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Several BOJ Policymakers Positive about Rate Hike: Meeting Summary
Several policymakers of the Bank of Japan at its Oct. 29-30 policy-setting meeting expressed the view that the central bank should positively consider...
Horse-Themed Lucky Bags to Hit Japan's 2026 New Year Sale
Major Japanese department stores will sell "fukubukuro" lucky bags for their New Year's sale next year that offer a wide variety of experiences and it...
CDP Exec Raps Govt for Dropping 1-Year Primary Surplus Target
The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's policy chief Satoshi Honjo has criticized Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's plan to scrap...
Facility to Preserve Crashed JR West Train to Be Completed in Dec.
West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, has said a facility to preserve its train that crashed in 2005 and killed more than 100 passengers will be complet...
1st Female Governor Elected in Hiroshima Pref.
Mika Yokota, a former deputy governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, won Sunday's gubernatorial election, becoming the first female governor of the western...
Emperor, Empress Attend National Marine Convention in Mie Pref.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended the 44th National Convention for the Development of an Abundantly Productive Sea in the city of Shima, Mi...
Tsunami Advisory Issued after Quake off Iwate Pref.
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast of Iwate Prefecture in the Tohoku northeastern region following an ear...
4th Avian Flu Outbreak This Season Confirmed in Niigata
The Niigata prefectural government said Sunday that an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed at a poultry farm in the city...
Difficult to Reach Accord on Cutting Diet Seats Soon: LDP Official
Shunichi Suzuki, secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Sunday that it seems difficult to reach an agreement among all parties...
Mother of Thai Girl Forced into Sex Work in Tokyo Detained in Taiwan
The mother of a Thai girl believed to have been forced into sex work at a massage parlor in Tokyo has been detained in Taiwan, it has been learned.
Anti-NHK Group's Head Arrested in Libel Case
Police in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Sunday arrested Takashi Tachibana, head of a political group that criticizes NHK, also known as Japan Br...
Hunters, Authorities Exhausted amid Bear Crisis in Akita Pref.
Amid the unusually frequent occurrence of bear attacks on humans in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, local officials and hunting association memb...
Nippon Ishin Sees Snap Election If Cut in Diet Seats Rejected
Fumitake Fujita, co-leader of Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 in the ruling coalition, said Saturday that dissolving the House of Representatives for a sna...
Emperor, Empress Visit Mie for Marine Convention
Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrived in Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on Saturday to attend the 44th National Convention for the Deve...
Fuji Media Director Resigns over Expense Issue
Fuji Media Holdings Inc. has announced that Executive Managing Director Michiyo Yasuda resigned over her inappropriate expense claims.
Takaichi Plans to Cut Her Own, Other Ministers' Pay
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to revise the public servant remuneration law to cut the salaries of cabinet members including herself du...
Japan, Others Target Quadrupling Sustainable Fuel Use
Japan and other countries said Friday that they will work to quadruple the use of sustainable fuels, such as biofuels and low-carbon hydrogen, by 2035...
Japanese Jazz Composer Miho Hazama Nominated for Grammy
Japanese jazz composer Miho Hazama has been nominated for the 68th Grammy Award in the Best Instrumental Composition category for her piece, "Live Lif...
Ex-Renault Chairman Who Worked to Forge Alliance with Nissan Dies
Louis Schweitzer, former chairman of French auto giant Renault SA, who worked to forge its alliance with Japan's Nissan Motor Co., has died at the age...
Japan, S. Korea to Cooperate on Stable Relationship Development
Vice foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea on Friday agreed that they will communicate repeatedly to develop their countries' future-oriented rel...
Honda Lowers Full-Year Profit Forecast
Honda Motor Co. on Friday lowered its full-year consolidated net profit forecast for the fiscal year ending in March 2026 to 300 billion yen from the...
Japan PM Apologizes for Welfare Benefit Cuts
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday apologized after the Supreme Court ruled the government reductions of welfare benefits to be unlawful...
Japan Govt to Gradually Increase Subsidies to Oil Wholesalers
Japan's industry ministry said Friday it will gradually increase subsidies to oil wholesalers to prevent turmoil and radical fluctuations in gasoline...
Japan Govt Panel Suggests Minimum Access Rice Sales for Staple Food
Japan's Fiscal System Council, which advises the finance minister, proposed at a subcommittee meeting on Friday that the government considers sales of...
Russia Warns of Drills near Island Disputed with Japan
Russian authorities have issued a navigational warning for planned drills near Shikotan, one of the four Russian-held northwestern Pacific islands cla...
Pugwash Conference Pres. Warns of Global Nuclear Test Chain Reaction
Hussain Al-Shahristani, president of the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, expressed concern at a press conference in Tokyo on Friday a...
Takaichi Vows to Scrap Govt Annual Primary Budget Surplus Goal
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that her government plans to withdraw single-fiscal-year targets for turning the primary balance at the ce...
Japan SDF Officers Visit China in Exchange Program
A group of middle-ranking officers from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces visited a Chinese army facility as part of an exchange program between the tw...
Japan's Public Pension Fund Earns 14 T. Yen in July-Sept.
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund said Friday that it earned 14,447.7 billion yen in investment profit in the July-September period thanks to...
6th Ruling Finds Japan Upper House Poll in Unconstitutional State
A high court in Japan ruled Friday that the July 20 House of Councillors election was held "in a state of unconstitutionality" in terms of vote-value...
Japan Recognizes 142 Artisans for Excellence in Craft
Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Friday it has selected 142 artisans with excellence in craft as contemporary master craftspeople who l...
3 Japanese Banks to Receive State Support over Stablecoin Test
Japan's Financial Services Agency said Friday that it will support a pilot project by three major domestic banks to jointly issue stablecoins, a crypt...
Flu Cases Exceed Alert Level in Japan
The average number of new influenza cases per regularly monitored medical institution in Japan in the week through Sunday stood at 14.90, exceeding th...
UNRWA Health Director Says Gaza War Not Over Despite Ceasefire Deal
A senior official of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or UNRWA, has said that the war in the Gaza Strip is "n...
Toyota to Review EV Battery Plant Project in Fukuoka
Toyota Motor Corp. will review over the next year its program to build a battery plant for electric vehicles in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan...
Kyoto Univ. Succeeds in Creating Thymus Cells from iPS Cells
A team at Kyoto University's Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, or CiRA, has succeeded in creating component cells for the thymus using hum...
Japan Household Spending Rises 1.8 Pct in Sept.
Household spending in Japan in September rose 1.8pctfrom a year before in inflation-adjusted real terms, reflecting higher expenditures on automobiles...
Takaichi Vows Govt Support for Advanced Chips
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday that her government will support domestic production of next-generation semiconductors.
Japan PM Takaichi Holds Unusual 3 A.M. Study Session
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held a study session at the prime minister's official residence from around 3 a.m. Friday to prepare for questi...
Japan's Takaichi Orders Study to Revise Economic Security Law
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday instructed a government panel to start a study to revise the economic security promotion law.