All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines on Friday unveiled a joint policy to deal with the harassment of workers by customers and vowed to act resolutely and respond systematically to such acts.時事通信社 による

Japan's transport ministry Friday issued administrative guidance to Honda Motor Co., Mazda Motor Corp. and Yamaha Motor Co., urging them to take measures to prevent any recurrence of irregularities in their vehicle and equipment performance tests.時事通信社 による

A Chinese woman who fell into serious condition after trying to stop a knife attack that injured a Japanese woman and her child in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, eastern China, on Monday has died, according to local public security authorities.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government said Friday that it will provide subsidies in August and September to slash electricity and city gas bills by 2,125 yen per month for an average household.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government decided Friday to promote Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maki Kobayashi to cabinet public affairs secretary.時事通信社 による

The organizer of the Sendai Tanabata Festival, one of the three largest festivals in the Tohoku northeastern Japan region, plans to create festival decorations to pray for the reconstruction of areas affected by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake in central Japan.時事通信社 による

Seventy-six new deaths are suspected of having links with the use of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co.'s supplements containing "beni koji" red fermented rice, health ministry officials said Friday.時事通信社 による

Hirotsugu Shinkawa, director-general of the Japanese Finance Ministry's Budget Bureau, will assume the post of vice minister of finance to succeed Eiji Chatani on July 5, the government announced Friday.時事通信社 による

Fukuoka District Court on Friday sentenced a 32-year-old man to 20 years in prison for stalking and killing his former girlfriend in Fukuoka in January last year.時事通信社 による

Public prosecutors in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa said Friday that they have indicted a 21-year-old U.S. Marine on charges of nonconsensual sexual intercourse resulting in injury.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government decided Friday to spend 139.6 billion yen from fiscal 2024 reserve funds to support recovery efforts in areas battered by the Noto Peninsula earthquake in January.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government has decided to deploy a mobile surveillance radar system of the Air Self-Defense Force on Kitadaitojima, a remote Pacific island in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said Friday.時事通信社 による

Prices have been raised or are set to be raised for 10,086 food and beverage products in Japan this year, with the cumulative annual total topping 10,000 for the third consecutive year, a survey of 195 major food makers by research firm Teikoku Databank Ltd. showed Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan and the Philippines are expected to sign a bilateral agreement on reciprocal troop access at a ministerial security meeting in the Philippines next month, people familiar with the matter said Friday.時事通信社 による

Shigeru Ishiba, former secretary-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, intends to run in the party's leadership election expected for September, informed sources said Friday.時事通信社 による

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Friday began its latest discharge of treated water from its meltdown-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the ocean.時事通信社 による

Japan decided Friday to urge municipalities to set up makeshift beds and partitions at disaster evacuation centers from when they open, based on lessons learned from the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake.時事通信社 による

Japan's industrial production in May rose 2.8pctfrom the previous month following a vehicle production resumption, the industrial ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito said Thursday that he had "a very heartwarming time" with King Charles III and Queen Camilla during his official visit to Britain.時事通信社 による

Japan's seasonally adjusted ratio of effective job openings to seekers in May fell 0.02 point from the previous month to 1.24, the labor ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

Core consumer prices in central Tokyo in June rose 2.1pctfrom a year before, up for the 34th straight month, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

The official campaign period for the July 7 by-elections in nine constituencies of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly kicked off on Friday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government held an online U.N. symposium Thursday with the United States, South Korea and others to discuss North Korea's abductions of foreign nationals.時事通信社 による

A Japanese court has reversed the Justice Ministry's decision not to disclose records related to its move to delay the retirement of Hiromu Kurokawa, former head of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako bid farewell to Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Buckingham Palace in London on Thursday, wrapping up their official visit to the European country.時事通信社 による

Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura said Thursday that he is considering banning people from using mobile phones while operating automated teller machines, in an effort to protect elderly people from special fraud.時事通信社 による

Digital transformation minister Taro Kono has voiced his eagerness to run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's upcoming leadership election, informed sources said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Rakuten Mobile Inc. on Thursday launched its own commercial service using a so-called platinum band, a frequency range that allows easier access to wireless networks even indoors, the Japanese company said.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, had dinner with LDP lawmakers for four straight days through Thursday, amid emerging calls from within the party for him to step down in light of the party's "slush fund" scandal.時事通信社 による

The Okinawa prefectural government lodged a protest with a senior U.S. Air Force officer on Thursday over the alleged sexual abuse by a U.S. airman of a girl in the southern Japan prefecture.時事通信社 による

Combined automobile production in Japan in May by eight major domestic automakers rose 4.4pctfrom a year before to 610,000 units, their first rise in five months, data released by the companies showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

Organizers of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, a city in western Japan, expect to shoulder up to some 7.6 billion yen in additional costs due to delays in the construction of pavilions, a senior official said Thursday.時事通信社 による

The ongoing Tokyo governor race has caused controversy over the way official bulletin boards for campaign posters are used.時事通信社 による

A joint investigation team of Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department and the Tochigi prefectural police on Thursday arrested the eldest daughter of a couple found dead in the town of Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on suspicion of killing her parents.時事通信社 による

Japan's Fair Trade Commission on Thursday imposed fines totaling about 700 million yen on five Japanese companies for allegedly forming a price cartel for valves for liquefied petroleum gas containers.時事通信社 による

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. CEO Hironori Kamezawa apologized to shareholders on Thursday for the illegal sharing of customer information committed by three of its units.時事通信社 による

The premium collection rate under Japan's "kokumin nenkin" national pension program came to 77.6pctin fiscal 2023, up 1.6 percentage points from the previous year, the welfare ministry said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Sharp Corp. will work hard to achieve profitability after two consecutive years of net loss, Executive Vice President Masahiro Okitsu told shareholders on Thursday.時事通信社 による

Financial assets held by Japanese households as of the end of March grew 7.1pctfrom a year earlier to 2,199 trillion yen, hitting a record high for five consecutive quarters, Bank of Japan data showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japanese public security authorities remain on alert over Aleph, a successor organization to the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, which carried out a sarin nerve gas attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, 30 years ago.時事通信社 による

Suzuki Motor Corp. President Toshihiro Suzuki apologized for the company's vehicle test fraud scandal at a meeting of general shareholders Thursday.時事通信社 による

A former chairman of major Japanese publisher Kadokawa Corp. on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government, claiming that he experienced mental suffering through "hostage justice" over a bribery scandal related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics held in 2021.時事通信社 による

Tokyo governor candidates are calling for strengthening measures to tackle the low birth rate in the Japanese capital ahead of the July 7 gubernatorial election.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito on Wednesday evening attended a banquet hosted by representatives of the City of London financial district in Britain's capital city.時事通信社 による

Japan, the United States and South Korea agreed Wednesday to deepen cooperation to strengthen supply chains for semiconductors and critical minerals.時事通信社 による

North Korea has successfully conducted an important test to load, separate and guide multiple warheads on an intermediate-range ballistic missile, the country's state-run Korean Central News Agency said Thursday.時事通信社 による

A former member of the Japanese talent agency previously known as Johnny & Associates Inc., embroiled in a sexual assault scandal, called for measures to protect victims from slander and harassment at a U.N. panel meeting Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. has said it will display a life-sized Gundam robot model in its pavilion of the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka.時事通信社 による

The Sri Lankan government has announced that it reached a final debt restructuring deal with a group of creditor countries including Japan and India, covering 5.8 billion dollars.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito on Wednesday visited the Francis Crick Institute in London, one of the largest biomedical research centers in Europe.時事通信社 による