal 2023, which ended in March, hit a record high of 30.1 pct, up sharply from 17.1 Pct in the previous year, according to a labor ministry survey.時事通信社 による

The Bank of Japan's latest decision to additionally raise its policy interest rate is a source of concern for the Japanese government.時事通信社 による

Japan's Shinnosuke Oka clinched gold in the men's all-around gymnastics on the sixth day of the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Prince Hisahito attended the opening ceremony for a national high school culture festival along with his parents--Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko--in the city of Gifu on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki said Wednesday that his southwestern Japan city will not invite the Israeli ambassador to Japan to an annual peace ceremony on Aug. 9 to mark the anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing.時事通信社 による

The amount of money stolen in investment fraud and romance scam cases linked to social media in Japan totaled some 66.02 billion yen in the first half of the year, exceeding the 45.5 billion yen marked in the whole of 2023, police data showed Wednesday.時事通信社 による