Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday that his government has "all kinds of options" on how to respond to the imposition of 25pcttariffs on automobile imports announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.Par 時事通信社

Japan's Imperial Household Agency said Friday it will start operating an official channel on the YouTube video-sharing platform on Tuesday.Par 時事通信社

SBI Shinsei Bank said Friday it has repaid some 100 billion yen in public funds to the Japanese government.Par 時事通信社

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co. plan to merge in April 2027, their parent, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc., said Friday.Par 時事通信社

Shareholders of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. on Friday approved the company's proposed slate of 10 board nominees, including executive officer Norikazu Toyoda, who is set to become new president and CEO of the scandal-tainted Japanese company.Par 時事通信社

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday broadly agreed with the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan to put a revised government budget bill for fiscal 2025 to votes at the Budget Committee of the House of Councillors, the upper parliamentary chamber, and at a plenary session of the Upper House, both on Monday.…

An estimated 41,969 bodies in Japan were unclaimed in fiscal 2023, accounting for 2.7pctof total deaths in 2023, a recent welfare ministry survey showed.Par 時事通信社

Japan will ask all of some 4,000 listed companies in the country to consider submitting and disclosing their annual securities reports before ordinary meetings of their shareholders, financial services minister Katsunobu Kato said Friday.Par 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that he will visit Ioto, widely known as Iwo Jima, on Saturday to attend an event to honor soldiers who died in the fierce battle on the Pacific island 80 years ago.Par 時事通信社

The number of suicides in Japan decreased by 1,517 from the previous year to 20,320 in 2024, the second-lowest level on record, the health ministry said Friday.Par 時事通信社

Many needy households in Japan with children set to enroll in junior or senior high schools next month are considering reducing their living costs to cover spending necessary for the new school life, a survey has found.Par 時事通信社

The core consumer price index for Tokyo's densely populated 23 special wards in March rose 2.4pctfrom a year before amid continued food price increases, government data showed Friday.Par 時事通信社

Japan should aim to boost annual rice exports, including packaged rice and rice flour, to 353,000 tons in 2030, up eightfold from last year, a government panel has said.Par 時事通信社

Japan's Fair Trade Commission has warned confectionery maker Chateraise Co., alleging that the company refused to receive products from suppliers in violation of the subcontract law.Par 時事通信社

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday approved by a majority vote a plan for nominee George Glass to become U.S. ambassador to Japan.Par 時事通信社

Japan and eight other economies agreed Thursday to reduce this year's catch quota for saury in the northern Pacific by 10pctto 202,500 tons.Par 時事通信社

The Japanese government published Thursday an evacuation plan for the roughly 120,000 people on remote southwestern islands, drawn up with a possible conflict over Taiwan in mind.Par 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is planning to visit the Philippines and Vietnam during the holidays starting late next month, government officials said Thursday.Par 時事通信社

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to impose 25pcttariffs on all automobile imports, starting next month, has shocked Japanese automakers as the United States is their key market.Par 時事通信社

Masahiro Shinoda, a film director known for his unique Japanese aesthetic style, died of pneumonia on Tuesday. He was 94.Par 時事通信社

A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced former lawmaker Megumi Hirose to 30 months in prison, suspended for five years, for defrauding the government of several million yen in salary for a secretary.Par 時事通信社

Japanese Emperor Naruhito bade farewell on Thursday to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at a hotel in Tokyo.Par 時事通信社

Fuji Media Holdings Inc., parent of scandal-embattled Fuji Television Network Inc., announced Thursday that Hisashi Hieda will step down as the two firms' executive managing adviser.Par 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is unlikely to release a government-adopted statement to mark the 80th anniversary this year of the country's surrender in World War II, government officials said Thursday.Par 時事通信社

While Japan's Diet has enacted a bill calling for decency in election campaign posters, the country's efforts to prevent votes falling into chaos are starting to resemble a game of cat and mouse.Par 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday that no new budgetary measures to tackle inflation will be compiled after the expected enactment of the government's fiscal 2025 budget.Par 時事通信社

East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, launched part of its Takanawa Gateway City large-scale redevelopment area in Tokyo on Thursday.Par 時事通信社

Families of high school students receiving aid from Japan's Ashinaga Foundation suffer poverty in many cases, earning disposable incomes less than half the national average, a survey has found.Par 時事通信社

Over 900 hectares have been destroyed in total in wildfires that began on Sunday in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan.Par 時事通信社

Chiba Bank is considering acquiring a stake of about 20pctin Chiba Kogyo Bank for about 20 billion yen, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.Par 時事通信社

Nissan Motor Co. will seek a new partnership even with a firm outside the auto industry following the breakdown of merger talks with Honda Motor Co., incoming Nissan President Ivan Espinosa said in a recent interview.Par 時事通信社

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters said Wednesday that this year's Abel Prize for mathematicians with distinguished achievements will be given to Masaki Kashiwara, making him the first Japanese to win the award.Par 時事通信社

Major Japanese agricultural and consumer cooperatives are starting shipping rice released by the government to curb soaring prices.Par 時事通信社

West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, on Wednesday built a station building that consists of parts made with 3D printer technology, in Wakayama Prefecture.Par 時事通信社

Honda Motor Co. unveiled to media Wednesday its 3.49-billion-yuan new joint venture electric vehicle plant with an output capacity of 120,000 units per year in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.Par 時事通信社

The Diet, Japan's parliament, on Wednesday enacted a bill aimed at boosting disaster prevention measures in peninsular areas of the country.Par 時事通信社

In the wake of Tokyo District Court's order to dissolve the Unification Church, opposition parties have demanded that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party reinvestigate its members' ties with the controversial religious group, also known as the Moonies.Par 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will meet Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Tokyo on Wednesday to agree on future mutual visits by the two countries' leaders and confirm their cooperation on promoting decarbonization and expanding investments.Par 時事通信社

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda suggested Wednesday that the central bank may raise interest rates to respond to recent increases in food and other prices.Par 時事通信社

One of the largest Mars rocks in the world, which is set to be exhibited in the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, was taken from the National Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo on Wednesday for transport to the event site.Par 時事通信社

Motohiko Saito, governor of Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, apologized to prefectural government workers Wednesday, after a third-party panel last week found that his prefecture's actions to identify a whistleblower accusing him of harassment violated the whistleblower protection law.Par 時事通信社

The Japanese government has decided to accept two Palestinian women who were injured in the Gaza Strip for medical treatment, in response to the serious humanitarian situation there and at the request of the World Health Organization, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.Par 時事通信社

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday proposed that the House of Councillors Budget Committee puts a fiscal 2025 government budget bill to a vote on Friday.Par 時事通信社

A memorial ceremony was held in an Okinawa Prefecture village Wednesday, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. military's landing on the Kerama Islands, which preceded fierce ground battles in the southwestern Japan prefecture during World War II.Par 時事通信社

Tokyo District Court on Wednesday found a former judge guilty of committing insider trading by using information obtained during his work on loan at the Financial Services Agency.Par 時事通信社

The Japanese agriculture ministry on Wednesday began to accept bids in the second round of its auction for government-stockpiled rice.Par 時事通信社

Top Japanese shipbuilder Imabari Shipbuilding Co. lost its official certification for foreign technical intern programs for violating the industrial safety and health law, the Immigration Services Agency has said.Par 時事通信社

Japan House Sao Paulo kicked off an exhibition Tuesday to display a house made of paper tubes for disaster evacuees, amid rising interest in disaster response in Brazil following a series of natural disasters.Par 時事通信社

Top leaders of Japanese heavy machinery maker Hitachi Zosen Corp., now called Kanadevia Corp., covered up its group's tampering of data on ship engines from 2015, according to an announcement.Par 時事通信社

About 30pctof major Japanese companies have introduced or plan to introduce artificial intelligence in their employee recruitment activities, according to a survey by Jiji Press.Par 時事通信社