There has been no major change in the condition of 101-year-old Japanese Princess Yuriko, whose heart, kidneys and many other organs have suffered a deterioration in function, officials of the Imperial Household Agency said Sunday.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

A fire broke out on a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper on a training voyage Sunday, leaving one of its crew members missing.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Nobuyuki Baba, leader of opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除, on Sunday pledged not to cooperate with the administration of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended the 43rd national marine convention, held in the southwestern city of Oita, the capital of the namesake prefecture, on Sunday.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Heavy rain continued to pummel some areas in the northern part of the main island of Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, on Sunday.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Senior officials of Japan's ruling and opposition parties broadly confirmed on Sunday that it is necessary to review the 1.03-million-yen annual income threshold for income tax.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Saturday that government subsidies for decarbonization investment are likely to give some inflationary pressure in the short term.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Japan's education ministry plans to strengthen support in fiscal 2025 for municipalities improving learning environments for truant students at elementary and junior high schools.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Close attention will likely be paid to whether participants at key multilateral meetings later this month can find common ground toward stabilizing the global economy and the international situation.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Akira Kawasaki, a senior official of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, or ICAN, has praised the role being played by the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, in the international community.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. will invest 1.45 billion dollars in Mexico to expand truck production, Mexico's ministry of economy has said.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Tetsuo Saito, new leader of Komeito, the coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Saturday urged lawmakers involved in the LDP's high-profile slush fund scandal to appear before a political ethics panel of the Diet, the country's parliament.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited a facility to grow young fish in the city of Kunisaki, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Saturday.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

The Chiba Lotte Marines, a Japanese professional baseball team, said Saturday that it has approved right-hander Roki Sasaki's transfer to U.S. Major League Baseball through the posting system and will launch related procedures.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Komeito, the coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Saturday selected land minister Tetsuo Saito as its new leader to replace Keiichi Ishii, who lost his House of Representatives seat in October's general election for the lower chamber of parliament.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Late Japanese music legend Ryuichi Sakamoto's final solo piano concert work "Opus" is on the 2025 Grammy nominations list, it was learned Friday.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

The U.N. General Assembly's committee on disarmament on Friday adopted a draft resolution calling for countries not to deploy nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction into outer space.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday pledged to strengthen the alliance between Japan and the United States.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the island town of Yoron in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima on Saturday.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

The nuclear fuel debris collected on a trial basis from a crippled reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station weighs 0.7 gram, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Friday.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering visiting the United States later this month to hold his first face-to-face meeting with incoming U.S. President Donald Trump, Japanese government sources have said.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

The condition of hospitalized Japanese Princess Yuriko, 101, has deteriorated, officials of the Imperial Household Agency said Friday.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

A Japanese research team said Friday that it has developed a general-purpose optical quantum computer that is accessible externally via the internet.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Five of Japan's seven major automakers have suffered drops in their consolidated net profits for April-September, according to their latest earnings reports.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Sony Group Corp. said Friday its consolidated sales in April-September grew 2.2pctfrom a year earlier to a record 5,917.2 billion yen.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Yoshida Minosuke III, a performer of "bunraku" traditional Japanese puppet plays and a living national treasure, died at a hospital in the western city of Osaka on Thursday. He was 91.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

The influenza season has started across Japan, the health ministry said Friday.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

The operator of Tsutenkaku Tower, a major tourist attraction in the western Japan city of Osaka, is considering forming a capital and business tie-up with Nankai Electric Railway Co., it was learned Friday.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Yukio Edano, former leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, is set to become chairman of the Commission on the Constitution of the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of parliament.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Japan's composite index of coincident economic indicators in September rose 1.7 points from the previous month, reflecting a recovery in production at automobile plants disrupted by a typhoon in August, the Cabinet Office said Friday.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Japanese comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto has agreed to withdraw his lawsuit against publisher Bungeishunju Ltd., whose magazine published an article alleging sexual assault by Matsumoto, informed sources said Friday.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Japanese Princess Hisako of Takamado will make a private visit to Poland for a week from Nov. 29, the Imperial Household Agency said Friday.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

The opposition Democratic Party for the People on Friday asked the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to take action within fiscal 2024, which ends in March next year, to review the annual income threshold that separates payers of income tax and nonpayers from the current 1.03 million yen.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Kioxia Holdings Corp. aims to go public between December and June, people familiar with the matter said Friday.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that his government plans to set the fundamental direction of regional revitalization policies by the end of the year.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Japan's ruling and opposition parties agreed Friday to reappoint Fukushiro Nukaga of the Liberal Democratic Party as speaker of the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of parliament.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

U.S. Sen. William Hagerty, known as an aide to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, on Thursday called on Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. to elaborate on the anticipated benefits of its planned acquisition of United States Steel Corp.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Japan's education ministry said Friday that it has formally approved Tohoku University as the first recipient of subsidies under a state program aimed at strengthening academic research capabilities in the country.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Spending by Japanese households with two or more members fell 1.1pctfrom a year earlier to 287,963 yen on average in September after adjustment for inflation, marking two consecutive months of decline, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Japanese authorities intervened into the foreign exchange market on July 11 and 12, spending 3,167.8 billion yen and 2,367 billion yen, respectively, to prop up the Japanese currency against the dollar, the Finance Ministry said Friday.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Suntory Spirits Ltd. said Thursday that it will raise shipment prices for 208 beverage items by 4-11pcton April 1 next year due to soaring materials and transportation costs.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

The majority of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who attended a party meeting Thursday called for unity at a time when the ruling party and the LDP-led administration are having a tough time.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Japan's Financial Services Agency on Thursday proposed creating a bill to revise the payment services law to prevent outflows of crypto assets of Japanese investors to other countries.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Japanese disaster management minister Manabu Sakai has pledged to boost measures to alleviate damage from natural disasters that are taken in advance.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Japan's Nissan Motor Co. on Thursday reported a consolidated net profit of 19.2 billion yen for April-September, down 93.5pctfrom a year before.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba instructed Thursday cybersecurity minister Masaaki Taira to introduce a bill for active cyber defense at an early date.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

The Tachikawa branch of Tokyo District Court on Thursday handed down an indefinite prison term to a 23-year-old man for his involvement in a total of six robberies in four Japanese prefectures in recent years, including one in which a 90-year-old woman was fatally assaulted.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Toyota Motor Corp.'s Yaris topped the new car sales ranking in Japan in October, forcing Honda Motor Co.'s N-Box minivehicle to slip from the top position for the first time in five months, industry data showed Thursday.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

Tokyo Metro Co. logged on Thursday a year-on-year group net profit rise of 26.6pctfor April-September, in its first earnings report since its initial public offering last month.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan agreed at a meeting Thursday that the post of Budget Committee chair in the House of Representatives will go to the opposition camp.Kirjoittanut 時事通信社