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

Kentaro Kitagawa, a 64-year-old former head of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, is suspected of sexually assaulting a female subordinate while in office at his then official residence in the western Japan city, informed sources said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan will aim to win 55 medals including 20 golds at the upcoming Paris Olympics, Mitsugi Ogata, secretary general of the Japan Olympic Committee and head of Japan's delegation to the Paris Games, said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

General contractor Kajima Corp., Boldly Inc., a subsidiary of telecom carrier SoftBank Corp., and others said Wednesday that they have obtained permission to operate buses under so-called Level 4 autonomous driving, in which a system operates everything under certain conditions.時事通信社 による

Osaka prefectural police in western Japan have referred a Chinese woman in her 30s to prosecutors on suspicion of violating the road traffic law by driving a motorized suitcase without a driver's license, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga again criticized current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in an interview published Wednesday in a monthly magazine, saying that Kishida "should have punished himself as well" for a "slush fund" scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's factions.…

Sharp Corp. said Wednesday that Executive Vice President Masahiro Okitsu will succeed Wu Po-Hsuan as president and CEO.時事通信社 による

U.S. data company Gracenote Inc. predicted on Wednesday that Japan will win 12 gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, down sharply from 27 at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.時事通信社 による

The Bank of Japan's "tankan" quarterly survey for June, due out Monday, will show little change in major Japanese manufacturers' business sentiment, according to forecasts by think tanks.時事通信社 による

The Aichi prefectural government said Wednesday that it has revoked the service provider designation of a home for disabled people run by Megumi Co. in the town of Kota in the central Japan prefecture, acting on irregularities committed by the group home operator, such as service fee overcharging.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Kazakhstan in August for his first summit with the leaders of five Central Asian countries, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Justice Ministry hosted on Wednesday the first meeting of junior judicial affairs officials from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Group of Seven forum in Tokyo.時事通信社 による

Three people were found lying unconscious near a crater of Mount Fuji on Wednesday, according to the police department of Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.時事通信社 による

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority approved Wednesday extensions of the operational periods for the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear plant under a regulatory system based on a new law that was enacted in May last year.時事通信社 による

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force is set to hold joint military exercises involving fighter jets from Germany, France and Spain next month, marking the first time that any Spanish air force aircraft visit Japan.時事通信社 による

The U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organizes the annual Academy Awards, said Tuesday that it has invited actor Koji Yakusho and other Japanese people to join the organization.時事通信社 による

Japanese companies operating in China have been shocked by a recent knife attack against a Japanese woman and her child in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, eastern China.時事通信社 による

The discharge of treated water from the meltdown-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the ocean has garnered a certain level of public understanding over its safety, a Japanese government white paper has shown.時事通信社 による

Major beverage makers in Japan are racing to renew their green tea products, such as by changing the tastes and bottle designs.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito expressed hopes for "an enduring relationship based on friendship" between Japan and Britain in a speech Tuesday at a state banquet hosted by King Charles III and Queen Camilla.時事通信社 による

North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan early Wednesday morning, according to the South Korean military.時事通信社 による

Visiting Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended a welcome ceremony as state guests in central London on Tuesday afternoon.時事通信社 による

A U.S. serviceman in Okinawa Prefecture has been indicted for allegedly kidnapping a girl under the age of 16 and committing nonconsensual sexual intercourse, it was learned Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, on Tuesday reported its first loss in 34 years for fiscal 2023 as revenue from viewer fees fell at its fastest pace due to a 10pctcut in October.時事通信社 による

The death toll from the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake in central Japan is projected to reach 300 as 18 more indirect deaths are expected to be recognized.時事通信社 による

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda received the highest annual executive pay for any senior official ever at the Japanese automaker in the year ended last March, the company said in an annual securities report Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki and his South Korean counterpart, Choi Sang-mok, on Tuesday shared "serious concerns" over the recent sharp depreciation of their countries' currencies.時事通信社 による

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday expressed regret over Monday's knife attack by a Chinese man against a Japanese woman and her child in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province.時事通信社 による

The leaders of Japan's ruling coalition agreed on Tuesday to finalize the bloc's proposal this week to revive state subsidies aimed at cutting electricity and city gas bills between August and October to fight inflation.時事通信社 による

The opening ceremony for the 2025 World Exposition in the city of Osaka, western Japan, will be held on April 12 next year, a day before the start of the six-month-long event.時事通信社 による

The Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office on Tuesday arrested Kentaro Kitagawa, a 64-year-old former head of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, on suspicion of constructive forcible sexual intercourse.時事通信社 による

Japan's internal affairs ministry said Tuesday it will prohibit local governments from soliciting "furusato nozei," or hometown tax, donations through intermediate websites that give reward points to users.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hopes to hold a trilateral summit with the United States and South Korea on the sidelines of the July 9-11 NATO summit in Washington, it was learned Tuesday.時事通信社 による

With the debut of new bank notes just a week to go, excitement is building in locations with strong links with the three historical figures featured in the new notes, including Eiichi Shibusawa, dubbed the father of Japan's capitalism.時事通信社 による

Mazda Motor Corp. President and CEO Masahiro Moro at the Japanese automaker's general shareholders meeting Tuesday apologized for its vehicle test fraud that came to light earlier this month.時事通信社 による

Japanese professional baseball player Ginjiro Sumitani remains committed to inspiring seriously ill children, with his project of inviting such children and their families to his home games entering the 10th year.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government said Tuesday that it will draw up guidelines for smoothly implementing a new system for shared custody of children by divorced parents.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, who is on an official visit to Britain, attended a reception Monday hosted in central London by five Japanese-British friendship organizations including the Japan Society.時事通信社 による

The Japanese Embassy in Beijing has warned Japanese nationals to be on alert following a knife attack Monday against a Japanese mother and her child by an apparent Chinese man in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province.時事通信社 による

A threatening message warning of an attack using sulfuric acid to blind Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has been sent to those linked to the governor, investigative sources said.時事通信社 による

Sony Music Entertainment and two other major record label groups jointly filed lawsuits Monday against U.S. generative artificial intelligence startups for allegedly using their artists' songs without permission.時事通信社 による

Four candidates in the July 7 gubernatorial election in Tokyo had a debate Monday on child-rearing support, administrative reform and other issues.時事通信社 による

A Japanese mother and her child were attacked with a knife by an apparent Chinese man in the city of Suzhou in China's Jiangsu Province on Monday afternoon, according to the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai.時事通信社 による

Japanese police referred a 66-year-old male farmer in Fukuoka Prefecture to prosecutors Monday for allegedly drowning six cats in a river and abandoning their bodies and a raccoon carcass between February and March.時事通信社 による

A large bus and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force vehicle collided head-on in Mukawa in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido on Monday, leaving one GSDF member dead.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito on Monday visited a flood prevention facility on the River Thames in the suburbs of London.時事通信社 による

Japan's National Police Agency launched a special inspection Monday of the Kagoshima prefectural police department, which has recently been hit by a series of scandals.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government has asked water providers across the country to check for PFAS, chemical compounds suspected to be carcinogenic, people familiar with the matter said Monday.時事通信社 による

A Japanese government panel on Monday proposed the designation of Fukui Cave, an archeological site in Sasebo in the southwestern prefecture of Nagasaki, as a special historic site.時事通信社 による

Public prosecutors demanded on Monday a prison term of 30 years for a man suspected of stalking and killing his former girlfriend in Fukuoka in January last year.時事通信社 による