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Japanese Communist Party-Backed Candidate Wins Mayoral Race
A candidate backed by the Japanese Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party beat the incumbent in the mayoral election in the city of Kiyose in...
10-Year Sentence to Be Finalized over Attack on Ex-PM Kishida
Japan's Supreme Court has upheld lower court rulings sentencing a 27-year-old man to 10 years in prison for attacking then Prime Minister Fumio Kishid...
Japan Moves to Steady Naphtha Supply for Medical Care
The Japanese government has moved to secure naphtha supplies to avert disruption to medical care amid Middle East fuel concerns, Prime Minister Sane T...
Japan Urges China to Lift Sanctions against Lawmaker Furuya
The Japanese government urged China on Monday to lift sanctions against a member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party who heads a suprapartisan...
Ex-Mayor of Ito, Central Japan, Indicted over Academic Fraud
Public prosecutors on Monday indicted without arrest Maki Takubo, former mayor of the city of Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on suspicions i...
TEPCO to Start Commercial Operations of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Reactor
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Friday that the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, cen...
Firms Boosting Student-Employee Interactions to Secure New Talent
A Jiji Press survey of 100 major Japanese companies has found that some of them are increasing opportunities for students seeking jobs to interact wit...
Japan's Emperor Meets with Indonesian President
Japan's Emperor Naruhito held a meeting with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and had lunch together at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan Aiming to Attract More Foreign Visitors to National Parks
The Japanese Environment Ministry aims to raise the annual number of foreign visitors to national parks in the country to 14 million by 2030, up 1.4-f...
Japan FY 2024 Corporate Taxes Hit Record 18.68 T. Yen
Japan's corporate taxes amounted to a record 18,682.2 billion yen in fiscal 2024, National Tax Agency data showed Monday.
Tokyo Stocks Plunge on Middle East Woes
Tokyo stocks tumbled Monday amid rising crude oil prices reflecting concerns over a prolonged conflict between the U.S.-Israeli side and Iran.
Shizuoka's Premium Melons Hit Aussie Mart
High-end muskmelons produced in Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture have started hitting the Australian market amid growing interest in Japanese food culture...
4 Japanese Crew Leave Vessels in Persian Gulf
Four Japanese crew members of vessels stranded in the Persian Gulf due to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz went ashore in the early hours...
F-35As Deployed at U.S. Misawa Base in Japan for 1st Time
Four advanced F-35A stealth fighters have arrived at the U.S. military's Misawa base in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, marking the first deplo...
China Sanctions Japanese Lawmaker Furuya
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Monday that the country will impose sanctions on Keiji Furuya, a member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party w...
Japan Lower House Passes Stopgap Budget
Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, or parliament, at a plenary meeting on Monday passed a stopgap state budget to cover...
BOJ Member Saw Need to Avoid Delay in Rate Hikes: Summary
A Bank of Japan policymaker at the latest monetary policy meeting stressed the importance of the central bank being proactive in raising interest rate...
Japan Official Hints at Possible Market Intervention
Japanese Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs Atsushi Mimura on Monday hinted at the possibility of Japanese authorities intervening in...
Japan Marks 10 Years since Landmark Security Legislation Took Effect
Japan marked the 10th anniversary of the implementation of its landmark national security legislation on Sunday, as the scope of activity of its Self-...
1 in 4 Children Have Used Generative AI at School: Private Survey
One in four children in Japan have used generative artificial intelligence in elementary or junior high school classes, according to a recent private...
CDP Stops Short of Specifying When to Merge into CRA
The opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan adopted its fiscal 2026 campaign policy at a regular party convention on Sunday, stopping shor...
Settlement of HIV-Tainted Blood Scandal Marks 30 Years
Sunday marked the 30th anniversary of the settlement of a class-action lawsuit filed by hemophilia patients in Japan who contracted HIV through the ad...
Tokyo Police Search SDF Base over Chinese Embassy Trespassing
Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department on Sunday searched locations related to a Ground Self-Defense Force member accused of trespassing into the the...
Some LDP Members Eye FY 2026 Budget Passage on April 7
Now that the Japanese government's fiscal 2026 budget bill will likely not be enacted by the end of fiscal 2025 on Tuesday, some in the ruling Liberal...
BOJ Lifts Neutral Rate Estimate to 1.1-2.5 Pct
The Bank of Japan has revised its estimate of the so-called neutral interest rate, a key concept in monetary policy management, to 1.1pctto 2.5pctin n...
Sakura Internet Formally Selected as "Govt Cloud" Provider
Japan's Digital Agency has formally selected Sakura Internet Inc. and four major U.S. companies as service providers for the "government cloud" common...
Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom in Tokyo
The Japan Meteorological Agency said Saturday that its sample Somei-Yoshino cherry tree at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward has reached full bl...
1 Month On, Iran Conflict Fuels Worries over Businesses, Households
One month after the United States and Israel began attacking Iran, concerns are growing in Japan that soaring crude oil prices could lead to even high...
Shizuoka Pref. Set to Approve Maglev Construction
Shizuoka Prefecture's special committee has approved environmental conservation measures for a section in the central Japan prefecture of the planned...
JR East Fully Opens Takanawa Gateway City
East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, on Saturday fully opened Takanawa Gateway City, a large-scale redevelopment district in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
CPTPP Members, EU Vow to Spearhead WTO Reform
The 12 member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and the European Union said in a joint statement...
G-7 Foreign Chiefs Call for Safe Navigation in Hormuz
The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven major countries adopted a joint statement at their two-day meeting near Paris, France, through Friday, cal...
G-7 Foreign Chiefs Affirm Cooperation over Iran
Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven major countries agreed Friday to aim for an early resolution of the situation over Iran, which is in conflict...
SoftBank Group to Get 40 B. Dlrs for Investment in OpenAI
Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group Corp. said Friday that it has concluded a bridge loan contract of up to 40 billion dollars with five banks...
Japanese Manga Artist Yoshiharu Tsuge Dies at 88
Prominent Japanese manga artist Yoshiharu Tsuge, best known for "Nejishiki," which was published in 1968, died of aspiration pneumonia at a hospital i...
Hyogo Governor Not Indicted over Info Leak Case
Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office on Friday decided not to indict Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito and two others in connection with the leaking of...
Japan to Raise Coal-Fired Power Plant Operating Rate
Japan's industry ministry decided Friday to raise the operating rate of coal-fired thermal power plants for one year from April, amid uncertainty over...
Foreign Residents in Japan Reach Record 4.12 M.
The number of foreign residents in Japan as of the end of 2025 rose 9.5pctfrom a year earlier to a record 4,125,395, exceeding 4 million for the first...
Ambassador Praises Japan, S. Korea Leaders' Close Dialogue
Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Mizushima said in a lecture in Seoul on Friday that the two countries maintain good relations "based on the...
Rohm, Toshiba, Mitsubishi Electric to Begin Power Chip Integration Talks
Rohm Co., Toshiba Corp. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. have agreed in principle to start discussions on integrating their power semiconductor operation...