Kyoto Family Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by a married person for gender change in the family register.時事通信社 による

Former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gave gift certificates to lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party while in office, LDP sources said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

A third-party panel said in a report Wednesday that the Hyogo prefectural government's actions to identify a whistleblower over power harassment allegations against Governor Motohiko Saito violated the whistleblower protection law.時事通信社 による

The average sales price of Japan's 2024 rice crop to wholesalers hit a record high for the sixth straight month in February, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

A U.S. Army website about Japanese-American troops during World War II was temporarily taken down, as U.S. President Donald Trump's administration works to eliminate signs of diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, from public institutions.時事通信社 による

The estimated number of visitors to Japan totaled 3,258,100 in February, exceeding three million for the first time on record for the month, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Finance Ministry showed on Wednesday an outline of documents related to a controversial state land sale to school operator Moritomo Gakuen to executives of the Budget Committee of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet.時事通信社 による

Researchers found global warming helped bring extraordinarily heavy snowfall to the Tokachi region of Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, and wide areas along the Sea of Japan coast in early February.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday that the gift certificates he gave to new lawmakers of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party were not meant to support political activities, denying that the move was illegal.時事通信社 による

A former judge accused of insider trading using information obtained while working on loan at the Financial Services Agency admitted to the allegation in a trial at Tokyo District Court on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's agriculture ministry said Wednesday that it will hold an auction of about 70,000 tons of government-stockpiled rice for three days from March 26.時事通信社 による

The 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult was a turning point for the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, according to Katsumi Nakamura, who led decontamination work at a subway station following the attack.時事通信社 による

Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. has decided to withdraw from an international organization of banks aimed at decarbonizing their operations, following similar moves by its U.S. peers.時事通信社 による

Tokyo District Court has rejected an application for civil rehabilitation proceedings filed by Funai Electric Co. Chairman Yoshiaki Harada.時事通信社 による

Japan logged a customs-cleared trade surplus of 584.5 billion yen in February, the biggest amount since March 2021, Finance Ministry preliminary data showed Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in January fell 3.5pctfrom the previous month for the second straight month of decline, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday expressed hope for cooperation with Japan on tackling climate change, as the South American country will chair the COP30 climate conference later this year.時事通信社 による

Pregnant women and mothers with infants in the Gaza Strip, which has been devastated by intense fighting between Israel and Hamas, are relying on maternal and child health handbooks that Japan has promoted.時事通信社 による

Opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 plans to vote in favor of the government's fiscal 2025 budget bill once it is revised again, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Mazda Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will cut its spending on electric vehicle development through 2030 by 500 billion yen to 1.5 trillion yen by pursuing joint development with other companies.時事通信社 による

Japanese Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki on Tuesday called for caution over the three successor groups to Aum Shinrikyo, ahead of the 30th anniversary on Thursday of the sarin nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway system by the doomsday cult.時事通信社 による

Japan Post Holdings Co. said Tuesday that the number of Japan Post Bank customers affected by Japan Post Co.'s misappropriation of personal information has risen to about 10 million.時事通信社 による

The foreign ministers of Japan, China and South Korea will hold a trilateral meeting in Tokyo on Saturday, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

A Japanese court Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking to halt operations at the No. 3 reactor of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in the western prefecture of Ehime.時事通信社 による

The average land price in Japan as of Jan. 1 rose 2.7pctfrom a year earlier, up for the fourth consecutive year and the largest increase since 11.3pctmarked in 1991, during the country's asset price bubble, the land ministry said Tuesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations, or Zen-Noh, on Tuesday carried out from a storehouse government-stockpiled rice it purchased at an auction aimed at curbing recent increases in rice prices in the country.時事通信社 による

The Diet began deliberations Tuesday on a bill to introduce active cyber defense, or taking pre-emptive measures to prevent cyberattacks on government institutions and critical infrastructure.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday instructed his government to develop a system to operate so-called hospital ships by January 2026.時事通信社 による

Prince Hisahito, the son and third child of Japan's Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, attended the graduation ceremony of the University of Tsukuba's Senior High School at Otsuka in Tokyo on Tuesday morning.時事通信社 による

Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, passed Tuesday a bill aimed at strengthening disaster prevention measures in peninsular regions of the country.時事通信社 による

Japan's Environment Ministry on Tuesday released an updated version of its red list for plants and fungi, which now includes a total of 2,063 endangered species, down by 207 from the previous version.時事通信社 による

The Nikkei 225 stock average retook 38,000 at one point in Tokyo trading on Tuesday morning, helped by overnight gains in U.S. stocks.時事通信社 による

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Monday that it expects the global economy to grow 3.1pctin 2025, down 0.2 point from its previous forecast released last December.時事通信社 による

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has raised its stakes in five major Japanese trading houses, it was learned Monday.時事通信社 による

Chubu Electric Power Co. has begun dismantling the pressure vessel of the No. 2 reactor at its Hamaoka nuclear plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.時事通信社 による

The U.S. Justice Department has asked a Washington court to postpone oral arguments in a lawsuit filed by Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. against the U.S. government for blocking its planned acquisition of United States Steel Corp., it was learned Monday.時事通信社 による

Recounting the sarin deadly nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult 30 years ago, a former emergency room physician has described the fear of having to treat large numbers of patients without knowing what happened to them at the very first stage of the incident.…

A court in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, has sentenced detained Japanese citizen Masatoshi Nakanishi to seven years in prison for spying, Russia's Tass state news agency said Monday.時事通信社 による

Japan expressed regret over U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports at a virtual meeting of the Group of Seven finance ministers on Monday, Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said.時事通信社 による

Over 10 million advance tickets are likely to be sold for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, Masakazu Tokura, chief of its organizing group, said Monday.時事通信社 による

Japan's National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations, or Zen-Noh, said Monday that it will distribute government-stockpiled rice it bought at an auction last week to reliable wholesalers as soon as possible.時事通信社 による

The average monthly pay of full-time workers in Japan rose 3.8pctfrom the previous year to 330,400 yen in 2024, posting the sharpest increase since 1991, amid growing momentum for wage hikes, government data showed Monday.時事通信社 による

Japanese singer and actress Ayumi Ishida, known for her hit tune "Blue Light Yokohama," died of hypothyroidism at a Tokyo hospital on March 11. She was 76.時事通信社 による

School doctors in Japan still have to take the risk of facing complaints from parents about their children's body parts being exposed during regular health checkups although the education ministry took measures to soothe such parental anxiety over a year ago.時事通信社 による

The Chicago Cubs, currently in Japan for their 2025 opening series at Tokyo Dome, is analyzing players' pitching forms with support from Japan's Next Base Corp.時事通信社 による

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Monday it now aims to restart a reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, in the fiscal year starting next month.時事通信社 による

The upcoming World Exposition in Osaka Prefecture offers an opportunity for small manufacturers in the western Japan prefecture to showcase their sophisticated technologies to the world.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday admitted that there was a "gap" between him giving out gift certificates to lawmakers and social norms.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government plans to expand in fiscal 2025 the scope of people eligible for financial aid given to those who move out of Tokyo, and live and find work in rural areas, in order to tackle regional labor shortages.時事通信社 による

A new medical center equipped with advanced instruments has opened at the site of the former West Futenma Housing Area in Okinawa Prefecture, which was returned to Japan from the U.S. military in 2015.時事通信社 による