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Honda Unveils New Hybrid System for Large SUVs
Honda Motor Co. has unveiled to the press its new hybrid system for large SUVs, with an eye on the North American market, where large vehicles are in...
Takaichi Vows Continued Support in 1st Talks with Zelenskyy
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held her first phone talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, and vowed that Japan will...
Nippon Steel Widens Full-Year Net Loss Forecast
Nippon Steel Corp. said Wednesday that it expects to incur a consolidated net loss of 60 billion yen for the fiscal year through next March, widening...
SDP on Verge of Losing Only Lower House Seat
Japan's Social Democratic Party is on the verge of losing its only seat in the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet,...
Scientists Call for Abolition of N-Weapons
Scientists and scholars from around the globe demanded in a joint declaration Wednesday that nuclear powers never use the weapons of mass destruction.
54 B. Yen of Japan Tax Money Wasted in FY 2024
Wasteful and ineffective use of taxpayer money by the Japanese government in fiscal 2024 totaled about 54,081 million yen in 319 projects, according t...
Kansai Electric Begins Survey for New Nuclear Reactor
Kansai Electric Power Co. said Wednesday that it has started a survey to consider building a new nuclear reactor in the central Japan town of Mihama,...
13 Japanese Detained at Fraud Base in Cambodia
Thirteen Japanese nationals were detained at a base for special fraud in Bavet, a city in southeastern Cambodia, on Tuesday local time, Japanese Deput...
Takaichi Rules Out Possibility of Early General Election
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of dissolving the House of Representatives for an early general election...
BOJ Policymakers Weighed Potential Rate Increase: Minutes
Bank of Japan policymakers in September held an in-depth discussion about the advisability of raising interest rates, minutes from the central bank's...
Toyota Raises FY 2025 Net Profit Forecast to 2.93 T. Yen
Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that it has revised up its consolidated net profit forecast for fiscal 2025 to 2.93 trillion yen from 2.66 trillion...
Japan Panel Begins Fiscal 2026 Budget Talks
A subcommittee of a finance ministry advisory panel Wednesday started discussions to formulate the Japanese government's budget for fiscal 2026, which...
Takaichi Denies Replacing Scandal-Hit Deputy Govt Spokesperson
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday that she will not replace Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kei Sato, a House of Councillors lawmak...
Market Players Skeptical about Effects of TSE Trading Hours Extension
Market players are skeptical that a 30-minute expansion of the Tokyo Stock Exchange's trading hours a year ago had a significant effect in boosting tr...
Funding for Gasoline Surcharge Abolition to Be Put Off by 1 Year
Japan's ruling and opposition parties formally agreed Wednesday to scrap the provisional gasoline tax surcharge Dec. 31 while putting off a decision o...
GSDF Signs Pact with Akita to Help Capture Bears
Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force on Wednesday signed an agreement with the Akita prefectural government to dispatch troops to the northeastern Japan...
Bears Scaring Off School, Other Events in Japan
Amid a recent spate of bear attacks on people, a variety of outdoor events, including school marathons, have been canceled across Japan since October...
NTT to Establish Company for Self-Driving Services
Japanese telecommunications company NTT Inc. has said it will establish a new company in December to promote the practical application of self-driving...
JR Tokai, JR West Enjoy Record Sales, Profits amid Osaka Expo
Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, and West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, have both logged record group sales and net profits for April-Septembe...
Japan's New Auto Sales Fall 1.8 pct in Oct.
New automobile sales in Japan in October fell 1.8pctfrom a year before to 395,189 units, decreasing for the fourth consecutive month, industry data sh...
Suntory to Raise Prices of Hibiki Whisky, Other Products
Suntory Spirits Ltd. on Tuesday announced its plan to raise shipping prices on 187 products by 2 to 20pctstarting April 1 next year, mainly due to ris...
Profits Rise at 3 Major Japanese Securities Firms in April-Sept.
Profits went up at three of Japan's four major securities firms in the April-September first half of fiscal 2025 thanks to high stock prices, accordin...
Nippon Ishin's Fujita Defends Payments to Secretary's Firm
Fumitake Fujita, co-leader of Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 in the ruling coalition, said Tuesday that his reported payments from public funds to a firm...
Asian Black Bear Sightings Hit Record High in Japan for April-Sept.
Asian black bear sightings in Japan from April to September totaled 20,792, the highest for the six-month period since data began in fiscal 2009, the...
Japan Rejects China's Protest over PM's Meeting with Taiwan Official
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Tuesday dismissed China's protest over the recent meeting between Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and for...
Nintendo's Sales Projected to Top 2 T. Yen for 1st Time
Nintendo Co. said Tuesday that its full-year consolidated sales are projected to exceed 2 trillion yen for the first time, reflecting the popularity o...
Half of Tokyo-Area Wild Animal Cafes Give Guests No Risk Explanation
Nearly half of cafes in Tokyo and nearby areas that exhibit rare wild animals and allow customers to touch them have given no explanations in advance...
Japan to Counter Foreigners Refusing to Pay Health Insurance Premiums
Japan's health ministry is planning to deny in principle the renewal or change of residential status for foreign citizens who refuse to pay national h...
4th Court Finds July Upper House Poll Held in Unconstitutional State
The Matsue branch of Hiroshima High Court ruled on Tuesday that the House of Councillors election in July was held in a "state of unconstitutionality"...
INTERVIEW: New Digital Minister Seeks National Debate on Medical Data Use
Japan's new digital transformation minister Hisashi Matsumoto has called for a national debate on the utilization of medical data for drug development...
Tokushima Firm Develops Bear Repellent Spray
As the number of fatalities from bear attacks in Japan rises to a record high this fiscal year, a company, based in Anan, Tokushima Prefecture, wester...
Japan PM Takaichi Vows to Seek Refundable Tax Credit Program
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday that her government will seek to introduce a refundable tax credit program, which would provide ca...
Japan Govt to Outline Policies on Foreigners in Jan.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday instructed relevant ministers to outline policies on foreign nationals in Japan as early as next Jan...
Flu Season Starts Earlier Than Usual in Japan
Influenza outbreaks have started in Japan in late September, earlier than usual, partly because of increases in cross-border travel.
Japan May Send SDF to Akita over Surge in Bear Attacks Wed.
Japan's Defense Ministry will send Self-Defense Forces personnel as early as Wednesday to the northeastern prefecture of Akita, where bear attacks hav...
INTERVIEW: Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Sees India as Shipping Hub
India can become a hub for international shipping, serving as a base for exports to Africa and the Middle East, Yutaka Ikeda, managing director of Jap...
Japan to Draw Up New Growth Strategy Next Summer
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday that her government will draw up a new growth strategy next summer.
Fukushima Town Eases Entry Restrictions in Contaminated Areas
A Fukushima Prefecture town in northeastern Japan eased entry restrictions Tuesday in some areas within the so-called difficult-to-return zone, heavil...
Takaichi's Pick of Scandal-Hit Deputy Govt Spokesperson Stirs Diet
Tensions are rising in the Diet, Japan's parliament, over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's pick of scandal-mired lawmaker Kei Sato of the House of Coun...
Japan Confirms 3rd Bird Flu Case of Season
The prefectural government of Niigata, central Japan, said Tuesday that it has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry...