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Difficult to Pull Out of Sakhalin-2 Project, Takaichi Tells Trump
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told U.S. President Donald Trump at their meeting Tuesday that it is difficult for her country to withdraw from...
New Japan PM Takaichi May Hold 1st Meeting with China's Xi Fri.
Tokyo and Beijing are working to arrange the first meeting between new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese President Xi Jinping for Fri...
Japan Lawmaker Sato Testifies at Abe Shooter Trial
Japanese lawmaker Kei Sato, who was at the scene of the shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the western Japan city of Nara in 2022, appear...
Japan Parties Agree to Make High School Education Free in FY '26
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 and Komeito agreed Wednesday to launch a program in fiscal 2026 to effectively mak...
Maglev Shinkansen Costs Seen Ballooning Further to 11 T. Yen
Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, said Wednesday that the total construction costs for its planned superfast magnetically levitated Shinkansen t...
1st Hearing on Fatal Hokkaido Tour Boat Sinking Set for Nov. 12
A Japanese court decided Wednesday to hold on Nov. 12 the first hearing of the criminal trial for tour boat operator president Seiichi Katsurada, 62,...
Mazda Unveils Concept Car with C02 Capture Tech
Mazda Motor Corp. unveiled a concept model equipped with its proprietary carbon dioxide capture system at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center on Wed...
Japan Reaffirms Cooperation with India on Security, Economy
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday reaffirmed with her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, that their countries will work together on...
Record 350,000 Students Refuse to Go to School in Japan in FY 2024
The number of elementary and junior high school students in Japan who refused to go to school in fiscal 2024, which ended last March, hit a record hig...
Nobel Winner's Team Develops Tech to Make Regulatory T Cells
A Japanese research team including 2025 Nobel Prize laureate Shimon Sakaguchi has developed a technique to produce regulatory T cells that suppress ex...
Japan Leisure-Related Market Grows 5.6 Pct in 2024
Japan's leisure-related market expanded 5.6pctfrom the previous year to 75,203 billion yen in 2024, the Japan Productivity Center, a private think tan...
Court Finds July Upper House Poll in Unconstitutional State
The Kanazawa branch of Nagoya High Court on Wednesday ruled that the July election of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of Japan's parliamen...
Japan, U.S. Confirm Cooperation to Enhance Deterrence
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday confirmed cooperation to enhance the deterrence and re...
Bessent Stresses Importance of BOJ Policy Space
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged Tuesday that giving the Bank of Japan policy space is key to stabilizing inflation expectations and...
Hokkaido Town Mayor Backing N-Waste Survey Re-Elected
Suttsu Mayor Haruo Kataoka, who supports proceeding to the next-stage survey to select a final disposal site for high-level nuclear waste, has been re...
Japan's LDP, Nippon Ishin to Set Up Joint Policy Conference
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its new coalition partner, Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除, on Wednesday agreed to establish a joint conference...
Toyota to Ship Its U.S.-Made Vehicles to Japan
Toyota Motor Corp. plans to ship vehicles produced at its U.S. plants to Japan, according to a document on an investment framework between Japan and t...
Japan, U.S. Unveil Investment Projects Worth 400 B. Dollars
The Japanese and U.S. governments on Tuesday announced investment projects worth up to 400 billion dollars involving Japanese and U.S. companies, incl...
Takaichi, Trump Show Unity aboard U.S. Aircraft Carrier
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday demonstrated their unity in a speech to members of the Japanese Self...
Japan, China Reaffirm Commitment to Mutually Beneficial Ties
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on Tuesday reaffirmed their countries' commitment to promoting a mut...
U.S. Treasury's Bessent Seeks Sound Monetary Policy in Japan
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stressed the importance of prudent monetary policy in Japan to stabilize inflation expectations and exchange...
Japan, U.S. to Enhance Cooperation on Rare Earths, AI
Japan and the United States on Tuesday agreed to enhance cooperation to secure the supply of critical minerals, including rare earth minerals, and pro...
Hearings on Unification Church Dissolution Order to End in Nov.
Japanese court hearings are expected to end in November over an order to dissolve the Unification Church, which allegedly inspired the fatal shooting...
Japan, U.S. Foreign Chiefs Agree to Enhance Bilateral Alliance
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed Tuesday to strengthen the deterrence and response capabilit...
SDF to Help Akita Prefecture Prevent Bear Attacks
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Tuesday that his ministry would send Self-Defense Forces personnel to Akita Prefecture within the day...
Japan Imperial Couple Hosts Autumn Garden Party
Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hosted an autumn garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Tuesday, inviting about 1,900 g...
Memories of Abe Help Foster Takaichi-Trump Rapport
Tuesday's summit between new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and visiting U.S. President Donald Trump proceeded in a friendly atmosphere, partl...
Trump Meets with Japanese Abductee Families
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday met with the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea at the State Guest House in the Akasaka Pala...
Yamagami Pleads Guilty to Murder of Former PM Abe
Tetsuya Yamagami on Tuesday pleaded guilty to murdering former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the western Japan city of Nara about three years...
Takaichi Intends to Nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told U.S. President Donald Trump during their meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday that she intends to nominate him for...
20 Pct of Restaurant Industry Workers Face "Customer Harassment"
Nearly 20pctof workers in Japan's restaurant industry have experienced "customer harassment," such as unreasonable demands and behavior by customers,...
3 N-Fuel Plant Workers in Japan Suspected of Internal Exposure
Three male workers may have suffered internal radiation exposure while working in a spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefectu...
Takaichi Seeks to Build Japan-U.S. Alliance's "Golden Age" with Trump
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in her first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, called for creating a "new gold...
U.S. Foreign Chief to Meet with Japanese Abductee Families
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will have a meeting in Japan on Tuesday morning with the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea dec...
Nidec Put on Special Alert by TSE
The Tokyo Stock Exchange has designated Japanese electronic device maker Nidec Corp. as a "security on special alert," effective Tuesday.
INTERVIEW: Environment Min. Orders Stronger Measures against Bears
New Japanese Environment Minister Hirotaka Ishihara said he has instructed his ministry to step up measures to address the growing harm to people caus...
Japan, U.S. Finance Chiefs Discuss Russian LNG Imports
Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday discussed imports of Russian liquefied natural gas, whi...
Japan, U.S. Foreign Chiefs to Meet in Tokyo Tues.
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Monday that he will hold talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Sanseito Submits Bill to Punish Japanese Flag Desecration
Japanese upstart political party Sanseito submitted a bill to the House of Councillors on Monday proposing revisions to the Penal Code to punish indiv...
Japan's Emperor Meets Trump at Imperial Palace
Japan's Emperor Naruhito held a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time in about six and a half years at the Imperial Palace in To...