The 7-Eleven convenience store chain this week marked the 50th anniversary of the opening of its first outlet in Japan, where convenience stores have become essential infrastructure for everyday life.時事通信社 による

Nippon Life Insurance Co. said Thursday that it will invest about 3,838 million dollars in U.S. pension services giant Corebridge Financial Inc. to make it an equity-method affiliate.時事通信社 による

Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, will briefly suspend drilling work at a tunnel for the planned Chuo Shinkansen magnetic levitation train line, after water levels in nearby wells decreased, President Shunsuke Niwa said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Chinese People's Liberation Army officers attended a welcome event in Tokyo on Thursday during their first visit to Japan under a bilateral uniformed officer exchange program in five years.時事通信社 による

Japan's Supreme Court will take measures to accommodate disabled plaintiffs in five damages lawsuits over forced sterilization under the now-defunct eugenic protection law, including setting up ramps for wheelchair users, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

Honda Motor Co. said Thursday it will invest about 10 trillion yen to promote the development and production of electric vehicles in the decade through fiscal 2030, double the amount the Japanese automaker earmarked under its previous plan in April 2022.時事通信社 による

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc. over fraudulent social media ads using his name and images without permission.時事通信社 による

The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Thursday rebutted repeated remarks by a U.S. Republican heavyweight trying to justify the August 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of the Japanese cities.時事通信社 による

Toshiba Corp. said Thursday it will cut up to 4,000 jobs as part of efforts to raise the ratio of operating profit in revenue from slightly over 1pctat present to 10pctin fiscal 2026, which ends in March 2027.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his new Singaporean counterpart, Lawrence Wong, held telephone talks on Thursday and agreed to strengthen ties between their nations.時事通信社 による

Panels of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party approved on Thursday a plan to disclose the usage of so-called policy activity funds if the amount paid by political parties to their lawmakers exceeds 500,000 yen.時事通信社 による

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan departed the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on Thursday after nine years of deployment in Japan.時事通信社 による

Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. are considering collaborating to develop in-car software, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

Tokyo police on Thursday sent to public prosecutors papers on an 18-year-old male applicant for admission to Waseda University for allegedly leaking entrance examination questions online in February by using smart glasses capable of taking pictures.時事通信社 による

The Japanese Defense Ministry is alarmed after a video of its crucial destroyer Izumo, apparently taken by a drone that flew over it, was posted on Chinese social media.時事通信社 による

Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet edged up to 18.7pctin May, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan will develop rocket motors and propulsion components for a new system to be developed jointly with the United States for intercepting hypersonic weapons, according to an agreement signed by the two countries.時事通信社 による

Japanese police are investigating possible links between recent serial robberies in the country's mountainous areas and two Vietnamese men who have been arrested on other charges, according to investigative sources.時事通信社 による

Japan Post Holdings Co. has said that it made U.S. insurance giant Aflac Inc. an affiliate under the equity method.時事通信社 による

Japanese composer Taro Kida, who worked on memorable commercial songs such as for "Kani Doraku" crab restaurants and "Nissin Demae Iccho" instant noodles, died on Tuesday. He was 93.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, on Wednesday failed to reach an accord on their planned joint bill to revise the political funds control law, and the LDP is now expected to submit such a bill on its own.時事通信社 による

Japanese chipmaker Rapidus Corp. signed a memorandum on Wednesday to cooperate with U.S. chip startup Esperanto Technologies Inc. in developing low power-consumption chips for data centers in the coming era of artificial intelligence.時事通信社 による

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an met with Japanese ruling party officials, including former Prime Minister Taro Aso, in Tokyo Wednesday in his first visit to Japan since assuming office in 2022.時事通信社 による

Honda Motor Co. is shedding over 1,000 jobs at a joint venture in China through buyout packages, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant will start the second round of discharges of tritium-containing treated water for fiscal 2024 on Friday, its operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese semiconductor maker Kioxia Holdings Corp., formerly Toshiba Memory, on Wednesday posted a record net loss for the year ended March amid falling prices for flash memory chips.時事通信社 による

Japan's industry ministry began a review of the country's basic energy plan on Wednesday, at a time when power-hungry data centers are increasing in line with the spread of artificial intelligence.時事通信社 による

Sumitomo Chemical Co. said Wednesday that it expects to swing into a net profit in the year ending in March 2025 thanks to cost cuts after posting its biggest loss in the previous year.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government started monitoring under law 184 last designated areas with national security significance in 28 of Japan's 47 prefectures on Wednesday, finishing enforcing regulations in all 583 such areas in the country.時事通信社 による

The combined consolidated net profits of Japan's three megabanks in fiscal 2023 exceeded 3 trillion yen for the first time since the birth of the current structure of Japan's financial industry led by the three groups in fiscal 2005.時事通信社 による

U.S. information technology giant Meta Platforms Inc. plans to accept a request for testimony at the Diet, Japan's parliament, following a series of investment scams using social media advertising, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

An 18-year-old applicant for admission to Waseda University allegedly leaked entrance exam questions during the tests in February, using so-called smart glasses to take photos of the questions and post them on social media, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in April reached 3,042,900, up 4.0pctfrom the same month in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Yuan Keqin, former professor at Hokkaido University of Education, has been sentenced to six years in prison on espionage charges in China, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday that an envisaged rule to revoke permanent residence permits of foreigners will be limited to some malicious cases.時事通信社 による

Japan Post Insurance Co. and Daiwa Securities Group Inc. said Wednesday that they have agreed to form a capital and business tie-up in asset management.時事通信社 による

A high court branch Wednesday rejected a petition seeking to stop Chugoku Electric Power Co. from restarting operations of the No. 2 reactor at its Shimane nuclear power plant in western Japan.時事通信社 による

A register listing dead victims of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima got aired at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city Wednesday morning.時事通信社 による

Japan's parliament Wednesday enacted a bill to lower the threshold at which a share tender offer becomes mandatory, to over 30pctof voting rights for a target company from over one-third.時事通信社 による

Japanese paper maker Oji Holdings Corp. has announced the establishment of a company in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, for forest plantation acquisition.時事通信社 による

Ippei Mizuhara, a former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, appeared at a Los Angeles federal court Tuesday, pleading not guilty to bank and tax fraud as a formality.時事通信社 による

Japan's Casio Computer Co. has announced a plan to cut about 500 jobs globally, or 5pctof its group workforce, due to its deteriorating business performance.時事通信社 による

About 70pctof regional banks in Japan enjoyed profit growth in fiscal 2023 as their interest income rose on increased lending reflecting stronger demand for funds amid the economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.時事通信社 による

A survey by Japan's National Police Agency showed Tuesday that 17,034 elderly people living alone died at home across the country in January-March.時事通信社 による

Japanese culture minister Masahito Moriyama asked an advisory panel on Tuesday to review the system for romanizing the Japanese language, for the first time in some 70 years.時事通信社 による

Sony Group Corp. said Tuesday that its consolidated operating profit fell 7.2pctto 1,208.8 billion yen in the year ended last March from the previous year as its life insurance business posted sharply lower profits due to dismal investment performance.時事通信社 による

A panel including doctors and lawyers recognized Tuesday that 30 deaths were indirectly caused by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake in central Japan, in addition to the 245 people who died in the disaster.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday that his ruling Liberal Democratic Party will write a draft bill to revise the political funds control law and present it for talks with its coalition partner, Komeito.時事通信社 による

Pasona Group Inc. said Tuesday that it will collaborate with two entities to promote cartilage conduction technology used in earphones and other devices to support people with hearing difficulties.時事通信社 による

Japanese figure skater Shoma Uno, a two-time world champion, said Tuesday that he feels positive about the future after announcing his retirement last week.時事通信社 による