One of the two Japanese who were taken to hospital after being seriously injured in a fire in Bangkok late last year died, officials of the Japanese Embassy in the Thai capital said Wednesday.Af 時事通信社

The strategic partnership agreement ()削除 between Japan and the European Union took effect on Wednesday.Af 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said in a radio program aired Wednesday that "there will likely be an option to form a grand coalition" as a way to break the deadlock in the handling of his minority government.Af 時事通信社

People on Wednesday renewed their commitment to revive the Noto Peninsula as they offered prayers for the victims of a massive earthquake that rocked the central Japan region exactly a year ago.Af 時事通信社

Japan's Nippon Steel Corp., which aims to acquire United States Steel Corp., has proposed giving the U.S. government a veto over any reduction in U.S. Steel's domestic production capacity, the Washington Post reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the situation.Af 時事通信社

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako received New Year's greetings from other Imperial Family members and the country's leaders, including Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday.Af 時事通信社

A growing number of local governments in Japan are using a smartphone app to help visually impaired residents access critical information in the event of a natural disaster.Af 時事通信社

A bumpy road is expected to continue this year for the minority government of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.Af 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to revitalize the country in a New Year's message issued Wednesday.Af 時事通信社

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, in his New Year's thoughts released through the Imperial Household Agency on Wednesday, expressed hope for world peace as the year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.Af 時事通信社

Japan on Wednesday marked the first anniversary of a massive earthquake in the Noto Peninsula in the central prefecture of Ishikawa that has left more than 500 people dead.Af 時事通信社

The Japanese icebreaker Shirase arrived at Showa Station, Japan's Antarctic research base, on Tuesday.Af 時事通信社

Preparations to welcome the New Year were underway Tuesday in municipalities in central Japan's Noto Peninsula damaged by a massive earthquake on Jan. 1, 2024.Af 時事通信社

A glitch made it difficult for Mizuho Bank customers to access its online banking services temporarily Tuesday, the major Japanese lender announced.Af 時事通信社

Twenty U.S. Major League Baseball teams have expressed hopes to interview Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, who aims to play in the United States using the posting system, his agent, Joel Wolfe, told reporters online Monday.Af 時事通信社

Japanese composer Toru Fuyuki, known for works including the theme song for "Ultraseven," a popular science-fiction television series in the 1960s, died of aspiration pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo on Thursday. He was 89Af 時事通信社

A 49-year-old woman in eastern Japan has been arrested for allegedly killing her son, 9, who was found dead along with two other children of the suspect.Af 時事通信社

The massive earthquake that rocked the Noto Peninsula in central Japan on Jan. 1 and the record-breaking downpours that hit the same region in late September have left local children emotionally scarred, with some still in poor health due in part to the widening gap in living conditions caused by the double disasters.…

Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. are expected to discuss a plan for Honda to own a majority stake in a holding company the two Japanese automakers plan set up in summer 2026 for their business integration, it has been learned.Af 時事通信社

Japan's political parties are groping for ways to capitalize on social media ahead of next summer's election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the country's parliament, wondering how they can have their content go viral and how they can prevent themselves from leaning toward populism.…

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is expected to skip a visit to the United States in January, Japanese government sources said Monday.Af 時事通信社

Japan's Resona Bank may have been hit by a so-called distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attack, in which perpetrators overload traffic by sending enormous amounts of data, it was learned Monday.Af 時事通信社

Japanese companies and other organizations are rushing to develop technologies to counter fake information that spreads on the internet during natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods.Af 時事通信社

High school students in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, are actively involved in reconstruction efforts following the Noto Peninsula earthquake in early 2024.Af 時事通信社

Tokyo stocks lost ground on Monday, the final market day of 2024, but the benchmark Nikkei 225 average finished at its best year-end level ever.Af 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba mourned Sunday's death of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in a statement released Monday.Af 時事通信社

The Japanese Association of Metal, Machinery and Manufacturing Workers, or JAM, does not rule out the possibility of member unions going on strike in the 2025 "shunto" spring wage negotiations, the JAM leader has said.Af 時事通信社

While bookstores are increasingly closing in Japan due to the expansion of online shopping, some have started to work with libraries for survival.Af 時事通信社

The role of the Group of Seven major powers including Japan is increasing as the international community is growingly divided amid rising geopolitical tensions, a Japanese official has said.Af 時事通信社

An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed at a poultry farm in the town of Yachiyo, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, the prefectural government said Sunday.Af 時事通信社

Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers has revealed on social media that his wife, Mamiko, is pregnant with their first child.Af 時事通信社

Japanese Princess Kako, the second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, turned 30 on Sunday.Af 時事通信社

Japan's Defense Ministry on Saturday began ground improvement work on the Oura Bay side of the Henoko coastal area in Okinawa Prefecture, as part of a U.S. base relocation project in the southernmost prefecture.Af 時事通信社

Japanese lawmaker Toshiyuki Adachi of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has died during his visit to the Maldives, informed sources said Saturday.Af 時事通信社

Police have arrested a 77-year-old unemployed man in Tokyo for allegedly murdering a woman, apparently his own wife, by running her over with a car.Af 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday hinted at the possibility of holding a snap election for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, on the same day as next summer's election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber.Af 時事通信社

A man who lost his wife and three children in a huge earthquake in central Japan a year ago is trying desperately to move forward.Af 時事通信社

Former Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki died of malignant lymphoma at a hospital in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, at 3:53 p.m. Wednesday. He was 94.Af 時事通信社

Japan and the United States have for the first time jointly drawn up guidelines for extended deterrence, the Japanese government announced Friday.Af 時事通信社

Iran, El Salvador, Botswana and South Africa have pulled out of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, for financial and other reasons, people familiar with the matter said Friday.Af 時事通信社

Japan's Defense Ministry said Friday that it has found over 100 new cases of the Self-Defense Forces mishandling designated security secrets, such as improper procedures for members transferring posts and illegal copying of information.Af 時事通信社

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. created 1.7 billion yen in slush funds over the six years through fiscal 2023 through fictitious transactions involving repair contracts for Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force submarines, the Defense Ministry said Friday.Af 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba suggested Friday that he may call a snap election for the House of Representatives if a no-confidence motion against his cabinet is passed in the all-important lower chamber of his country's parliament.Af 時事通信社

Japan's seasonally adjusted ratio of effective job openings to seekers in November stood at 1.25, unchanged from the previous month, the labor ministry said Friday.Af 時事通信社

Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced Stefan Kaufmann, former president and CEO of Japanese optical equipment maker Olympus Corp., to 10 months in prison suspended for three years, for obtaining banned drugs.Af 時事通信社

The Japanese government said Friday it estimates 78,440 billion yen in general-account tax revenues for fiscal 2025 starting next April, up 12.7pctfrom the fiscal 2024 initial budget.Af 時事通信社

The Japanese government plans to issue bonds worth a total of 176,858.7 billion yen in fiscal 2025, the Ministry of Finance announced Friday.Af 時事通信社

Core consumer prices in central Tokyo rose 2.4pctfrom a year before in December, lifted by higher electricity and gas bills and rising rice prices, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.Af 時事通信社

Japan's industrial production in November fell 2.3pctfrom the previous month, the first drop in three months, the industry ministry said Friday.Af 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday that he plans to visit Malaysia and Indonesia in early January.Af 時事通信社