Japan clinched a berth in the finals of the 2026 Soccer World Cup on Thursday, reaching the tournament for the eighth straight time.Von 時事通信社

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. plans to outsource production of electric vehicles to Foxconn, a Taiwanese contract electronics manufacturer, people familiar with the matter said Thursday.Von 時事通信社

Bereaved families and others held a memorial ceremony in Tokyo on Thursday to read out the names of victims of U.S. air raids on the Japanese capital during World War II 80 years ago.Von 時事通信社

SoftBank Group Corp. said Thursday that it will acquire Ampere Computing Holdings LLC, a U.S. semiconductor design company, for 6.5 billion dollars.Von 時事通信社

Bereaved family members and others on Thursday mourned victims of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's sarin nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway system 30 years ago, which left 14 people dead and over 6,000 others injured.Von 時事通信社

A U.S. district court in Detroit on Wednesday ordered Hino Motors Ltd. to pay about 1.6 billion dollars in penalties over a multi-year emissions fraud scheme, the Justice Department said.Von 時事通信社

The U.S. Defense Department is considering halting the planned expansion of US Forces Japan as the administration of President Donald Trump seeks to shrink the federal government, CNN reported Wednesday.Von 時事通信社

Kyoto Family Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by a married person for gender change in the family register.Von 時事通信社

Former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gave gift certificates to lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party while in office, LDP sources said Wednesday.Von 時事通信社

A third-party panel said in a report Wednesday that the Hyogo prefectural government's actions to identify a whistleblower over power harassment allegations against Governor Motohiko Saito violated the whistleblower protection law.Von 時事通信社

The average sales price of Japan's 2024 rice crop to wholesalers hit a record high for the sixth straight month in February, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday.Von 時事通信社

A U.S. Army website about Japanese-American troops during World War II was temporarily taken down, as U.S. President Donald Trump's administration works to eliminate signs of diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, from public institutions.Von 時事通信社

The estimated number of visitors to Japan totaled 3,258,100 in February, exceeding three million for the first time on record for the month, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.Von 時事通信社

Japan's Finance Ministry showed on Wednesday an outline of documents related to a controversial state land sale to school operator Moritomo Gakuen to executives of the Budget Committee of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet.Von 時事通信社

Researchers found global warming helped bring extraordinarily heavy snowfall to the Tokachi region of Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, and wide areas along the Sea of Japan coast in early February.Von 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday that the gift certificates he gave to new lawmakers of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party were not meant to support political activities, denying that the move was illegal.Von 時事通信社

A former judge accused of insider trading using information obtained while working on loan at the Financial Services Agency admitted to the allegation in a trial at Tokyo District Court on Wednesday.Von 時事通信社

Japan's agriculture ministry said Wednesday that it will hold an auction of about 70,000 tons of government-stockpiled rice for three days from March 26.Von 時事通信社

The 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult was a turning point for the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, according to Katsumi Nakamura, who led decontamination work at a subway station following the attack.Von 時事通信社

Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. has decided to withdraw from an international organization of banks aimed at decarbonizing their operations, following similar moves by its U.S. peers.Von 時事通信社

Tokyo District Court has rejected an application for civil rehabilitation proceedings filed by Funai Electric Co. Chairman Yoshiaki Harada.Von 時事通信社

Japan logged a customs-cleared trade surplus of 584.5 billion yen in February, the biggest amount since March 2021, Finance Ministry preliminary data showed Wednesday.Von 時事通信社

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in January fell 3.5pctfrom the previous month for the second straight month of decline, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday.Von 時事通信社

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday expressed hope for cooperation with Japan on tackling climate change, as the South American country will chair the COP30 climate conference later this year.Von 時事通信社

Pregnant women and mothers with infants in the Gaza Strip, which has been devastated by intense fighting between Israel and Hamas, are relying on maternal and child health handbooks that Japan has promoted.Von 時事通信社

Opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 plans to vote in favor of the government's fiscal 2025 budget bill once it is revised again, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.Von 時事通信社

Mazda Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will cut its spending on electric vehicle development through 2030 by 500 billion yen to 1.5 trillion yen by pursuing joint development with other companies.Von 時事通信社

Japanese Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki on Tuesday called for caution over the three successor groups to Aum Shinrikyo, ahead of the 30th anniversary on Thursday of the sarin nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway system by the doomsday cult.Von 時事通信社

Japan Post Holdings Co. said Tuesday that the number of Japan Post Bank customers affected by Japan Post Co.'s misappropriation of personal information has risen to about 10 million.Von 時事通信社

The foreign ministers of Japan, China and South Korea will hold a trilateral meeting in Tokyo on Saturday, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.Von 時事通信社

A Japanese court Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking to halt operations at the No. 3 reactor of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in the western prefecture of Ehime.Von 時事通信社

The average land price in Japan as of Jan. 1 rose 2.7pctfrom a year earlier, up for the fourth consecutive year and the largest increase since 11.3pctmarked in 1991, during the country's asset price bubble, the land ministry said Tuesday.Von 時事通信社

Japan's National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations, or Zen-Noh, on Tuesday carried out from a storehouse government-stockpiled rice it purchased at an auction aimed at curbing recent increases in rice prices in the country.Von 時事通信社

The Diet began deliberations Tuesday on a bill to introduce active cyber defense, or taking pre-emptive measures to prevent cyberattacks on government institutions and critical infrastructure.Von 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday instructed his government to develop a system to operate so-called hospital ships by January 2026.Von 時事通信社

Prince Hisahito, the son and third child of Japan's Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, attended the graduation ceremony of the University of Tsukuba's Senior High School at Otsuka in Tokyo on Tuesday morning.Von 時事通信社

Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, passed Tuesday a bill aimed at strengthening disaster prevention measures in peninsular regions of the country.Von 時事通信社

Japan's Environment Ministry on Tuesday released an updated version of its red list for plants and fungi, which now includes a total of 2,063 endangered species, down by 207 from the previous version.Von 時事通信社

The Nikkei 225 stock average retook 38,000 at one point in Tokyo trading on Tuesday morning, helped by overnight gains in U.S. stocks.Von 時事通信社

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Monday that it expects the global economy to grow 3.1pctin 2025, down 0.2 point from its previous forecast released last December.Von 時事通信社

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has raised its stakes in five major Japanese trading houses, it was learned Monday.Von 時事通信社

Chubu Electric Power Co. has begun dismantling the pressure vessel of the No. 2 reactor at its Hamaoka nuclear plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.Von 時事通信社

The U.S. Justice Department has asked a Washington court to postpone oral arguments in a lawsuit filed by Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. against the U.S. government for blocking its planned acquisition of United States Steel Corp., it was learned Monday.Von 時事通信社

Recounting the sarin deadly nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult 30 years ago, a former emergency room physician has described the fear of having to treat large numbers of patients without knowing what happened to them at the very first stage of the incident.…

A court in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, has sentenced detained Japanese citizen Masatoshi Nakanishi to seven years in prison for spying, Russia's Tass state news agency said Monday.Von 時事通信社

Japan expressed regret over U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports at a virtual meeting of the Group of Seven finance ministers on Monday, Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said.Von 時事通信社

Over 10 million advance tickets are likely to be sold for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, Masakazu Tokura, chief of its organizing group, said Monday.Von 時事通信社

Japan's National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations, or Zen-Noh, said Monday that it will distribute government-stockpiled rice it bought at an auction last week to reliable wholesalers as soon as possible.Von 時事通信社

The average monthly pay of full-time workers in Japan rose 3.8pctfrom the previous year to 330,400 yen in 2024, posting the sharpest increase since 1991, amid growing momentum for wage hikes, government data showed Monday.Von 時事通信社

Japanese singer and actress Ayumi Ishida, known for her hit tune "Blue Light Yokohama," died of hypothyroidism at a Tokyo hospital on March 11. She was 76.Von 時事通信社