The Japanese government Tuesday provided the international community an update on the decommissioning work at the meltdown-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.저자 時事通信社

The Japanese government has said that it will launch talks with the United Arab Emirates to conclude an economic partnership agreement for free trade.저자 時事通信社

Lawson Inc. and its owners, major trading house Mitsubishi Corp. and telecomuniations carrier KDDI Corp., said Wednesday that they will open "future" convenience stores utilizing digital technology in Tokyo next spring.저자 時事通信社

Temperatures rose above 35 degrees Celsius in central Tokyo on Wednesday, making Sept. 18 the latest such "extremely hot day" in a calendar year since the statistics began.저자 時事通信社

Popular Japanese singer Ado will perform live at the venue for the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka on April 13, the opening day of the event, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.저자 時事通信社

Japan's health ministry said Wednesday that puberulic acid caused kidney damage to users of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co.'s supplements containing "beni koji" red fermented rice.저자 時事通信社

The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning has sailed in a Japanese contiguous zone between Yonaguni and Iriomote islands in Okinawa Prefecture, the Japanese Defense Ministry's Joint Staff said Wednesday.저자 時事通信社

The U.S. government will refrain from deciding whether to allow Nippon Steel Corp. to buy up United States Steel Corp. until after the Nov. 5 presidential election, according to local media reports Tuesday.저자 時事通信社

The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in August leaped 36.0pctfrom a year before to 2,933,000, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.저자 時事通信社

Japanese public prosecutors Wednesday demanded that advertising agency Dentsu Group Inc. be fined 300 million yen for violating the antimonopoly law by rigging bids related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2021.저자 時事通信社

The leaders of the three AUKUS countries--the United States, Britain and Australia--said in a joint statement Tuesday that the countries will cooperate with Japan in developing maritime autonomous systems.저자 時事通信社

Komeito, the coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is set to have a new leader for the first time in 15 years, with its current secretary-general, Keiichi Ishii, the only person running in the party's leadership race that officially began Wednesday.저자 時事通信社

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday presented to the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan a plan to convene an extraordinary Diet session to elect a new prime minister on Oct. 1.저자 時事通信社

Japanese coast guard authorities arrested Wednesday the president of a tour boat operator over a high-profile sinking incident in 2022 that left 20 of the 26 people aboard dead and the six others missing.저자 時事通信社

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in July fell 0.1pctfrom the previous month, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday.저자 時事通信社

Japan's transport ministry has imposed administrative punishment on the jet ferry subsidiary of Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, for concealing a water leak on a high-speed passenger ship.저자 時事通信社

Japan incurred a customs-cleared trade deficit of 695.3 billion yen in August, marking the second consecutive month of red ink, a Finance Ministry preliminary report showed Wednesday.저자 時事通信社

A student of a Japanese school in Shenzhen in China's Guangdong Province was attacked by a man and suffered injuries Wednesday morning, Japan's Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroshi Moriya said.저자 時事通信社

Sakana AI K.K., a Tokyo-based artificial intelligence development startup founded mainly by former Google researchers, has said that it received investments from 10 major Japanese companies.저자 時事通信社

Japan plans to host a high-level meeting Monday to kick-start negotiations for a proposed Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty, aimed at prohibiting the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons.저자 時事通信社

Japanese heavy machinery maker Hitachi Zosen Corp. has disclosed newly found data fraud regarding the measurement of exhaust gas from its ship engines.저자 時事通信社

North Korea carried out what appeared to be a ballistic missile launch twice on Wednesday morning, Japan's Defense Ministry said.저자 時事通信社

Suspected organizational ties between Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Unification Church are haunting the party ahead of its Sept. 27 leadership election.저자 時事通信社

Over 80pctof people in Japan feel that they do not mind other people using new expressions, such as "mofumofu" to mean "fluffy," a survey by the Agency for Cultural Affairs showed Tuesday.저자 時事通信社

The average price to wholesalers of rice harvested in Japan in 2023 jumped 17pctfrom a year before to 16,133 yen per 60 kilograms in August, hitting a record high for the month, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday.저자 時事通信社

Nine candidates in the Sept. 27 leadership election of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party focused in a debate in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Tuesday on promoting the local economy as the southernmost prefecture has the lowest per-capita income in the country.저자 時事通信社

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sept. 27 leadership election, will visit the United States from Monday to meet with her foreign counterparts in New York on the sidelines of a U.N. General Assembly session, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.…

Police arrested seven quasi-gang members on Tuesday for allegedly having a quarrel in front of an Apple Store in Tokyo in September last year and therefore obstructing business at the outlet.저자 時事通信社

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's upcoming presidential election is making it uncertain whether Japan's next prime minister will attend a series of Association of Southeast Asian Nations-related meetings next month.저자 時事通信社

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Tuesday halted trial work to remove nuclear fuel debris from the No. 2 reactor at its meltdown-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, due to an equipment glitch.저자 時事通信社

Duke Snider, a former captain at the Canadian Coast Guard, is playing a crucial role in the voyage of the Japanese oceanographic research vessel Mirai as an "ice navigator."저자 時事通信社

The average land price in Japan as of July 1 rose 1.4pctfrom a year earlier, up for the third consecutive year, reflecting the mild economic recovery trend in the country, the land ministry said Tuesday.저자 時事通信社

Japan's G.U. Co., the operator of the GU casual clothing brand, the sister brand to Uniqlo, will open its permanent outlet in New York on Thursday.저자 時事通信社

The Japanese oceanographic research vessel Mirai conducted observations in an Arctic Ocean area with sea ice for the first time this voyage on Monday local time.저자 時事通信社

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It is necessary to promote diversity and change the mindset of employees to utilize excellent human resources effectively, Miki Oikawa, president of Japanese cosmetics maker Pola Inc., has said.저자 時事通信社

Japan's Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry plans to conduct in fiscal 2025 mock cyberattack tests on the computer networks of local governments.저자 時事通信社

Women on average accounted for 10.9pctof all people in managerial positions at Japanese companies, Teikoku Databank Ltd. has said in a recent survey, noting that the share topped 10pctfor the first time since the statistics began in 2013.저자 時事通信社

A team of researchers from Japan's Waseda University and others has said that it detected human papillomavirus, or HPV, proteins from the urine of patients likely to develop cervical cancer.저자 時事通信社

The number of centenarians in Japan stood at 95,119 as of Sunday, hitting a record high for 54 years in a row, the health ministry said Tuesday.저자 時事通信社

The Japanese transport ministry will allow the use of ride-hailing services as a means of transport in times of disasters to supplement taxis that are likely to be in short supply.저자 時事通信社

Entry restrictions imposed from this year's summer hiking season at Mount Fuji reduced dangerous overnight attempts to scale the mountain from the Yamanashi Prefecture side by some 90pctfrom the year before.저자 時事通信社

A rock from Mars collected by a Japanese Antarctic research expedition is set to be exhibited at the 2025 World Exposition to be held in Osaka, western Japan, according to government sources.저자 時事通信社

Yoshihiro Hidaka, president of Japanese motorcycle maker Yamaha Motor Co., was allegedly slashed with a knife by his daughter at their home in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, around 3 a.m. Monday, suffering a minor injury.저자 時事通信社

Japan's Morinari Watanabe, president of the International Gymnastics Federation and a member of the International Olympic Committee, is running for the IOC presidency, the IOC said Monday.저자 時事通信社

Candidates in the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, in a debate on Monday, made backward-looking statements one after another on efforts to restore the country's fiscal health, which is currently at one of the worst levels in the developed world.저자 時事通信社

"Shogun," a drama set in feudal Japan, on Sunday won four more Emmy Awards, including one for lead actor Hiroyuki Sanada and one for lead actress Anna Sawai.저자 時事通信社

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Monday that the launch of the 49th unit of the H-2A rocket from a Japanese space center, scheduled for the afternoon on the day, has been postponed due to unsuitable weather conditions.저자 時事通信社

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's upcoming presidential election, said on Sunday that he would be willing to use even extralegal means to rescue Japanese citizens in the event of an emergency in Taiwan if he becomes prime minister.…