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Nippon Ishin to Mull Options Including Non-Cabinet Cooperation
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 on Saturday advanced final negotiations toward forming a coalition government, with Ni...
FIG's Watanabe Shares IOC's Concern over Israeli Gymnasts' Exclusion
Morinari Watanabe, president of the International Gymnastics Federation, or FIG, on Saturday expressed understanding for the International Olympic Com...
Suntory, Sapporo to Halt Gift Beer Sales after Hack on Asahi
Japanese brewers Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Sapporo Breweries Ltd. have announced a partial halt to sales of their beer sets for end-of-year gifts, as...
Japan to Conduct Survey on Online Hate Speech
The Japanese Justice Ministry is considering conducting the first nationwide survey on online hate speech against foreign visitors and residents in fi...
Japan Average Rice Price Falls for 4th Straight Week
The average price of rice sold at some 1,000 supermarkets across Japan in the week through Sunday dropped 63 yen from the previous week to 4,142 yen p...
Japan's 3 Megabanks to Jointly Issue Stablecoins
Japan's three megabanks are planning to jointly issue corporate-use stablecoins pegged to legal tender like the yen and the dollar, aiming to promote...
Baseball Legend Oh, 7 Others to Receive Order of Culture
The Japanese government decided Friday to award the Order of Culture for fiscal 2025 to eight people, including baseball legend Sadaharu Oh, 85, curre...
AZEC Ministers Affirm Importance of Financing for Decarbonization
The 11-country Asia Zero Emission Community held a ministerial meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, affirming the importance of financing for decarboniz...
German Authorities Remove "Comfort Women" Statue
Authorities in a Berlin district said Friday that they have removed a statue symbolizing "comfort women," or those who worked as prostitutes for Japan...
Voices of Sadness over Murayama's Death Pour in from Political World
Members of Japanese ruling and opposition parties expressed their sadness over the death of former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama on Friday.
78 Pct of Japan's Farmers to Keep or Raise Rice Output in 5 Yrs
A total of 78pctof Japan's rice farmers said they plan to maintain or increase production of staple rice in five years, a Japanese agriculture ministr...
China, S. Korea Pay Tribute to Late Japan PM Murayama
China and South Korea paid tribute to former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who died on Friday at the age of 101.
Nippon Ishin Sees Major Progress in Coalition Talks with LDP
The leaders of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 held their second round of policy talks on Friday to form a new coal...
MOF Asked to Change Moritomo Documents Release Order
The widow of a Ministry of Finance official who committed suicide requested Friday that the ministry give priority to releasing email messages and oth...
Japan Gives Water Level Buoy to Flood-Hit Taiwan
The Japanese government donated a water level observation buoy to Taiwan on Friday as part of disaster relief aid.
Man Evaded Detection via Teacher Offense Database by Changing Name
A Japanese man arrested for using a forged teaching license changed his surname repeatedly through adoption, apparently to avoid being identified on a...
Household Disaster Supplies in Japan Found Inadequate
Many Japanese households remain underprepared for disasters, with emergency toilets in short supply particularly, a survey released by the Cabinet Off...
Body Found after Possible Bear Attack at Onsen Facility in Iwate
A male body was found near where a bear was hunted in a wooded area in the northeastern Japan city of Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, at around 9 a.m. on...
Japan to Elect New Prime Minister on Tues.
Japan's ruling and opposition parties on Friday basically agreed to hold a parliamentary vote to appoint a new prime minister on Tuesday, the first da...
Japan's Koizumi Vows to Block Eel Trade Restrictions
Japanese fisheries minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Friday that he will work to block the adoption of a proposal making all eel species, including the J...
LDP's Takaichi Makes Ritual Offering to Yasukuni Shrine
Sanae Takaichi, president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, made a "tamagushi " ritual offering to war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on F...
Update) Ex-Japanese PM Murayama, Known for War Remorse Statement, Dies
Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, one of the few Socialists ever to lead Japan and renowned for a landmark 1995 statement expressing r...
Nippon Ishin Says Cutting Diet Seats Must for Coalition
The leader of Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除, Hirofumi Yoshimura, said Friday that cutting the number of lawmakers is a nonnegotiable condition for a poss...
Remains of Girl Returned to Family 14 Years after Tsunami
The remains of a six-year-old girl who was washed away by the March 2011 tsunami have been returned to her family.
Japan's Princess Aiko to Visit Laos from Nov. 17
Japanese Princess Aiko is scheduled to make an official six-day visit to Laos starting on Nov. 17, according to a plan approved by the Japanese govern...
Ex-Japan PM Murayama Dies at 101
Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama has died, an informed source said Friday.
Damages Awarded to S. Asian over Tokyo Police Dispute Handling
Tokyo High Court has awarded damages to a South Asian woman and her 8-year-old daughter, who has Japanese nationality, over a police officer's handlin...
G-20 Finance Heads Warn of Emerging Risks
Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 major economies warned of emerging downside risks to the global economy at their two-da...
U.S. Tariffs Remain Downside Risk: BOJ Ueda
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Thursday that the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's high tariffs remains a downside risk.
Fukushima Pref. Promotes Sake, "Shochu" in New York
The prefectural government of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, has held an event at a Japanese restaurant in New York to promote sake, "shochu" distille...
Digitized Sounds of A-Bomb-Surviving Piano Unveiled
The sounds of a piano that survived the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima 80 years ago have been digitized.
Onsen Worker Missing in Possible Bear Attack in Iwate Pref.
An onsen hot spring facility worker went missing on Thursday in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate in a possible bear attack.
Chiba Gov. Demands Approval for Quoting His Social Media Posts
Chiba Governor Toshihito Kumagai said Thursday that media reporters should obtain his permission before publishing stories that quote his social media...
7 Key Members of Major Bank Account Brokerage Ring Arrested
The Aichi prefectural police department on Thursday arrested seven key figures of an organization that allegedly took over bank accounts to sell them...
Nearly 70 Pct of Japanese Firms See Expo Economic Benefits
Nearly 70pctof Japanese companies believe that the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka was beneficial to the domestic economy, a survey by research firm Te...
BOJ May Hit Price Target in 2nd Half of FY 2025: Policymaker
Bank of Japan policymaker Naoki Tamura on Thursday expressed the view that the central bank's 2pctprice stability target may be achieved in the second...
TEPCO to Mull Scrapping 2 Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Reactors
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa said Thursday that the company will consider decommissioning the No. 1 and No....
Man Held in Japan over Female Celeb Deepfakes Made with AI
Tokyo police have arrested a 31-year-old man for allegedly creating fake sexual images of female celebrities with generative artificial intelligence t...
Japan Seeks G-7 Unity over China's Rare Earth Export Controls
The Group of Seven major countries should unite in responding to China's tighter rare earth export controls, Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato...
Japan City of Sendai Shoots Bear under Revised Law
The northeastern Japanese city of Sendai has shot dead a bear under a revised law that allows municipal governments to decide whether to shoot the ani...