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Japan FTC Accuses 5 Oil Distributors of Cartel
Japan's Fair Trade Commission filed a complaint against five oil distributors Friday over an alleged price cartel for gas oil sold to transport and ot...
Some Local Govts in Japan Start Power-Saving Campaign Early
Some local governments in Japan have already started their Cool Biz workplace power-saving campaign for the hotter months earlier than usual, amid con...
Oil Spike Making Policy Response Difficult: BOJ Ueda
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Thursday that soaring crude oil prices complicate the central bank's monetary policy.
Japan's "Riku-Ryu" Figure Skating Duo to Hang Up Boots
Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, gold medalists for the pairs figure skating event at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, on Friday announce...
Japan Foreign Chief Meets with NATO Permanent Representatives
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met with visiting representatives of some 30 NATO member countries permanently stationed at NATO headquart...
JA Group Worried over Middle East Crisis Impact on Rice
The Japan Agricultural Cooperatives, or JA, group, voiced concerns Thursday about the possible impact of the conflict in the Middle East on the harves...
Japan Targets 25 Pct Share of Global Autonomous Car Market
The Japanese government on Thursday released a draft road map on public-private investment that features a goal of acquiring some 25pctshare of the gl...
Japan's LDP Wants Lower House Panel to Discuss Seat Cut
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party proposed Thursday that a House of Representatives council on the electoral system include a plan to reduce the...
JR Tokai's New Inspection Shinkansen Named "Doctor S"
Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, said Thursday that four N700S series Shinkansen bullet trains that are set to be used also for the inspection...
Japan to Release 50 M. Stockpiled Medical Gloves
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Thursday that the government will release 50 million medical gloves from its stockpile to medical institut...
11 Finance Ministers Seek Full Ceasefire in Iran Conflict
Finance ministers from 11 countries, including Japan, Britain and Australia, issued a joint statement Wednesday, calling on the United States, Israel...
13 Japanese Transferred from Indonesia Arrested for Alleged Fraud
Japanese police on Thursday arrested 13 Japanese men in their 20s to 50s on suspicion of involvement in a crypto asset fraud scheme after being transf...
Japan-Linked Ship Crews Patiently Watch U.S.-Iran Talks
The crews of Japan-linked ships stuck in the Persian Gulf are keeping a close eye on U.S.-Iran talks, a Japanese shipping-sector labor union official...
5 Years Sought for Boat Operator Head over Fatal Sinking
Japanese public prosecutors on Thursday sought a five-year prison sentence for Seiichi Katsurada, president of the operator of a tour boat that sank o...
40 Pct Support Intelligence Capabilities Bill: Jiji Poll
Nearly 40pctof people in Japan support the government's bill to enhance the country's intelligence capabilities, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed.
Mother Mourns Son 10 Years after Kumamoto Quake in Japan
A mother returned on Thursday to the site of a bridge collapse in a landslide that happened after an April 2016 massive earthquake in Kumamoto Prefect...
Japan Ruling Bloc Calls for Intensive Talks on Emergency Clause
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, on Thursday called for holding discussions focused on a...
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Plant Restarts Commercial Operations after 14 Yrs
The No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, on Thursday restarted commercial operations afte...
Ex-Teacher Who Founded Child Porn Sharing Group Gets 30 Months
A Japanese district court sentenced a 42-year-old former elementary school teacher in the central prefecture of Aichi to 30 months in prison on Thursd...
Can Japan Stop National Stadium from Becoming White Elephant?
More than four years after the Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics in 2021, efforts are underway to rescue the new Japan National Stadium from its p...
Ex-Suntory Chm. Niinami Referred to Prosecutors
The Fukuoka prefectural police on Thursday sent to public prosecutors papers on former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami for allegedly vi...
10 Yrs On, 278 Kumamoto Quake Victims Remembered
A memorial ceremony was held in Kumamoto Prefecture on Thursday for the victims in huge earthquakes that hit the southwestern Japan prefecture particu...
G-7 Finance Chiefs Seek to De-Escalate Middle East Tensions
Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven major industrialized countries Wednesday sought to de-escalate tensions in the Mi...
Takaichi Joins Time's List of 100 Most Influential People
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi joined Time magazine's 2026 list of the 100 most influential people, released on Wednesday.
Honda to Release All-New Insight EV Fri.
Japan's Honda Motor Co. said Thursday it will release the all-new Insight on Friday, reviving the model, which was the company's first hybrid vehicle,...
Father Arrested over Kyoto Boy's Body Abandonment
Police on Thursday arrested the father of an 11-year-old boy who was found dead in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on suspicion of abandoning his son...
Bessent Aims to Visit Japan in May
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday expressed his intention to visit Japan in May, Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said.
Japan Seeks Early U.S.-Iran Deal to End Conflict
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said his country strongly hopes that the United States and Iran will reach a final agreement at an early d...
Suntory Holdings to Acquire Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare
Japanese beverage group Suntory Holdings Co. said Wednesday that it will acquire over-the-counter drug maker Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare Co. for 246.5 b...
Japan Announces 10-B.-Dlr Oil Procurement Cooperation
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday announced financial cooperation totaling around 10 billion dollars to help countries and companies...
Lower House Head Wants Imperial House Law Revision This Session
Eisuke Mori, speaker of Japan's House of Representatives, said Wednesday that a bill to revise the Imperial House Law to secure a sufficient number of...
LDP's Ishii Forms Intraparty Group with Over 40 Members
Junichi Ishii, secretary-general for Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament, announced W...
Japan Average Pump Price Stays below Govt's 170-Yen Target
Retail prices of regular gasoline in Japan stayed below the government's target of 170 yen per liter on average as of Monday, thanks to state subsidie...
Foreign Visitors to Japan Hit Record High for March
The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in March rose 3.5pctfrom a year earlier to 3,618,900, marking a record high for the month, the Japan...
Japan to Lift Organ Donation Curbs on Europe Stayers
Japan's health ministry decided on Wednesday to lift restrictions on organ donations from individuals who have stayed in Europe, a measure introduced...
Japan Govt Eyes 1-Year Limit on Anti-Retrial Appeal Proceedings
Japan's government is considering imposing a one-year limit on court proceedings that will be initiated by prosecutors' appeal against a retrial rulin...
Japan, Others Call for Immediate End to Fighting in Lebanon
Japan, Britain, Australia and seven other nations on Tuesday called for an immediate end to fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Saitama Sinkhole Road Partially Restored
A section of a road in eastern Japan that had been closed following the formation of a sinkhole due to a damaged sewer pipe in January 2025 was partia...
Japanese Manga Artist Sadao Shoji Dies at 88
Sadao Shoji, a Japanese manga artist known for his humorous comic strips depicting the daily lives of office workers, died of heart failure at a hospi...
Japan, Poland Leaders Affirm Cooperation on Russia
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Polish counterpart, Donald Tusk, agreed Wednesday to closely cooperate in responding to Russia's invasi...