The Japan Coast Guard on Saturday launched the "Live 118" system, which will allow its staff to receive smartphone videos of maritime incidents and accidents taken by callers and send them footage of life-saving techniques and other emergency response measures.Von 時事通信社

Tokyo on Monday criticized Moscow's decision to stop the implementation of a bilateral memorandum on the Japan Centers in Russia, which hold business and other seminars for Russians.Von 時事通信社

Sponsors have successively suspended the airing of their commercials on Fuji Television Network Inc. following a reported sex scandal involving TV personality Masahiro Nakai.Von 時事通信社

Japanese and Australian foreign ministers agreed in Washington on Sunday to further promote their countries' security cooperation while strengthening their alliance with the United States.Von 時事通信社

Over 80pctof people in Japan want to take their leftovers at restaurants home, a private-sector survey has shown.Von 時事通信社

A long-established dairy farm operator in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, will expand into India with a population of more than 1.4 billion, where demand for dairy products is traditionally strong.Von 時事通信社

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in November last year grew 3.4pctfrom the previous month, the Cabinet Office said Monday.Von 時事通信社

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya arrived in Washington on Sunday to attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony on Monday.Von 時事通信社

The Japan Sumo Association said Sunday that a grand sumo tournament will take place in Paris on June 13-14, 2026.Von 時事通信社

The Aichi prefectural government said Sunday that outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been confirmed at three chicken farms and a quail farm in the central Japan prefecture.Von 時事通信社

Mizuho Bank has stopped accepting new customers for its safe deposit box services in principle, partly in the wake of a high-profile theft case at rival MUFG Bank, it was learned Sunday.Von 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Sunday stressed the importance of finding alternative financial resources for a proposed hike in the minimum annual taxable income from the current 1.03 million yen.Von 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Sunday stressed the continued importance of relations between Tokyo and Seoul, following the arrest earlier in the day of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol over his martial law declaration last month.Von 時事通信社

Construction of a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force base on Mageshima, an island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima, is likely to be delayed by three years.Von 時事通信社

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The Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers' Unions, or JAW, has decided to seek five more days off a year in the 2025 "shunto" labor-management negotiations in spring.Von 時事通信社

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama is boosting his presence in the management of the Japanese ruling party and parliamentary affairs under the minority government of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.Von 時事通信社

A Chinese woman who came into the spotlight two years ago by claiming on social media to have bought an island in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa plans to visit the island this summer, Chinese media have reported.Von 時事通信社

Japanese baseball pitcher Roki Sasaki said Friday that he has decided to sign a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.Von 時事通信社

A Chinese district court will hand down Thursday a sentence over a case in which a Japanese woman and her child, and a Chinese woman were attacked by a man in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, eastern China, last June, people at Japan's Consulate-General in Shanghai said Saturday.Von 時事通信社

Japan's Nippon Foundation said Saturday that it will work with the Scottish Association for Marine Science for conducting a study on "dark oxygen," which can be produced on the deep ocean floor, where sunlight cannot penetrate.Von 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to make a success of the World Exposition to be held in the western Japan city of Osaka for six months from mid-April.Von 時事通信社

Japan's two-day unified university entrance examinations started Saturday at 651 venues across the country, with the number of applicants increasing by about 3,200 from the previous year to some 495,100.Von 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has stressed the government's resolve to steadily pay compensation to victims of forced sterilization conducted under the country's now-defunct eugenics law.Von 時事通信社

Japan's Supreme Court dismissed on Friday an appeal filed by South Korean plaintiffs in a lawsuit to seek damages from the Japanese government over the enshrinement of their fathers at war-related Yasukuni Shrine, finalizing a high court ruling against them.Von 時事通信社

More than 95pctof people in Japan feel prices have increased over the past year, a survey by the Bank of Japan showed Friday.Von 時事通信社

Bonuses paid by major Japanese companies in winter 2024 averaged 891,460 yen, rewriting an all-time high for the first time in five years, the labor ministry said Friday.Von 時事通信社

The Japanese government said Friday that it is expected to miss its goal of achieving a primary budget surplus in fiscal 2025 mainly because of increased spending on economic measures.Von 時事通信社

Fuji Television Network Inc. President Koichi Minato on Friday apologized over a scandal involving television personality Masahiro Nakai and a woman as an employee of the Japanese TV broadcaster is reportedly involved in the scandal.Von 時事通信社

Major shipping companies in Japan are boosting their cruise liner operations to meet globally growing demand for trips on luxury ships after the COVID-19 pandemic.Von 時事通信社

Senior officials of Japan's Defense Ministry and Self-Defense Forces have conveyed their serious concern to a delegation from China's military over its increasing activities, Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Friday.Von 時事通信社

Japanese public prosecutors issued a summary indictment on Friday to an accountant over a political funds scandal involving a group of Liberal Democratic Party members in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly.Von 時事通信社

More than 70pctof people in Japan are worried about inflation, a government survey suggested Friday.Von 時事通信社

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is ready to demand that any "unwise" spending be cut from the government's fiscal 2025 budget proposal, which calls for general-account spending of more than 115 trillion yen, CDP leader Yoshihiko Noda has said in an interview with Jiji Press.…

Mongolian-born yokozuna grand champion Terunofuji, whose real name is Seizan Suginomori, on Friday announced his retirement as a sumo wrestler.Von 時事通信社

Japan will utilize the lessons from the 1995 earthquake that hit Kobe and other western areas to establish itself as a disaster management-oriented nation, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Friday.Von 時事通信社

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Friday that he will visit the United States for five days from Sunday to attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump the next day.Von 時事通信社

As Friday marked the 30th anniversary of a devastating earthquake that rocked Kobe and other western Japan areas, bereaved families prayed for victims and renewed their resolve to pass on lessons from the disaster to the next generation.Von 時事通信社

Tokyo police on Friday made a fifth arrest of a couple accused of murdering four family members by poisoning, this time on suspicion of life insurance fraud.Von 時事通信社

Brazil has designated Sept. 23 as the day of the "ikebana" traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement under a law, in order to promote environmental awareness.Von 時事通信社

MUFG Bank President Junichi Hanzawa apologized Friday for alleged massive thefts of customer assets by a former employee and pledged to fulfill his responsibility by regaining trust.Von 時事通信社

Japan's Nintendo Co. has said it will release the Nintendo Switch 2 game console in 2025, about eight years after the debut of the first Switch.Von 時事通信社

Sunflowers growing in an empty plot of land in the western Japan city of Kobe that was once a home hit by a massive earthquake 30 years ago have spread throughout the country as a symbol of reconstruction from disasters and remembrance of victims.Von 時事通信社

The World Bank on Thursday kept its global economic growth forecasts for 2025 and 2026 unchanged from the previous estimates, at 2.7pcteach, while expressing concerns about downside risks linked to policy uncertainty.Von 時事通信社

Sales of beer and quasi-beer products in Japan fell by about 3pctin 2024 from the previous year, marking their second consecutive yearly fall, estimates from four major brewers showed Thursday.Von 時事通信社

Yokozuna sumo wrestler Terunofuji plans to retire, people familiar with the matter said Thursday.Von 時事通信社

About 400 people on Thursday prayed for the 6,434 victims of a 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck the Kobe area in western Japan 30 years ago by lighting 6,434 candles.Von 時事通信社

The Japanese government plans to introduce penalties for unauthorized use and leakage of information obtained through communication monitoring for cyber defense, officials said Thursday.Von 時事通信社

The Japanese government's Earthquake Research Committee has increased its assessed probability of an earthquake with a magnitude of 8 to 9 occurring along the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast within the next 30 years to some 80pctfrom 70-80 pct, officials said.Von 時事通信社

Open House Group Co. has said it will raise the starting monthly salary for new employees joining the company in April this year to 360,000 yen from the current 330,000 yen.Von 時事通信社