A delegation of a Japanese group to promote economic relations with China on Monday expressed concerns about the safety of Japanese nationals engaged in bilateral economic interactions.Von 時事通信社

The Japanese government expanded a state organization Monday to introduce an active cyberdefense system to detect signs of imminent cyberattacks and deal with them.Von 時事通信社

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Shigeru Ishiba, former Secretary-General of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, met in a Chinese restaurant in Tokyo on Monday night.Von 時事通信社

Japanese shogi star Sota Fujii on Monday became the youngest winner of "eisei" lifetime status for a shogi title by fending off a challenge for his "Kisei" title.Von 時事通信社

Residents of areas battered by the Noto Peninsula earthquake offered prayers to victims and pledged to revitalize the region, during a moment of silence observed Monday at 4:10 p.m., the time of the quake exactly half a year ago.Von 時事通信社

Chinese information technology companies have taken steps to regulate comments seen as instigating anti-Japan sentiment on the online platforms they operate.Von 時事通信社

Six Ishikawa Prefecture municipalities in central Japan suffered a net population outflow of 3,029 residents over the five months from the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake, prefectural government data showed Monday.Von 時事通信社

Japanese insurer Sompo Holdings Inc. and gym operator Rizap Group Inc. announced a plan Monday to develop new services in the fields of insurance and elderly care by utilizing their business resources and data.Von 時事通信社

The Miyagi Prefecture town of Minamisanriku will preserve the office building wrecked by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami as a relic of the disaster, which hit northeastern Japan hard.Von 時事通信社

The average income of Japan's prefectural governors stood at 19.96 million yen in 2023, according to a Jiji Press survey of local government disclosures released by Monday.Von 時事通信社

Mount Fuji's climbing season began on Monday, with the opening of the Yoshida Trail in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, where a daily limit of 4,000 climbers and a fee of 2,000 yen were newly introduced.Von 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday visited the city of Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, which was affected by the powerful Noto Peninsula earthquake on Jan. 1, to indicate Japan's policy to support the region with a task force for "creative" reconstruction.Von 時事通信社

Residents of areas affected by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake in central Japan offered prayers for the victims on Monday, which marked half a year since the disaster.Von 時事通信社

MUFG Bank said Monday that part of its services had been suspended due to a glitch in its foreign exchange-related system.Von 時事通信社

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, on Monday successfully launched the third of its new H3 rocket series carrying an advanced radar satellite.Von 時事通信社

Prices of land facing roads in Japan as of Jan. 1 rose 2.3pctfrom a year before on average, up for the third consecutive year, the National Tax Agency said Monday.Von 時事通信社

Myanmar's military regime said Sunday that it has detained several people, including Japanese business executive Hiroshi Kasamatsu, for alleged law violations over rice sale.Von 時事通信社

The average income of Japanese lawmakers rose by 3.74 million yen to 25.30 million yen in 2023 from the previous year, the first rise in five years, both chambers of parliament said Monday.Von 時事通信社

The Japanese government on Monday lowered its inflation- and seasonally adjusted gross domestic product estimate for the first quarter to a 2.9pctannualized decline.Von 時事通信社

North Korea fired a ballistic missile eastward on Monday, South Korea's military said.Von 時事通信社

The suicide of a 14-year-old junior high school girl in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, in 2021 is highly likely to have been caused by bullying, a committee set up by the city to investigate the death said Sunday.Von 時事通信社

Toyota Customizing & Development Co., a unit of Toyota Motor Corp., has forced about 50 subcontractors to store molds used for manufacturing automobile parts free of charge in violation of the subcontract law, people familiar with the matter said Sunday.Von 時事通信社

Bereaved families and others on Sunday prayed for those killed due to heavy rain in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, four years ago.Von 時事通信社

A Sony Group Corp. unit that makes recording media plans to shed about 250 jobs, or about 40pctof its total workforce of some 670, through buyouts by the end of this fiscal year, people familiar with the matter said Saturday.Von 時事通信社

A U.N. working group in a recent report voiced concern over workplace discrimination and harassment experienced by women, non-Japanese people, sexual minorities and others in Japan.Von 時事通信社

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako left for home Friday night after a seven-day visit to Britain.Von 時事通信社

The debut of new bank notes in Japan, set for Wednesday, is causing headaches for restaurants and other businesses in the country.Von 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida marked 1,000 days in office on Saturday, becoming the country's eighth prime minister to reach the milestone since the end of World War II.Von 時事通信社

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Friday revisited the University of Oxford, where they had studied, before leaving for their country later in the day after an official visit to Britain.Von 時事通信社

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Friday it will withdraw from the production of newspaper rotary press, due to the aging of engineers and difficulty in procuring parts.Von 時事通信社

All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines on Friday unveiled a joint policy to deal with the harassment of workers by customers and vowed to act resolutely and respond systematically to such acts.Von 時事通信社

Japan's transport ministry Friday issued administrative guidance to Honda Motor Co., Mazda Motor Corp. and Yamaha Motor Co., urging them to take measures to prevent any recurrence of irregularities in their vehicle and equipment performance tests.Von 時事通信社

A Chinese woman who fell into serious condition after trying to stop a knife attack that injured a Japanese woman and her child in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, eastern China, on Monday has died, according to local public security authorities.Von 時事通信社

The Japanese government said Friday that it will provide subsidies in August and September to slash electricity and city gas bills by 2,125 yen per month for an average household.Von 時事通信社

The Japanese government decided Friday to promote Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maki Kobayashi to cabinet public affairs secretary.Von 時事通信社

The organizer of the Sendai Tanabata Festival, one of the three largest festivals in the Tohoku northeastern Japan region, plans to create festival decorations to pray for the reconstruction of areas affected by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake in central Japan.Von 時事通信社

Seventy-six new deaths are suspected of having links with the use of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co.'s supplements containing "beni koji" red fermented rice, health ministry officials said Friday.Von 時事通信社

Hirotsugu Shinkawa, director-general of the Japanese Finance Ministry's Budget Bureau, will assume the post of vice minister of finance to succeed Eiji Chatani on July 5, the government announced Friday.Von 時事通信社

Fukuoka District Court on Friday sentenced a 32-year-old man to 20 years in prison for stalking and killing his former girlfriend in Fukuoka in January last year.Von 時事通信社

Public prosecutors in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa said Friday that they have indicted a 21-year-old U.S. Marine on charges of nonconsensual sexual intercourse resulting in injury.Von 時事通信社

The Japanese government decided Friday to spend 139.6 billion yen from fiscal 2024 reserve funds to support recovery efforts in areas battered by the Noto Peninsula earthquake in January.Von 時事通信社

The Japanese government has decided to deploy a mobile surveillance radar system of the Air Self-Defense Force on Kitadaitojima, a remote Pacific island in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said Friday.Von 時事通信社

Prices have been raised or are set to be raised for 10,086 food and beverage products in Japan this year, with the cumulative annual total topping 10,000 for the third consecutive year, a survey of 195 major food makers by research firm Teikoku Databank Ltd. showed Friday.Von 時事通信社

Japan and the Philippines are expected to sign a bilateral agreement on reciprocal troop access at a ministerial security meeting in the Philippines next month, people familiar with the matter said Friday.Von 時事通信社

Shigeru Ishiba, former secretary-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, intends to run in the party's leadership election expected for September, informed sources said Friday.Von 時事通信社

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Friday began its latest discharge of treated water from its meltdown-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the ocean.Von 時事通信社

Japan decided Friday to urge municipalities to set up makeshift beds and partitions at disaster evacuation centers from when they open, based on lessons learned from the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake.Von 時事通信社

Japan's industrial production in May rose 2.8pctfrom the previous month following a vehicle production resumption, the industrial ministry said Friday.Von 時事通信社

Japanese Emperor Naruhito said Thursday that he had "a very heartwarming time" with King Charles III and Queen Camilla during his official visit to Britain.Von 時事通信社

Japan's seasonally adjusted ratio of effective job openings to seekers in May fell 0.02 point from the previous month to 1.24, the labor ministry said Friday.Von 時事通信社