Welcia Holdings Co., Japan's largest drugstore chain, and Tsuruha Holdings Inc., the second-largest, said Friday that they will integrate their operations on Dec. 1., two years ahead of schedule, creating a group with annual sales exceeding 2 trillion yen.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will meet with Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, the umbrella organization for labor unions in the country, on Monday, the government said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa will meet with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in the United States on Thursday Japan time to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, Japanese government officials said Friday.時事通信社 による

Senior Japanese lawmaker Hiroshige Seko said Friday that he will testify before the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament, about a slush funds scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.時事通信社 による

Led by the Osaka prefecture police department, Japanese police authorities have thoroughly prepared security systems for the World Exposition to be held in the western Japan city of Osaka from Sunday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government on Friday adopted a five-year agriculture policy outline that calls for boosting the country's rice exports to 353,000 tons in 2030, an eightfold increase from 46,000 tons in 2024.時事通信社 による

Just ahead of Sunday's opening of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka Prefecture's namesake capital, prefectural Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura has expressed hope that the event will prove a "compass" to the future.時事通信社 による

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will attend the third Preparatory Committee session for the 2026 Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, to be held in New York from April 28, government sources said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Financial Services Agency has ordered Prudential Life Insurance Co. and its holding company to report measures to prevent a recurrence of acts of misconduct involving former employees, people familiar with the matter said Friday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has found an unlikely friend in a talking doll of Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot of the World Exposition to be held in the western Japan city of Osaka from Sunday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrived in Osaka Prefecture on Friday ahead of the opening of the 2025 World Exposition there.時事通信社 による

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa on Friday expressed his readiness to discuss nontariff barriers and currencies in his upcoming negotiations with the United States.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday instructed economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, who is in charge of tariff negotiations with the United States, to launch a task force of relevant ministries to deal with the tariff issue.時事通信社 による

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday reiterated his opposition to Nippon Steel Corp.'s plan to fully acquire United States Steel Corp., saying that the Japanese steelmaker is seeking to become "an investor" in the U.S. peer.時事通信社 による

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over the Japan-U.S. security treaty, calling the pact "so one-sided."時事通信社 による

Five male junior high school students and a female high school student were taken to hospital Thursday following a report of a lightning strike on a school ground in the central Japan city of Nara, local police said.時事通信社 による

Japan's Defense Ministry said Thursday that the Air Self-Defense Force scrambled fighter jets a total of 704 times in response to possible airspace violations in fiscal 2024, up by 35 from the previous year.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba emphasized the importance of promoting Japanese films abroad in a meeting with noted Japanese directors on Thursday.時事通信社 による

The Japanese government plans to send economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, who is in charge of tariff negotiations with the United States, to the country as early as next week, informed sources said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force said Thursday that it will conduct its first domestic training exercise for launching surface-to-ship missiles.時事通信社 による

The U.S. military and the Okinawa prefectural police will conduct a joint patrol following a string of sexual assault cases involving U.S. military personnel in the southern Japan prefecture last year, people familiar with the matter said Thursday.時事通信社 による

Major bearing maker MinebeaMitsumi Inc. said Thursday that it will launch a tender offer for major sensor maker Shibaura Electronics Co.時事通信社 による

Classmates of Megumi Yokota on Thursday donated cherry trees to a junior high school in Niigata, a city in central Japan, that they had attended when the then 13-year-old was abducted to North Korea.時事通信社 による

Japan's Fair Trade Commission on Thursday issued a warning to a Toyota Motor Corp. car dealer unit over its tied-in sales of three popular models.時事通信社 による

A flying car developed by SkyDrive Inc. has taken to the air on Yumeshima, an artificial island in Osaka, ahead of Sunday's grand opening of the World Exposition in the western Japan city.時事通信社 による

Japan's Fast Retailing Co., which runs the Uniqlo casual clothing stores, said Thursday that its group sales in the six months through February hit a first-half record high.時事通信社 による

Japan Airlines plans to start commercial flying car operations in 2027, company officials said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Thursday began discharging into the ocean treated water from its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in its first such operation in fiscal 2025.時事通信社 による

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Thursday welcomed a decision by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend the implementation of its reciprocal tariffs for all countries, except China, for 90 days.時事通信社 による

Fujitsu Ltd. and others have developed a device that uses artificial intelligence technology to judge the fat content of frozen albacore tuna, a widely used indicator to determine the deliciousness of the fish.時事通信社 による

A Tokyo police initiative to invite children who have lost family members in accidents and criminal incidents to sports matches and other events marks its 10th anniversary this year.時事通信社 による

Japan's producer prices climbed 3.3pctin fiscal 2024 from the previous year, rising for the fourth successive year, as rice prices shot up and firms raised prices to reflect higher materials and labor costs, a Bank of Japan report showed Thursday.時事通信社 による

U.S. President Trump said Wednesday that he does not want to see United States Steel Corp. go to Japan, signaling his opposition to Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp.'s plan to fully acquire the U.S. peer.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday confirmed cooperation over issues linked to China, North Korea and Russia.時事通信社 による

Japanese finance and central bank officials on Wednesday agreed to work together to minimize the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on the Japanese economy.時事通信社 による

The Japan Coast Guard has started allowing crew members of large patrol vessels to get always connected on board, a move that is aimed at attracting youngsters to the water police suffering a serous manpower shortage.時事通信社 による

Japan's ruling bloc is considering providing a cash handout of at least 30,000 yen per person to all people in an effort to mitigate the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday appointed 180 central government officials as regional revitalization support officers to be deeply involved in assisting specific municipalities in rural areas.時事通信社 による

Japan's average retail price of regular gasoline rose 1.4 yen from a week before to 186.3 yen per liter as of Monday, hitting its second-highest level on record.時事通信社 による

The Japan Coast Guard on Wednesday sent to public prosecutors papers on eight then officials of JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc. and the company itself over a case of covering up a ship leak last year.時事通信社 による

Japan's Seven & i Holdings Co. said Wednesday that its consolidated net profit for the year through February dropped 23.0pctfrom the previous year to 173 billion yen as its cash-cow overseas convenience store business slumped.時事通信社 による

Japanese police Wednesday sent public prosecutors papers on a former president of transportation company Maruhari over a truck accident near Tokyo in 2024 that left six dead or injured.時事通信社 による

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that he is very optimistic about the outlook of talks with Japan over U.S. tariffs on imports from the Asian country.時事通信社 による

The Japan Coast Guard on Wednesday raided SGC Saga Aviation Co., the operator of an ambulance helicopter that crashed off Iki Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sunday, killing three people.時事通信社 による

Japan's parliament Wednesday enacted a bill to allow the government-backed Japan International Cooperation Agency to better utilize private funds for its aid provided to developing countries.時事通信社 による

A Tokyo-based biotechnology startup derived from the University of Osaka has applied for the health ministry's approval of production and sales of its heart cell sheets created from induced pluripotent stem cells.時事通信社 による

Japan will release government-stockpiled rice every month until summer, agriculture minister Taku Eto said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

Japan will urge the United States to review the high tariffs decided under U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday.時事通信社 による

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Tuesday that he will try to pry open the Japanese agricultural market through tariff negotiations.時事通信社 による

A Japanese research team led by Tohoku University has found that babies conceived during the winter months are less susceptible to weight gain when they become adults.時事通信社 による