Oriental Land Co., the operator of the Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea theme parks, on Friday posted a record consolidated net profit for the year through last month, driven by an increased number of visitors.Af 時事通信社

The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, held an annual May Day rally in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on Saturday, reaffirming that union members and others will work together to improve workers' livelihoods.Af 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed his determination to maintain inflation-beating wage growth at a May Day event in Tokyo on Saturday.Af 時事通信社

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are making preparations to visit Britain as state guests in late June, the Imperial Household Agency said Saturday.Af 時事通信社

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party submitted to both chambers of the country's parliament Friday its opinion supporting as "necessary" two government proposals to secure a sufficient number of Imperial Family members.Af 時事通信社

Japanese lawmakers began discussions Friday on revising the political funds control law in the wake of a high-profile slush funds scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.Af 時事通信社

The heart function of crab-eating macaques that had experienced heart attacks returned after transplants of clusters of heart muscle cells made from human induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells, a Japanese research team said Friday.Af 時事通信社

Yukio Kasaya, a Japanese ski jumping legend who won a gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo in 1972, died of ischemic heart disease at a hospital in the Hokkaido prefectural capital on Tuesday. He was 80.Af 時事通信社

ANA Holdings Inc. on Friday posted a record consolidated operating profit of 207.9 billion yen for the year through last month as the Japanese airline saw higher passenger volume for both domestic and international routes on the back of brisk travel demand.Af 時事通信社

NTT Docomo Inc. plans to promote Senior Executive Vice President Yoshiaki Maeda to president and CEO, people familiar with the matter said Friday.Af 時事通信社

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Friday that the central bank "will raise its policy interest rate if the country's underlying inflation rate rises toward 2 pct."Af 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit France and the two South American countries of Brazil and Paraguay from Wednesday through May 6, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a press conference Friday.Af 時事通信社

Leaks of national security-related specially designated secrets have occurred once each at the Japanese Ground and Maritime Self-Defense Forces, the Defense Ministry said Friday.Af 時事通信社

There were 47 child abuse cases apparently reflecting parents' religious beliefs in Japan between April 2022 and September 2023, a Children and Families Agency survey showed Friday.Af 時事通信社

Core consumer prices in central Tokyo gained 1.6pctfrom a year before in April, marking the slowest increase in 25 months, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.Af 時事通信社

The Bank of Japan decided to keep its monetary policy unchanged at a two-day Policy Board meeting that ended Friday after a major shift in March.Af 時事通信社

Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday that it has chosen an Indiana plant as its second production base for electric vehicles in the United States.Af 時事通信社

With an eye on the next House of Representatives election, Komeito is distancing itself from its ruling coalition partner, the Liberal Democratic Party, out of fear that it may catch stray bullets from the LDP's money scandal.Af 時事通信社

The Japanese government approved a plan Friday for Princess Kako to make an official visit to Greece between May 25 and June 1.Af 時事通信社

Japan's Honda Motor Co. plans to establish electric vehicle and EV battery plants in Ontario, eastern Canada.Af 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to show support for moves among emerging nations to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development during his upcoming trip to France, Brazil and Paraguay.Af 時事通信社

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and her Austrian counterpart, Alexander Schallenberg, have confirmed close bilateral cooperation for the success of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.Af 時事通信社

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Japanese police have arrested a Nigerian man for allegedly smuggling 15.9 kilograms of stimulant drugs worth about 957 million yen from Britain in September 2021, using his Japanese romance scam victim.Af 時事通信社

Four people filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Japanese unit of social media operator Meta Platforms Inc., accusing it of failing to block fraudulent advertisements using images and names of famous people.Af 時事通信社

Combined domestic vehicle production of eight major Japanese automakers in fiscal 2023 stood at 8.27 million units, up 8.2pctfrom the previous year, according to data released by the companies on Thursday.Af 時事通信社

Restaurant sales in Japan in March climbed 11.2pctfrom a year earlier, reflecting robust tourism demand, including from foreign touists, on the back of the yen's weakening and the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line, industry data showed Thursday.Af 時事通信社

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said Wednesday that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol deserve to jointly receive the Nobel Peace Prize.Af 時事通信社

Japanese chemical maker Asahi Kasei Corp. said Thursday that it will build a plant in Canada to manufacture separators, a key insulating component of lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles, in a joint investment with Japan's Honda Motor Co. worth 180 billion yen.Af 時事通信社

Fed up with flooding visitors' bad behavior, a town in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, will erect a huge black screen to block the view of Mount Fuji.Af 時事通信社

The mayors of two central Japan towns each announced their resignations Thursday over their respective harassment scandals.Af 時事通信社

Japan's transport ministry conducted on-site inspections Thursday of plants operated by a unit of heavy machinery maker IHI Corp. over an engine data-tampering scandal.Af 時事通信社

Princess Aiko, the only child of Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, visited the mausoleums of Emperor Showa and his wife, Empress Kojun, in a western Tokyo suburb Thursday.Af 時事通信社

Japan's National Police Agency disclosed a plan Thursday to increase the minimum amount of state benefits paid to bereaved families of crime victims.Af 時事通信社

A ceremony was held Thursday to remember more than 100 victims of a commuter train crash that happened on the Fukuchiyama Line in western Japan exactly 19 years ago.Af 時事通信社

Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday that its parent-only global vehicle sales in fiscal 2023 grew 7.3pctfrom the previous year to 10,309,457 units, exceeding 10 million units for the first time.Af 時事通信社

A China Coast Guard ship intruded into Japanese waters off the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture on Thursday.Af 時事通信社

A special committee of a Saga Prefecture town assembly is expected to approve a petition to accept a "literature survey" for a possible final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear plants.Af 時事通信社

Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution jointly submitted by Japan and the United States to prevent U.N. member states from placing nuclear weapons in outer space.Af 時事通信社

Shibuya Tsutaya, known as a landmark of the popular area in Tokyo, will reopen Thursday after renovation, with a lounge where people can enjoy trading card games featuring Pocket Monsters, or Pokemon.Af 時事通信社

The dollar rose above 155 yen for the first time since June 1990 in London trading Wednesday, backed by yen selling fueled by speculation over the gap between Japanese and U.S. interest rates.Af 時事通信社

Japan Airlines aims to strengthen its low-cost carrier operations and expand mileage services in a bid to improve earnings, JAL President Mitsuko Tottori said Wednesday.Af 時事通信社

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.0 struck areas near Tokyo on Wednesday night, measuring up to 4 on the country's seismic intensity scale.Af 時事通信社

Police said Wednesday that two burned bodies found near a river in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, last week have been confirmed to be those of a couple from Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.Af 時事通信社

Japanese heavy machinery maker IHI Corp. said Wednesday its engine subsidiary has falsified fuel economy data mostly for ship engines.Af 時事通信社

The atomic-bombed western Japan city of Hiroshima said Wednesday that it will not invite Russia and Belarus to its annual peace memorial ceremony on Aug. 6.Af 時事通信社

Japan's ruling parties Wednesday affirmed that they will give up their initial plan to compile their proposal on a bill designed to revise the political funds control law by the end of this week.Af 時事通信社

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Wednesday temporarily halted the release into the sea of tritium-containing treated water from its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.Af 時事通信社

The severed head and other body parts of a man believed to be a Japanese national have been found at various locations in a Bangkok suburb since Friday, according to local media reports.Af 時事通信社