Aichi prefectural police Thursday arrested a 24-year-old man on suspicion of abandoning in the central Japan prefecture a body that may be that of a missing female.時事通信社 による

Japan's core consumer prices in fiscal 2024 rose 2.7pctfrom the previous year, mainly reflecting rising prices of rice and other food items, internal affairs ministry data showed Friday.時事通信社 による

Two Renault SA executives, including Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard, will step down from the board of directors of Nissan Motor Co., Nissan said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan's parliament Friday enacted a bill to revise child-related laws to enhance the protection of kids from abuse.時事通信社 による

The House of Councillors, the upper chamber of Japan's parliament, on Friday began deliberations on an active cyberdefense bill.時事通信社 による

Japan's parliament on Friday enacted a bill to allow municipalities to give the go-ahead for shooting wild bears in urban areas.時事通信社 による

A Japanese government advisory panel will start discussions Monday to review the country's retrial system for criminal cases in which guilty verdicts have become final, Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Friday.時事通信社 による

A University of Osaka team has said that it became the world's first to make elaborate miniature livers from human induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells.時事通信社 による

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had "very productive" discussions in the first round of tariff negotiations with Japan the previous day.時事通信社 による

UNESCO's executive board on Thursday added Buddhist scriptures kept at Tokyo's Zojoji Temple to its Memory of the World register, making it the ninth Japanese inscription.時事通信社 による

Seven & i Holdings Co. said Thursday that it will promote Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Executive Officer Tomohiro Akutsu to president of its major convenience store chain subsidiary.時事通信社 による

SBI Holdings Inc. Chairman and President Yoshitaka Kitao on Thursday criticized embattled Fuji Media Holdings Inc.'s management renewal plan as inadequate.時事通信社 による

The Yamanashi prefectural government said Thursday that it will begin accepting online reservations for climbing Mount Fuji from the central Japan prefecture on April 24.時事通信社 による

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has most support from eligible voters ahead of this summer's election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

People who oppose appointing Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers involved in the ruling party's political funds scandal to important government or party posts reached 64.1pctof respondents in a Jiji Press poll this month.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday called on U.S. chipmaking giant Advanced Micro Devices Inc. to cooperate with Japan in developing artificial intelligence technologies.時事通信社 による

Elementary school sixth graders and junior high school third graders across Japan took the education ministry's annual national achievement test Thursday, and the junior high schoolers' science test was conducted in a computer-based format from Monday.時事通信社 による

The recent forest fire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, burned about 3,370 hectares, making it the biggest wildfire in the country in decades, the city government said Thursday.時事通信社 による

The Japan Fair Trade Commission has decided to warn 15 operators of luxury hotels in Tokyo for sharing price and other information in a possible cartel, it was learned Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa discussed U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies with officials of Japanese companies in Washington on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

A man sentenced to death in China over an attack on two Japanese people that left a Chinese woman dead has been executed, people familiar with the matter said Thursday.時事通信社 による

The public approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet fell to 23.1pctin April, hitting the lowest level since he took office in October last year, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday praised the first round of Japan-U.S. talks on the tariff policy of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration held in Washington the previous day.時事通信社 による

Japan ran a trade deficit of 5,221.7 billion yen in fiscal 2024, marking the fourth straight year of red ink, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japanese comedian Takaaki Ishibashi on Wednesday apologized for his involvement in a dinner that has been recognized as a sexual harassment case similar to a scandal involving former television star Masahiro Nakai.時事通信社 による

Many in Japan have recently fallen victim to scams in which their online securities accounts are hijacked and used to trade shares, possibly for market manipulation by criminal groups.時事通信社 による

Three Japanese people, including actor Hiroyuki Sanada, are among Time's 100 most influential people in the world, according to a list released by the U.S. magazine on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

A Japanese group said Thursday that it succeeded in improving symptoms of Parkinson's disease patients with nerve cells produced from induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells.時事通信社 による

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, visiting the United States to urge Washington to reconsider its tariff policy, met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Reciprocal tariffs imposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump are feared to throw cold water on Japan's efforts to expand its exports of agricultural, forestry, fishery and food products to the United States.時事通信社 による

The victim of Monday's fatal stabbing in Saitama, north of Tokyo, may have been a random target, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government's gasoline subsidies will be set at zero yen per liter for the week from Thursday, down from 4.40 yen the previous week, reflecting lower crude oil prices and a stronger yen, the industry ministry said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's welfare ministry plans to give up a plan to increase benefits under the country's basic public pension program by utilizing reserve funds of the "kosei nenkin" pension program for corporate employees, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday morning that he will attend a U.S.-Japan ministerial meeting on tariffs in Washington later in the day.時事通信社 による

U.S. investment firm Dalton Investments, a major shareholder in Fuji Media Holdings Inc., said Wednesday that it will propose 12 candidates for the troubled media group's board of directors, including SBI Holdings Inc. Chairman and President Yoshitaka Kitao.時事通信社 による

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has decided not to field Sayaka Watanabe Kankolongo, former head of a nonprofit organization, in the Tokyo electoral district in this summer's House of Councillors election, informed sources said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Honda Motor Co. plans to shift domestic production of a hybrid model of the Civic sedan to its plant in the U.S. state of Indiana as early as June to mitigate the impact of U.S. tariffs, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is facing a backlash from opposition parties and some members of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party as he is reportedly coordinating not to submit a supplementary budget during the ongoing ordinary session of the Diet.時事通信社 による

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has referred television celebrity Dewi Sukarno, 85, to public prosecutors on a charge of assaulting an woman, it was learned Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Environment Ministry is urging people to dispose of lithium-ion batteries properly as they can catch fire when mixed with other waste under certain conditions.時事通信社 による

The estimated number of visitors to Japan hit a record high for March, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's average retail price of regular gasoline rose 0.2 yen from a week before to 186.5 yen per liter as of Monday, matching the record high marked in September 2023, the industry ministry said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Actor Ryoko Hirosue was released Wednesday from police custody over her alleged assault against a nurse at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, after being involved in a car accident on an expressway earlier this month.時事通信社 による

An inauguration ceremony was held in the northern India city of Agra on Tuesday to mark the reopening of a public school whose building has been renovated by a Japanese prefecture and nonprofit organization.時事通信社 による

The Japanese agriculture ministry said Wednesday that it will hold the third auction of its reserved rice April 23-25.時事通信社 による

A record 76pctof Taiwanese people view Japan as the most favored country, a triennial survey has shown.時事通信社 による

Family members Wednesday mourned the death of a then 22-year-old university student who was killed in one of the big earthquakes that hit Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in 2016.時事通信社 による

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in February grew 4.3pctfrom the previous month, the first increase in three months, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan's parliament Wednesday enacted a bill to facilitate restoration of ports damaged by natural disasters for use as transportation bases for relief supplies.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is coordinating to forgo submitting a supplementary budget for fiscal 2025, which began this month, during the current ordinary session of the Diet, it was learned Tuesday.時事通信社 による