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Stricter Penalties for Insults Not Needed Now: Govt
Japan's Justice Ministry has decided that there is no need to further toughen punishment for the crime of insults or to newly impose penalties for lib...
Prudential Life Sets Up 3rd-Party Panel to Investigate Fraud
Prudential Life Insurance Co. said Tuesday that it has set up a third-party committee to investigate widespread fraud by its employees targeting custo...
Japan to Mull Punishments on Paying for Sex
Japanese Justice Minister Hiroshi Haraguchi said Tuesday that his ministry will set up a panel of experts to consider introducing punishments on payin...
Posts Linked to Defense, Constitution Soar Just before Voting
The number of social media posts referring to national security and constitution revisions rocketed toward the end of the official campaign period for...
Japanese Snowboarder Murase Wins Gold at Milan-Cortina
Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase won the gold medal in the women's big air event at the Milan-Cortina Olympics on Monday, becoming the first Japanes...
FOCUS: Tough Road Ahead for Japan's Fiscal Management
Despite the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's overwhelming victory in Sunday's House of Representatives election, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaic...
Lawsuits Filed to Void Japan Lower House Election
A group of lawyers filed a lawsuit Monday to nullify the results of Sunday's House of Representatives election for all of the 289 single-seat constitu...
LDP Sweeps Single-Seat Constituencies in 31 Prefectures
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party won every single-seat constituency in 31 of Japan's 47 prefectures in Sunday's House of Representatives election.
Sony to End Blu-ray Disc Recorder Shipments
Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. said Monday that it will stop shipping all Blu-ray Disc recorders starting in February, as the market for such p...
Takaichi Aims to Build Consensus on Tax Cut by Summer
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday that she aims to build a consensus among political parties on a consumption tax cut by this summer.
Japan Lower House Election Winners Aged 54.7 on Average
The average age of people who won seats in Sunday's election for Japan's House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of parliament, was...
TEPCO's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Reactor Back Online
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Monday it restarted the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture th...
Nikkei Hits Another High after LDP's Landslide Election Victory
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average soared to another all-time closing high on Monday, following the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's sweeping...
Centrist Reform Alliance Co-Leaders Announce Resignations
The two co-leaders of the Centrist Reform Alliance announced their resignations on Monday, following the major opposition party's crushing defeat in J...
68 Women Elected to Japan's Lower House, 2nd Highest on Record
Sixty-eight women were elected to Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, in Sunday's vote, the second highest figure.
Japan's Real Wages Fall 1.3 Pct in 2025
Japan's inflation-adjusted real wages in 2025 fell 1.3pctfrom the previous year, down for the fourth consecutive year, due to price increases for food...
Trump Congratulates Takaichi on Election Victory
U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her ruling Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory in Sunday'...
Japan's 2025 Current Account Surplus Hits Record
Japan's current account surplus in 2025 rose 11.1pctfrom the previous year to a record 31,879.9 billion yen, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminar...
Japan Wins Figure Skating Team Silver at Milan-Cortina
Japan won the silver medal in the figure skating team event at the Milan-Cortina Olympics on Sunday, as it did at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Japan Biz Community Welcomes LDP's Stunning Election Win
Japan's business community welcomes the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory in Sunday's House of Representatives election to regain a...
LDP Members Relieved after Landslide Victory in Lower House Election
Members of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party expressed relief that voters entrusted Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration with a mandat...
Takaichi to Ask U.S. to Participate in Rare Earth Mining
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said she will ask the United States to participate in the deep-sea mining of rare earths near Minamitorishi...
Takaichi to Seek Int'l Understanding over Yasukuni Visit
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi indicated Sunday that she will work to win the understanding of the international community, including the Unit...
Taiwan Pres. Lai Congratulates Takaichi on Election Victory
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her Liberal Democratic Party's victory in the election for th...
U.S. Envoy to Japan Congratulates Takaichi over Election Win
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi over her ruling Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victor...
DPFP Rejects Joining Japan's Ruling Bloc
The opposition Democratic Party for the People has rejected the possibility of joining Japan's governing coalition, after the main ruling Liberal Demo...
Noda Hints at Resigning as Centrist Reform Alliance Co-Head
Centrist Reform Alliance co-chief Yoshihiko Noda suggested Sunday that he may step down from the leadership post following the party's poor result in...
LDP Wins Mandate for Takaichi's Policies: Suzuki
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party has won a mandate for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's policy goals in Sunday's general election, Secretary-General Sh...
Osaka Governor Yoshimura, Mayor Yokoyama Secure Re-Election
Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura and Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama secured re-election in Sunday's polls in the western Japan prefecture and its capi...
Centrists' Exec Rules Out Split-Up after Lower House Poll
Centrist Reform Alliance co-secretary-general Hiromasa Nakano on Sunday ruled out the possibility of the newly formed opposition party splitting up fo...
Japan Ruling Bloc May Win 300 Seats in Lower House Election: Exit Poll
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, may win around 300 seats in Sunday's election for the H...
Japan's Prince Hisahito Attends Biotope Competition Event
Japan's Prince Hisahito on Sunday attended a presentation event of a national competition for biotopes at schools and child care facilities, held at t...
Record 27.01 M. People Vote Early in Japan General Election
A record 27,017,098 people cast early votes for single-seat constituencies in Sunday's House of Representatives election in Japan, according to the in...
Snowboarder Kimura Wins Japan's 1st Milan-Cortina Gold
Snowboarder Kira Kimura won the men's big air final at the Milan-Cortina Olympics on Saturday, gaining the first gold medal for Japan in the quadrenni...
Voting Starts in General Election in Japan
Voting started across Japan in Sunday's House of Representatives election, in which Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi seeks a public mandate after her Lib...
British Museum Holding "Samurai" Exhibition
The British Museum in London is holding an exhibition on "samurai," exploring the reality of the Japanese feudal-era warriors through furnishings, wor...
2026 POLLS: Party Leaders Make Final Appeals to Voters
Japanese party leaders made their final appeals to voters Saturday, the last day of the official campaign period for Sunday's House of Representatives...
2026 POLLS: No Deep Debate on Espionage Prevention Law
There was no deep debate during campaigns for Sunday's general election on measures to enhance intelligence capabilities, such as an espionage prevent...
Japan to Invest in Thermal Power, Diamonds, Ports in U.S.
Japan is seen selecting gas-fired power generation, synthetic diamonds and ports as the first round of 550-billion-dollar investments and loans it agr...
Diver Dies in Underwater Mine Survey in Japan
A male diver died Saturday after falling ill during a survey to search for the remains of victims of the 1942 underwater coal mine disaster off Ube, Y...