The estimated number of children under 15 in Japan as of April 1 fell by 350,000 from a year before to 13.66 million, down for the 44th consecutive year, the internal affairs ministry said Sunday.時事通信社 による

Asian Development Bank President Masato Kanda on Sunday stressed the importance of addressing in a new approach rapidly growing uncertainties over the world economy attributed to factors including U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs.時事通信社 による

Relatives of Japanese people kidnapped by North Korea decades ago urged the reclusive country Sunday to release the abduction victims early.時事通信社 による

Police officer, as well as cake shop and bakery worker ranked high on the list of dream jobs among children in Japan, a private-sector survey has found.時事通信社 による

China's Foreign Ministry on Sunday protested to Japan over an incident the previous day in which a Chinese helicopter flew in Japanese airspace around the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands.時事通信社 による

A man arrested for attempted murder after plowing his car into elementary school children in western Japan this month has told police that he dislikes people living without hardship, investigative sources said Sunday.時事通信社 による

Prominent U.S. investor Warren Buffett said Saturday that his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will keep holding shares in five major Japanese traders over the long-term.時事通信社 による

Citizens supporting and opposing a revision of Japan's Constitution held their respective events in Tokyo on Constitution Day in the country on Saturday.時事通信社 による

Japanese police on Saturday arrested a man, 27, for allegedly abandoning a body that was found in a bag in his house in the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan.時事通信社 による

Saturday marked the 38th anniversary of a gun attack on the Asahi Shimbun major Japanese daily's Hanshin bureau in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, that killed one reporter and seriously injured another.時事通信社 による

A Chinese helicopter flew in Japanese airspace around the Senkaku Islands for about 15 minutes on Saturday after taking off from a Chinese coast guard ship that intruded into Japanese territorial waters around the island chain in the East China Sea, Japan's Defense Ministry said.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed on Saturday to urge the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to reconsider all of its additional tariff measures introduced recently.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba suggested Saturday that he will place top priority on emergency responses and the clarification of the Self-Defense Forces in a proposed overhaul of the Constitution.時事通信社 による

The organizers of the ongoing World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka have broadly agreed to preserve part of the Grand Ring, the iconic wooden structure at the Expo venue, after the end of the six-month event.時事通信社 による

Japanese Princess Aiko delivered an address at the opening ceremony of the 23rd meeting of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine in Tokyo on Saturday.時事通信社 による

Senior officials of Japan's ruling and opposition parties in a television debate Saturday broadly agreed on the need to regulate false social media information regarding elections but were apart over specific measures.時事通信社 による

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump introduced an additional tariff of 25pcton imported auto parts at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Saturday.時事通信社 による

Japan placed 66th, the lowest among the Group of Seven major countries, in the 2025 freedom of press rankings announced by Reporters Without Borders, or RSF, on Friday.時事通信社 による

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump told Japan in their second ministerial meeting on Washington's tariff policy that it aims to focus mainly on reciprocal tariffs in its negotiations with Tokyo while not including duties on automobiles, steel and aluminum, it was learned Friday.時事通信社 による

The Japan Transport Safety Board said Friday an investigation of an ambulance helicopter that fatally crashed last month has found that a key component controlling the aircraft's body had been broken.時事通信社 による

Japan's Supreme Court Chief Justice Yukihiko Imasaki has vowed to handle "appropriately and speedily" cases in which requests for retrial are made after guilty verdicts were finalized.時事通信社 による

A 105-year-old former Japanese soldier has recalled his experience of surviving the battle of Imphal in northeastern India during World War II.時事通信社 による

Some in the Japanese government are hoping that U.S. President Donald Trump will visit the ongoing 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka, possibly on his country's national day at the Expo on July 19.時事通信社 による

The House of Representatives' Commission on the Constitution is holding active discussions at a time when Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is leading a minority government.時事通信社 による

Three Japan Railways Group firms reported sales and profit growth for the year ended in March thanks to brisk travel demand from visitors to the country.時事通信社 による

Three of seven major Japanese trading companies expect to post lower consolidated profits for the year ending in March 2026, citing uncertainty surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump's trade policies.時事通信社 による

Ten major Japanese securities firms will compensate for damages from unauthorized trades linked to hacked online accounts, the Japan Securities Dealers Association said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese airlines ANA Holdings Inc. and Japan Airlines posted solid sales growth for the year ended in March thanks to robust demand from foreign visitors to the country and outbound business passengers.時事通信社 による

Japan is preparing to make available 24 new correctional courses at prisons and other facilities ahead of the June 1 reform of imprisonment penalties.時事通信社 による

Central Nippon Expressway Co. said Friday it will not ask drivers to pay tolls it failed to collect when the electronic toll collection system was not available on some expressways in Japan due to a glitch in April.時事通信社 による

Japanese Emperor Naruhito met with San Marino Captains Regent Denise Bronzetti and Italo Righi at his residence in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's average ratio of job openings to job seekers in fiscal 2024 fell 0.04 point from the previous year to 1.25, down for the second consecutive year, the labor ministry said Friday.時事通信社 による

A search team on Friday found a person inside the cab of a truck that fell into a sinkhole created on a road in Saitama Prefecture in January and confirmed the death of what appeared to be the 74-year-old driver of the truck.時事通信社 による

An employee at the Japanese Imperial Household Agency has been dismissed for allegedly stealing 3.6 million yen set aside for personal expenses for Japanese Emperor Naruhito and his family.時事通信社 による

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Four Japanese automakers Thursday reported rises in new vehicles sales in the United States in April, boosted by last-minute demand reflecting concern that car prices will rise due to the additional automotive tariffs.時事通信社 による

Japan and the United States held the second round of their tariff negotiations in Washington on Thursday.時事通信社 による

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. said Thursday that it will punish eight executives over insider trading involving a former department chief at its Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank unit.時事通信社 による

A 28-year-old man was arrested in the western Japan city of Osaka on Thursday on suspicion of attempted murder after ramming his car into seven elementary school children.時事通信社 による

Japanese bearing maker MinebeaMitsumi Inc. said Thursday that it will raise its tender offer for domestic sensor maker Shibaura Electronics Co. to 5,500 yen per share from 4,500 yen.時事通信社 による

Hundreds of people prayed for the victims of Minamata disease in a ceremony in southwestern Japan on Thursday, 69 years after the neurological disorder caused by polluted industrial wastewater was officially recognized.時事通信社 による

Scandal-hit Fuji Television Network Inc. has announced details of its reform plans, including a departure from its four-decade-old slogan focusing on fun.時事通信社 による

Two U.S. proxy advisory companies support proposals that Seven & i Holdings Co. plans to put forward at a shareholders' meeting on May 27, people familiar with the matter said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japanese economic security minister Minoru Kiuchi and his European Union counterpart, Maros Sefcovic, on Wednesday agreed to deepen cooperation on economic security, such as strengthening supply chains.時事通信社 による

Japan's underlying inflation is expected to slow temporarily amid uncertainty over global trade stemming from U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co. said Thursday that it has concluded a nondisclosure agreement with Canadian convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., which has offered to acquire Seven & i.時事通信社 による

The India Pavilion at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka opened Thursday, 18 days after the start of the six-month event in the western Japan city.時事通信社 による

With Japan and the United States set to hold the second round of their tariff negotiations on Thursday, the two sides are expected to discuss Japan's electric vehicle charging format, known as CHAdeMO.時事通信社 による

The remains of three Ainu indigenous people, which had been kept at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, were returned to Japan's Ainu Association of Hokkaido on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

A group of families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago asked for U.S. cooperation Wednesday to resolve the issue.時事通信社 による