Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will call on both the ruling and opposition parties to hold thorough parliamentary debates in a responsible manner to build a broad consensus as he heads a minority government, a draft of his upcoming policy speech showed Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Lao counterpart, Sonexay Siphandone, met in Tokyo on Tuesday and agreed to launch talks between the two countries' vice foreign and defense ministers to boost security cooperation.時事通信社 による

Takuya Yokota, who heads a group of families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, urged the Japanese government Tuesday to work with the United States to press the reclusive state to return the abductees.時事通信社 による

The relaxation of visa requirements for Chinese visitors, which was announced by the Japanese government last month, attracted criticism Tuesday at a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.時事通信社 による

Scandal-tainted Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. said Tuesday that its current president, Satoshi Yamane, will step down and executive officer Norikazu Toyoda will assume the presidency.時事通信社 による

Japanese internal affairs minister Seiichiro Murakami on Tuesday called for a swift and independent probe into a sex scandal centered around television personality Masahiro Nakai, including on the reported involvement of a Fuji Television Network Inc. employee.時事通信社 による

A U.S. Marine Corps Osprey transport aircraft has accidentally dropped a cargo pallet weighing 400-450 kilograms into waters near Ie Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, prefectural officials said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Nissan Motor Co. will end production of its AD commercial van in November, company officials said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, on Tuesday released guidelines for its member companies on this year's "shunto" spring wage negotiations, urging them to consider pay scale hikes.時事通信社 による

Japan's industry ministry on Tuesday named Tama Home Co. and two other companies as the worst in price negotiations with their suppliers.時事通信社 による

Japan's industry minister, Yoji Muto, said Tuesday that his country needs to scrutinize the potential impact on Japanese companies of possible tariff measures by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.時事通信社 による

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, asked the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Tuesday to cooperate in enacting the government's fiscal 2025 draft budget.時事通信社 による

Japan Financial Services Agency decided to issue business improvement orders to car dealer Toyota Mobility Tokyo Inc. and used car dealer Goodspeed Co., it was learned Tuesday.時事通信社 による

A Japanese court has ruled that the estimated lost wages of a girl with hearing difficulties who died in a traffic accident are considered the same as those for people without disabilities.時事通信社 による

A trio of Japanese organizations plans to fully begin a project in April to analyze seawater temperatures and other data collected by young fishers to study the impact of environmental changes on marine life.時事通信社 による

The Japan Federation of Service and Tourism Industries Workers' Unions plans to demand a record pay hike of 6pctincluding regular raises in this year's "shunto" spring wage negotiations.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government Tuesday decided to promote Yoshinobu Kusunoki, deputy commissioner-general of the National Police Agency, to commissioner-general, effective from Monday.時事通信社 による

Japan plans to have a wider range of part-timers join the "kosei nenkin" employee pension program by changing some rules, sources have said.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday congratulated U.S. President Donald Trump on his inauguration.時事通信社 による

The Russian foreign ministry issued a statement on Monday marking the 100th anniversary the same day of the signing of the Japan-Soviet basic treaty, which revived diplomatic relations between the two countries after a hiatus due to the Russian Revolution.時事通信社 による

A 76-year-old man who lived with his wife and several former wives in Tokyo has died a day before a court was to rule on a sexual assault case against him, police sources said Monday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government plans to introduce a bill that would allow it to disclose the names of businesses using artificial intelligence to engage in malicious activities, such as crimes and human rights violations, officials said Monday.時事通信社 による

Japanese agriculture minister Taku Eto said Monday that the country is in an unusual situation over the current spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza.時事通信社 による

Japan's national wealth grew for the eighth straight year to hit a record high in 2023, thanks to rises in land and stock prices, a Cabinet Office estimate showed Monday.時事通信社 による

Motohiko Saito, governor of Hyogo Prefecture, said Monday that he was "very shocked" by the death of former prefectural assembly member Hideaki Takeuchi, who had grilled Saito at the assembly's special committee investigating harassment and corruption allegations against the governor.時事通信社 による

Convenience store sales in Japan hit a record high of 11,795.3 billion yen on an all-store basis in 2024, marking the fourth straight year of growth, the Japan Franchise Association said Monday.時事通信社 による

The devastating earthquake that struck Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture's capital, and other western Japan areas 30 years ago was a "turning point in the government's approach to disaster response," Japanese minister Ryosei Akazawa said in a recent interview.時事通信社 による

Japanese financial group Orix Corp. said Monday it will sell its 20pctstake in equity method affiliate Greenko Energy Holdings, which operates a renewable energy business in India, for 1,462 million dollars.時事通信社 による

Tokyo on Monday criticized Moscow's decision to stop the implementation of a bilateral memorandum on the Japan Centers in Russia, which hold business and other seminars for Russians.時事通信社 による

Sponsors have successively suspended the airing of their commercials on Fuji Television Network Inc. following a reported sex scandal involving TV personality Masahiro Nakai.時事通信社 による

Japanese and Australian foreign ministers agreed in Washington on Sunday to further promote their countries' security cooperation while strengthening their alliance with the United States.時事通信社 による

Over 80pctof people in Japan want to take their leftovers at restaurants home, a private-sector survey has shown.時事通信社 による

A long-established dairy farm operator in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, will expand into India with a population of more than 1.4 billion, where demand for dairy products is traditionally strong.時事通信社 による

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in November last year grew 3.4pctfrom the previous month, the Cabinet Office said Monday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya arrived in Washington on Sunday to attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony on Monday.時事通信社 による

The Japan Sumo Association said Sunday that a grand sumo tournament will take place in Paris on June 13-14, 2026.時事通信社 による

The Aichi prefectural government said Sunday that outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been confirmed at three chicken farms and a quail farm in the central Japan prefecture.時事通信社 による

Mizuho Bank has stopped accepting new customers for its safe deposit box services in principle, partly in the wake of a high-profile theft case at rival MUFG Bank, it was learned Sunday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Sunday stressed the importance of finding alternative financial resources for a proposed hike in the minimum annual taxable income from the current 1.03 million yen.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Sunday stressed the continued importance of relations between Tokyo and Seoul, following the arrest earlier in the day of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol over his martial law declaration last month.時事通信社 による

Construction of a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force base on Mageshima, an island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima, is likely to be delayed by three years.時事通信社 による

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The Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers' Unions, or JAW, has decided to seek five more days off a year in the 2025 "shunto" labor-management negotiations in spring.時事通信社 による

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama is boosting his presence in the management of the Japanese ruling party and parliamentary affairs under the minority government of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.時事通信社 による

The Japan Coast Guard on Saturday launched the "Live 118" system, which will allow its staff to receive smartphone videos of maritime incidents and accidents taken by callers and send them footage of life-saving techniques and other emergency response measures.時事通信社 による

A Chinese woman who came into the spotlight two years ago by claiming on social media to have bought an island in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa plans to visit the island this summer, Chinese media have reported.時事通信社 による

Japanese baseball pitcher Roki Sasaki said Friday that he has decided to sign a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.時事通信社 による

A Chinese district court will hand down Thursday a sentence over a case in which a Japanese woman and her child, and a Chinese woman were attacked by a man in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, eastern China, last June, people at Japan's Consulate-General in Shanghai said Saturday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Nippon Foundation said Saturday that it will work with the Scottish Association for Marine Science for conducting a study on "dark oxygen," which can be produced on the deep ocean floor, where sunlight cannot penetrate.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to make a success of the World Exposition to be held in the western Japan city of Osaka for six months from mid-April.時事通信社 による