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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...
Japan Top Court Backs Bear Hunter, Overturns High Court Ruling
The Supreme Court on Friday backed a hunter seeking to cancel the revocation of his gun license that had been decided after he shot a bear at the requ...
Kobayashi Pharma Rejects Management Reform Proposals
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. rejected Friday management reform proposals by the top shareholder in the Osaka-based producer of health problem-causing...
Murakami-Linked Firm Aims to Buy Fuji Media's Real Estate Biz
Atra, an investment firm linked to Japanese activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami, has proposed together with others to acquire Fuji Media Holdings Inc....
Iran's Envoy Seeks Japan Leadership for Ending Conflict
Iranian Ambassador to Japan Peyman Saadat urged Tokyo on Thursday to play a leading role in helping end the U.S.-Iran conflict.
Japan Specified Skilled Workers Hit Record 390,296
Foreign residents in Japan holding the country's specified skilled worker status totaled a record 390,296 at the end of 2025, the Immigration Services...
Shizuoka Financial, Bank of Nagoya Reach Merger Agreement
Shizuoka Financial Group Inc., the parent of Shizuoka Bank, and Bank of Nagoya said Friday that they have reached basic agreement to merge operations...
Japan Sees Fewest-Ever Suicides in 2025
The number of lives lost to suicide fell below 20,000 for the first time on record in Japan last year, a revised government report showed Friday.
Japan to Introduce 10-Yr Residency Requirement for Nationality
Japan will implement a 10-year residency requirement for foreigners seeking nationality, starting Wednesday, Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi said F...
Japan Adopts New Target to Address Overtourism
The Japanese government adopted a new target Friday to increase the number of regions implementing measures against overtourism from 47 in 2025 to 100...
Japan Govt Adopts 8.5-Trillion-Yen Stopgap Budget
The Japanese government adopted a stopgap budget plan with 8,564.1 billion yen in general-account spending on Friday to cover expenditures for the fir...
Japan Destroyer Set for Tomahawk Duty after Refit
The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Chokai, currently deployed to the United States, has completed upgrades and crew training f...
Hikone's Hikonyan Mascot to Mark 20 Years of Debut in April
"Hikonyan," the beloved official white cat mascot of the city of Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, will mark the 20th anniversary of its debu...
86-Yr-Old "Super Volunteer" Excited to Go Back to School
Haruo Obata, an 86-year-old man who is known in Japan as the "super volunteer" for his disaster relief work throughout the country, looks forward to a...
Chilean Man Gets Life Term in France over Missing Japanese Woman
A court in Lyon, France, on Thursday sentenced a Chilean man facing murder charges over a case in which a Japanese woman went missing in France in 201...
Japan to Lift Restrictions on Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plants
The Japanese government plans to lifts for one year from April the restrictions imposed on the operations of coal-fired thermal power plant, in order...
LDP Still Halfway to Regaining Trust: Draft Policy Platform
The Liberal Democratic Party says in the draft of its 2026 policy platform approved at a party council Thursday that the Japanese ruling party is stil...
Rohm, Toshiba, Mitsubishi Electric Eye Power Chip Integration
Japan's Rohm Co., Toshiba Corp. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. will start discussions on integrating their power semiconductor operations, it was learn...
Woman Stabbed to Death in Tokyo's Sunshine City Complex
A woman was stabbed to death in the Sunshine City commercial complex in the Higashi-ikebukuro district of Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Thursday.
Trump Understands Japan's Limits over MSDF Deployment: Takaichi
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested Thursday that she has gained U.S. President Donald Trump's understanding of Japan's constitutional co...
Noted Foreign Economists Advise Japan to Improve Primary Balance
Renowned foreign economists on Thursday proposed that the Japanese government achieve a primary budget balance within several years in light of rising...
OECD Keeps 2026 Global Growth Forecast at 2.9 Pct
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development maintained its global economic growth forecast at 2.9pctfor 2026, in its latest Economic Out...
Hokkaido City Reaches Settlement over Bullied Girl's Death
The city government of Asahikawa, Hokkaido, agreed Thursday to pay 70 million yen to settle the high-profile case of a 14-year-old girl who was found...
BOJ Introduces CPI Excluding Impact of Policy Measures
The Bank of Japan on Thursday began releasing a consumer price index that excludes the impact of policy measures, including free education and energy...
Daishi Hokuetsu, Gunma Bank Reach Final Biz Integration Accord
Japanese regional lenders Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group Inc. and Gunma Bank said Thursday that they have reached a definitive agreement to integrate...
Family of Late Ohkawara Executive to File Suit over Judges' Decisions
The bereaved family of a former adviser to Japanese machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., who died while being wrongfully charged with illegal exports...
Head of Sex Worker Scouting Group Sentenced to Over 4 Years
Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced the leader of a sex worker scouting group to four years and six months in prison for violating the employme...
Fuji Media Urges Activist Investors to Sell Stakes
Fuji Media Holdings Inc. has urged Japanese activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami and his first daughter, Aya Nomura, to sell their stakes in the Japane...
Hokkaido Zoo Operator Accused of Unauthorized Development
Police in the northern Japan prefecture of Hokkaido have sent papers on the operator of a now-closed zoo and its 58-year-old former president to publi...
1.5-M.-Yen Fine Sought for Ex-Lawmaker Ono over Funds Scandal
Japanese public prosecutors on Thursday sought a fine of 1.5 million yen against former Japanese lawmaker Yasutada Ono, who allegedly failed to record...
Tokyo Event Promotes Japan's Food Technology
The Japanese government has held an event in Tokyo to promote the country's food technology, including plant factories, land aquaculture and alternati...
Japan Top Court to Issue Unified Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage
Japan's Supreme Court is expected to issue a unified ruling on whether law provisions not allowing same-sex marriage are constitutional, as six relate...
Japan Begins 1st Release of State Oil Reserves in 4 Years
The Japanese government began releasing the country's state oil reserves on Thursday, in an effort to ensure a stable supply of oil products amid Iran...