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Opposition CDP Wary of Snap Election for Lower House
Yoshihiko Noda, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, said Friday that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may dissolve the...
Japan's Sept. Job Availability Ratio Unchanged
Japan's seasonally adjusted job-to-seeker ratio stood at 1.20 in September, flat from the previous month, the labor ministry said Friday.
Japan Concerned over China's Tighter Rare Earth Controls
Japanese trade minister Ryosei Akazawa on Thursday expressed strong concern over China's stepped-up rare earth export controls.
Nissan Expects 275-B.-Yen Operating Loss in FY 2025
Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday that it expects to log a consolidated operating loss of 275 billion yen in the fiscal year through next March, due to t...
TEPCO Posts Record Net Loss for April-Sept.
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Thursday that it posted a group net loss of 712.3 billion yen for April-September, marking a record ne...
APEC Ministers Wrap Up Talks without Joint Statement
Ministers from the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum member economies concluded their two-day meeting in South Korea on Thursday, falling sho...
Takaichi, Lee Agree to Promote Future-Oriented Japan-S. Korea Ties
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung at their first meeting Thursday agreed to advance bilateral relations...
Japan Private-Sector Rice Imports Up 208-Fold in April-Sept.
The volume of rice imported into Japan by the private sector in April-September totaled 86,523 tons, up 208-fold from a year earlier amid soaring rice...
Japan's Sojitz Begins Importing Australian Rare Earths
Japanese major trading company Sojitz Corp. said Thursday it has begun importing heavy rare earths mined by its partner company in Australia.
Oriental Land Logs Record-High Sales for April-Sept.
Oriental Land Co., the operator of Tokyo Disney Resort, said Thursday that its consolidated sales in April-September went up 6.4pctfrom a year earlier...
Replacing Deputy Chief Cabinet Sec. Sato Not on Table: Kihara
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Thursday ruled out the possibility of replacing Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kei Sato, who is one...
CDP Signals Change of Position on Security Legislation
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is showing signs of changing its position on the country's national security legislation, in an apparent...
Japan Emperor Emeritus, Empress Emerita Begin Villa Rest
Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko arrived at the Hayama Imperial Villa in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on Thursday...
Nagasaki Mayor Condemns Trump's Nuclear Test Order
Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki on Thursday condemned U.S. President Donald Trump's order for the Defense Department to restart nuclear tests, describing...
Japan to Compile Wild Bear Countermeasures by Mid-Nov.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Thursday instructed relevant ministries and agencies to draw up an urgent package of measures against...
Yen Falls after BOJ Keeps Interest Rates Intact
The yen fell past 153 per dollar in Tokyo trading on Thursday as hopes for an early interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan faded after the central ba...
Fukushima N-Plant Starts New Round of Treated Water Discharge
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Thursday started the fifth round of the fiscal 2025 release of treated water from its disaster-crippled...
3 More Rulings Find Japan Upper House Poll Constitutional
Three Japanese high courts ruled Thursday that the July 20 election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the country's parliament, was c...
Japan Corporate Income Hits Record in Fiscal 2024
Income declared by companies in Japan that closed their books in fiscal 2024, which ended in March, grew 4.1pctfrom the previous year to 102,338.1 bil...
Japan LDP to Propose Economic Measures by Mid-Nov.
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will decide its proposal for economic measures, including those to address persisting inflation, by mid-Novemb...
Japan's New Resupply Craft HTV-X Arrives at ISS
Japan's newly developed HTV-X resupply vehicle arrived at the International Space Station in the small hours of Thursday Japan time.
Trader Sumitomo to Acquire IT Service Firm SCSK
Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp. has announced its plan to make Tokyo-based major information technology service provider SCSK Corp. a wholly own...
Japan May Scrap Gasoline Tax Surcharge This Year
Six Japanese ruling and opposition parties on Wednesday agreed to explore the possibility of scrapping the provisional gasoline tax surcharge by the e...
Honda Halts Production at Mexico Plant amid Chip Shortage
Honda Motor Co. has halted vehicle production at a plant in Mexico due to a semiconductor shortage linked to the disrupted supply from Netherlands-hea...
Japan, S. Korea Foreign Chiefs Agree to Develop Relations
Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his South Korean counterpart, Cho Hyun, agreed Wednesday to develop the two nations' future-oriented re...
Japan, U.S., S. Korea Foreign Chiefs Affirm Cooperation
The foreign chiefs of Japan, the United States and South Korea affirmed their cooperation Wednesday, with in mind China's growing hegemonic behavior a...
Difficult to Pull Out of Sakhalin-2 Project, Takaichi Tells Trump
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told U.S. President Donald Trump at their meeting Tuesday that it is difficult for her country to withdraw from...
New Japan PM Takaichi May Hold 1st Meeting with China's Xi Fri.
Tokyo and Beijing are working to arrange the first meeting between new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese President Xi Jinping for Fri...
Japan Lawmaker Sato Testifies at Abe Shooter Trial
Japanese lawmaker Kei Sato, who was at the scene of the shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the western Japan city of Nara in 2022, appear...
Japan Parties Agree to Make High School Education Free in FY '26
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 and Komeito agreed Wednesday to launch a program in fiscal 2026 to effectively mak...
Maglev Shinkansen Costs Seen Ballooning Further to 11 T. Yen
Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, said Wednesday that the total construction costs for its planned superfast magnetically levitated Shinkansen t...
1st Hearing on Fatal Hokkaido Tour Boat Sinking Set for Nov. 12
A Japanese court decided Wednesday to hold on Nov. 12 the first hearing of the criminal trial for tour boat operator president Seiichi Katsurada, 62,...
Mazda Unveils Concept Car with C02 Capture Tech
Mazda Motor Corp. unveiled a concept model equipped with its proprietary carbon dioxide capture system at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center on Wed...
Japan Reaffirms Cooperation with India on Security, Economy
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday reaffirmed with her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, that their countries will work together on...
Record 350,000 Students Refuse to Go to School in Japan in FY 2024
The number of elementary and junior high school students in Japan who refused to go to school in fiscal 2024, which ended last March, hit a record hig...
Nobel Winner's Team Develops Tech to Make Regulatory T Cells
A Japanese research team including 2025 Nobel Prize laureate Shimon Sakaguchi has developed a technique to produce regulatory T cells that suppress ex...
Japan Leisure-Related Market Grows 5.6 Pct in 2024
Japan's leisure-related market expanded 5.6pctfrom the previous year to 75,203 billion yen in 2024, the Japan Productivity Center, a private think tan...
Court Finds July Upper House Poll in Unconstitutional State
The Kanazawa branch of Nagoya High Court on Wednesday ruled that the July election of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of Japan's parliamen...
Japan, U.S. Confirm Cooperation to Enhance Deterrence
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday confirmed cooperation to enhance the deterrence and re...
Bessent Stresses Importance of BOJ Policy Space
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged Tuesday that giving the Bank of Japan policy space is key to stabilizing inflation expectations and...