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Tokyo Condo Prices Hit Record High in FY 2025
The average unit price of new condominiums put up for sale in Tokyo's 23 special wards in fiscal 2025 hit a record high of 137.84 million yen, reflect...
Japan Joins Balikatan Exercise Hosted by U.S., Philippines
Japan's Ground, Maritime and Air Self-Defense Forces are sending a total of about 1,400 personnel to the Balikatan multilateral exercise jointly organ...
Many Kids' Foods Released in Japan despite Population Fall
Japanese food makers are actively launching easy-to-prepare food products for children aged 1 to 6, although the population in the age bracket keeps d...
Japan Police Academy Rules to Become Easier
Japan's National Police Agency has come up with a package of emergency plans to cope with the ongoing recruitment crisis, including relaxing stringent...
JAL, ANA to Double Fuel Surcharges in May
Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways said Monday that they will nearly double their fuel surcharges for international flights booked in May and June,...
Kirin Unit to Offer Further Support for Wineries in Japan
A unit of Japanese food and beverage giant Kirin Holdings Co. said Monday that it will expand its program to support Japanese wineries.
Kumamoto-Based Bank Opens Consulting Branch in Taipei
Higo Bank, the Kumamoto-based unit of Kyushu Financial Group Inc., on Monday held an opening ceremony for a new branch set up by its consulting subsid...
Police Search Tokyo Rental Office over Body Abandonment
Tokyo police searched a rental office in the Japanese capital Monday over a body abandonment case allegedly committed by the president of an informati...
Strong Quake Strikes Northeastern Japan
A strong earthquake struck northeastern Japan on Monday, measuring up to upper 5, the fourth-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, an...
Japan News Media Assn Urges Rules on AI Search Services
The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association released a statement Monday urging the government to establish rules over artificial intelligen...
Japan's Unified Local Polls Likely to Be Highly Competitive
Japanese opposition parties are seeking to bolster their presence in local assemblies, raising the possibility that unified local elections in spring...
TEPCO Ends 1st Round of Treated Water Release for FY 2026
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Monday that it has completed the first round of releasing treated water containing small amounts of ra...
Japan to Implement Revised Special Heatstroke Alert System Wed.
Japan's revised heatstroke special alert system will be introduced Wednesday, in response to potential dangerous heat conditions, with operations set...
North Korea Test-Fires Missiles with Cluster Warheads: KCNA
North Korea test-fired tactical ballistic missiles Sunday to evaluate the power of warheads carrying cluster bombs, the country's state-run Korean Cen...
Knife-Carrying Man Held at Japan Upper House Office Building
A knife-carrying man was arrested Monday at the office building for the members of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan's pa...
4 Japan Researchers among Winners of Physics Prize
An international team, including four Japanese researchers, has won the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for precisely measuring the mag...
Bear Spotted in Residential Area in Japan's Sendai
A bear was spotted in a residential area in Sendai, a major city in northeastern Japan, on Sunday, prompting local authorities to issue a warning to n...
Japan, Australia Seek Adherence to Lebanon Ceasefire
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Australian counterpart, Richard Marles, on Sunday urged all parties concerned to observe the ceasef...
Victims of Ikebukuro Runaway Car Crash Mourned 7 Years On
Relatives of a woman and her daughter who were killed in a runaway car crash in Tokyo's busy Ikebukuro district in April 2019 remembered their loved o...
Arrested Father of Kyoto Boy Searched for Ways to Abandon Body
The smartphone of the arrested father of an 11-year-old Kyoto Prefecture boy who has been found dead had a history of searching for ways to abandon a...
LDP Less Eager Than JIP on Lower House Seat Cut
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, are slated to resume later this month working-level tal...
Takaichi Actively Engages in Summit Diplomacy over Iran Crisis
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is actively engaging in summit diplomacy with leaders of other Asian nations and countries in Europe and the Mi...
INTERVIEW: TSE Planning New Disclosure Rules for Midsize Firms
Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. plans to introduce new disclosure rules for midsize companies that have not published specific measures to improve capital e...
Investigator Recounts Probe of Ikebukuro Car Crash 7 Years On
With Sunday marking seven years since a woman and her daughter were killed by a runaway car in Tokyo's busy Ikebukuro district, the lead police invest...
N. Korea Launches Possible Ballistic Missile
An object that may be a ballistic missile has been launched from North Korea, Japan's Defense Ministry said Sunday.
Japan on Track to Log Highest Post-Pandemic Measles Cases
Japan is on pace to log its highest annual measles cases this year since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 236 patients confirmed by early April...
CRA's Ogawa Calls for Dialogue, Consensus in Int'l Conference
Junya Ogawa, leader of Japan's main opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, has called for "dialogue and consensus" to better the world at an internation...
Japan, EU Hold 1st Defense Industry Dialogue
Japan and the European Union have held the first dialogue designed to reinforce their cooperation for the defense industry.
Japan Pledges "All Possible Measures" for Hormuz Safety
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has sent a message to an international meeting expressing her country's determination to take "all possible mea...
Strong Quake Jolts Nagano Pref. in Central Japan
A powerful earthquake measuring up to upper 5, the fourth-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, struck northern areas of Nagano Prefe...
Japan, Australia to Boost Cooperation for East Asia Security
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Australian counterpart Richard Marles at a meeting in Melbourne on Saturday agreed to strengthen bi...
BOJ Caught in Dilemma over Next Rate Hike
The Bank of Japan faces a dilemma of choosing between reining in inflation and propping up the economy as it considers whether to raise the policy int...
LDP, JIP Apart over Revision of Article 9 of Japan's Constitution
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, remain apart over a revision of pacifist Article 9 of t...
G-7 Ministers Discuss Increasing Aid to Resource-Rich Nations
Finance ministers from the Group of Seven major industrialized countries on Friday discussed plans to increase financial aid to resource-rich nations...
Tokyo IT Firm Head Arrested for Alleged Body Abandonment
Tokyo police on Friday arrested the president of Linux Japan, an information technology service provider in the Japanese capital, on suspicion of aban...
Japan, 8 Others Agree to Cut 2026 Saury Catch Quota by 5 Pct
Japan and eight other economies agreed Friday to decrease this year's catch quota for saury in the northern Pacific by 5pctyear-on-year.
Japan SDF Ship Sails through Taiwan Strait: China
A spokesperson for the Chinese military's Eastern Theater Command, which is responsible for areas near Taiwan, said on social media Friday that a Japa...
Nihon Hidankyo Holds Rally before NPT Review Conference
Nihon Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, held a rally in Tokyo on Friday ahead of a review conference of t...
Japan Sees 8.4-T.-Yen Rise in FY 2034 JGB Interest Costs
Interest payments on Japanese government bonds in fiscal 2034 are projected to be about 8.4 trillion yen higher than previously estimated, the Finance...
Takaichi to Skip Yasukuni Visit during Spring Festival
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering skipping a visit to war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during its three-day spring festival th...