A man attacked two men and a woman with an apparent knife near JR Nagano Station in the central Japan city of Nagano on Wednesday, leaving one of the two men in his 40s in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest.Por 時事通信社

Riken, a Japanese government-backed research institute, said Wednesday that it has launched the development of a successor to its Fugaku supercomputer.Por 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will this week announce a plan to spend more than 15 trillion yen, starting in fiscal 2026, to make the country more resilient to natural disasters, government officials said Wednesday.Por 時事通信社

Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 on Wednesday unveiled a draft plan to hold primaries to unify opposition candidates for 32 single-seat constituencies in the upcoming House of Councillors election.Por 時事通信社

Japan's Imperial Household Agency is considering a visit by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to the island of Iwoto, also known as Iwojima, in April to pay respects to soldiers killed in World War II, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.Por 時事通信社

Japanese government expenditures to pay interest on bonds are projected to reach 16.1 trillion yen in fiscal 2028, 1.5 times higher than in fiscal 2025, according to Finance Ministry estimates based on the government's fiscal 2025 budget plan.Por 時事通信社

Harassment by customers is pushing part-time workers to quit their jobs quickly, a survey conducted by Japanese job information provider Mynavi Corp. suggested Wednesday.Por 時事通信社

Japanese people in places linked to Ichiro Suzuki expressed joy and congratulations Wednesday for the 51-year-old Japanese baseball legend's induction into the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame.Por 時事通信社

The Tokyo metropolitan assembly election will be held on June 22, the election administration commission said Wednesday.Por 時事通信社

Amid the global cocoa shortage, department stores in Japan are focusing more on unorthodox items, even curry, than chocolate candies to meet Valentine's Day customer demand this year.Por 時事通信社

Japan's ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito agreed Wednesday to hold discussions on the introduction of a dual surname system for married couples.Por 時事通信社

The average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan has exceeded 185 yen per liter for the first time in some 17 months, reflecting reduced government subsidies to oil wholesalers, the industry ministry said Wednesday.Por 時事通信社

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed Tuesday to speed up preparations to realize the first summit between Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and President Donald Trump early.Por 時事通信社

Japanese Princess Aiko on Wednesday attended the "utakai hajime" New Year's poetry reading ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo for the first time.Por 時事通信社

Former Japanese baseball star Ichiro Suzuki became the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame, it was announced Tuesday.Por 時事通信社

Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. and U.S. technology giants OpenAI and Oracle Corp. will jointly invest 500 billion dollars in four years to develop artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States.Por 時事通信社

The top diplomats of the so-called Quad countries of Japan, the United States, Australia and India affirmed the importance of cooperation among their allies and like-minded nations at a meeting Tuesday.Por 時事通信社

The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, held a meeting of their leaders Wednesday, effectively starting this year's "shunto" spring wage talks.Por 時事通信社

Retail prices of cabbage in Japan averaged 553 yen per kilogram last week, 3.37 times the usual level, as harvest volume decreased following unfavorable weather conditions, according to an agriculture ministry survey.Por 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte have agreed to strengthen relations between the two sides.Por 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will call on both the ruling and opposition parties to hold thorough parliamentary debates in a responsible manner to build a broad consensus as he heads a minority government, a draft of his upcoming policy speech showed Tuesday.Por 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Lao counterpart, Sonexay Siphandone, met in Tokyo on Tuesday and agreed to launch talks between the two countries' vice foreign and defense ministers to boost security cooperation.Por 時事通信社

Takuya Yokota, who heads a group of families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, urged the Japanese government Tuesday to work with the United States to press the reclusive state to return the abductees.Por 時事通信社

The relaxation of visa requirements for Chinese visitors, which was announced by the Japanese government last month, attracted criticism Tuesday at a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.Por 時事通信社

Scandal-tainted Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. said Tuesday that its current president, Satoshi Yamane, will step down and executive officer Norikazu Toyoda will assume the presidency.Por 時事通信社

Japanese internal affairs minister Seiichiro Murakami on Tuesday called for a swift and independent probe into a sex scandal centered around television personality Masahiro Nakai, including on the reported involvement of a Fuji Television Network Inc. employee.Por 時事通信社

A U.S. Marine Corps Osprey transport aircraft has accidentally dropped a cargo pallet weighing 400-450 kilograms into waters near Ie Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, prefectural officials said Tuesday.Por 時事通信社

Nissan Motor Co. will end production of its AD commercial van in November, company officials said Tuesday.Por 時事通信社

The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, on Tuesday released guidelines for its member companies on this year's "shunto" spring wage negotiations, urging them to consider pay scale hikes.Por 時事通信社

Japan's industry ministry on Tuesday named Tama Home Co. and two other companies as the worst in price negotiations with their suppliers.Por 時事通信社

Japan's industry minister, Yoji Muto, said Tuesday that his country needs to scrutinize the potential impact on Japanese companies of possible tariff measures by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.Por 時事通信社

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, asked the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Tuesday to cooperate in enacting the government's fiscal 2025 draft budget.Por 時事通信社

Japan Financial Services Agency decided to issue business improvement orders to car dealer Toyota Mobility Tokyo Inc. and used car dealer Goodspeed Co., it was learned Tuesday.Por 時事通信社

A Japanese court has ruled that the estimated lost wages of a girl with hearing difficulties who died in a traffic accident are considered the same as those for people without disabilities.Por 時事通信社

A trio of Japanese organizations plans to fully begin a project in April to analyze seawater temperatures and other data collected by young fishers to study the impact of environmental changes on marine life.Por 時事通信社

The Japan Federation of Service and Tourism Industries Workers' Unions plans to demand a record pay hike of 6pctincluding regular raises in this year's "shunto" spring wage negotiations.Por 時事通信社

The Japanese government Tuesday decided to promote Yoshinobu Kusunoki, deputy commissioner-general of the National Police Agency, to commissioner-general, effective from Monday.Por 時事通信社

Japan plans to have a wider range of part-timers join the "kosei nenkin" employee pension program by changing some rules, sources have said.Por 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday congratulated U.S. President Donald Trump on his inauguration.Por 時事通信社

The Russian foreign ministry issued a statement on Monday marking the 100th anniversary the same day of the signing of the Japan-Soviet basic treaty, which revived diplomatic relations between the two countries after a hiatus due to the Russian Revolution.Por 時事通信社

A 76-year-old man who lived with his wife and several former wives in Tokyo has died a day before a court was to rule on a sexual assault case against him, police sources said Monday.Por 時事通信社

The Japanese government plans to introduce a bill that would allow it to disclose the names of businesses using artificial intelligence to engage in malicious activities, such as crimes and human rights violations, officials said Monday.Por 時事通信社

Japanese agriculture minister Taku Eto said Monday that the country is in an unusual situation over the current spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza.Por 時事通信社

Japan's national wealth grew for the eighth straight year to hit a record high in 2023, thanks to rises in land and stock prices, a Cabinet Office estimate showed Monday.Por 時事通信社

Motohiko Saito, governor of Hyogo Prefecture, said Monday that he was "very shocked" by the death of former prefectural assembly member Hideaki Takeuchi, who had grilled Saito at the assembly's special committee investigating harassment and corruption allegations against the governor.Por 時事通信社

Convenience store sales in Japan hit a record high of 11,795.3 billion yen on an all-store basis in 2024, marking the fourth straight year of growth, the Japan Franchise Association said Monday.Por 時事通信社

The devastating earthquake that struck Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture's capital, and other western Japan areas 30 years ago was a "turning point in the government's approach to disaster response," Japanese minister Ryosei Akazawa said in a recent interview.Por 時事通信社

Japanese financial group Orix Corp. said Monday it will sell its 20pctstake in equity method affiliate Greenko Energy Holdings, which operates a renewable energy business in India, for 1,462 million dollars.Por 時事通信社

Tokyo on Monday criticized Moscow's decision to stop the implementation of a bilateral memorandum on the Japan Centers in Russia, which hold business and other seminars for Russians.Por 時事通信社

Sponsors have successively suspended the airing of their commercials on Fuji Television Network Inc. following a reported sex scandal involving TV personality Masahiro Nakai.Por 時事通信社