Japan's ruling coalition and two opposition parties Monday threw their support behind a proposal to allow male children in the paternal line of former Imperial Family branches to regain their Imperial status through adoption.由時事通信社

Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings Co. said Monday that it has suggested that Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. sell off its U.S. stores to further the acquisition talks by the Canadian convenience store chain.由時事通信社

Japan's ruling parties and Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 agreed Monday to establish consultative bodies focusing on social security reform, free education and the abolition of the provisional gasoline tax surcharge.由時事通信社

About 27,600 people still live as evacuees 14 years after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and monster tsunami caused tremendous disasters, including a nuclear accident, mainly in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan.由時事通信社

Japan's composite index of coincident economic indicators for January rose 0.1 point from the previous month, aided by strong shipments of automobiles and auto parts, the Cabinet Office said Monday.由時事通信社

A delegation of South Korean lawmakers will visit Japan for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka as the year marks the 60th anniversary of the normalization of bilateral diplomatic relations, lawmaker Lee Seong-kweun has said.由時事通信社

Soil from radiation decontamination work after the 2011 nuclear reactor meltdowns in Fukushima Prefecture should be disposed of outside the northeastern Japan prefecture by the deadline set by law, Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori said in a recent interview.由時事通信社

Japan's transport ministry expects that the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line's extension to Sapporo will open at the end of fiscal 2038, eight years later than previously thought, sources said Monday.由時事通信社

The Japanese Electrical, Electronic & Information Union decided Monday that it will call for a pay scale increase of at least 10,000 yen per month as the minimum target for accepting the conclusion this year's "shunto" spring wage negotiations.由時事通信社

Teruki Hara, a 17-year-old fisherman, has set himself apart from his peers by relocating from Tokyo to Soma, a coastal city in Fukushima Prefecture, to begin on-the-job training.由時事通信社

Japan's National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty is set to reopen in mid-April after renovation.由時事通信社

Mizuho Bank said Monday that it will raise its long-term prime lending rate for March by 0.15 percentage point from the previous month to 2.35 pct, its highest level in over 16 years, effective on Tuesday.由時事通信社

U.S. investment fund Artisan Partners Asset Management has expressed opposition to Seven & i Holdings Co.'s appointment of outside director Stephen Hayes Dacus to its next president and CEO, the Japanese retailer said Monday.由時事通信社

A memorial service was held in Tokyo on Monday to mourn for an estimated 100,000 victims of the U.S. military's air raid on the Japanese capital 80 years ago.由時事通信社

Japan swung to a current account deficit for the first time in two years in January as the deficit in goods trade nearly doubled due to effects from the Chinese Lunar New Year holidays, preliminary government data showed Monday.由時事通信社

Local authorities on Monday lifted all remaining evacuation orders issued in response to a massive wildfire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan.由時事通信社

The Japanese agriculture ministry started receiving bids for stockpiled rice on Monday in an effort to curb soaring prices by addressing supply shortfalls.由時事通信社

Real wages in Japan declined for the first time in three months in January as inflation accelerated on the back of soaring rice prices and a reduction in government subsidies for gasoline, government data showed Monday.由時事通信社

The British government and Fujitsu Ltd. have agreed to begin talks on compensation for the Post Office scandal involving the Horizon accounting software developed by the Japanese company.由時事通信社

The massive wildfire that broke out in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 26 has been contained, the northeastern Japan city declared Sunday.由時事通信社

Municipalities in northeastern Japan are ending the storage of personal items, such as photographs, school bags and cell phones, that were collected after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011 and have not been returned to their owners.由時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to go all out for this summer's House of Councillors election, at an annual convention of his Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Sunday.由時事通信社

Frustration with the leadership of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is growing among party members over the outcome of budget deliberations in the House of Representatives.由時事通信社

Italian President Sergio Mattarella made his first visit to Hiroshima on Saturday, laying flowers before the cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing in the western Japan city's Peace Memorial Park.由時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Saturday that his ruling Liberal Democratic Party is likely to face "extremely tough" battles in upcoming elections for the House of Councillors and the Tokyo metropolitan assembly later this year.由時事通信社

Police arrested Tsuyoshi Furusho, mayor of Saza, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Saturday in a bid-rigging case over a public works project in the southwestern Japan town.由時事通信社

Toyota Motor Corp. will suspend three lines at two plants in Aichi Prefecture on Monday, company officials have said.由時事通信社

Asahikawa District Court in Hokkaido, northern Japan, has sentenced a 20-year-old woman to 23 years in prison in a high-profile murder case in which a female high school student died after being pushed off a bridge and into a river in Asahikawa in April last year.由時事通信社

The third meeting of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons ended its five-day session at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Friday, with participants adopting a declaration rejecting threats of using nuclear weapons.由時事通信社

A majority of Japanese expect Japan-U.S. economic relations to strengthen under the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, launched in January, according to a Japanese Foreign Ministry survey.由時事通信社

Up to 5 centimeters of snow is forecast for central Tokyo by early Sunday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Saturday, warning of traffic disruptions and icy roads.由時事通信社

Tokyo Metro Co. on Saturday marked the 25th anniversary of a subway derailment accident that killed five passengers and injured 64 others.由時事通信社

The Democratic Party for the People may support the fiscal 2025 budget bill if the ruling bloc agrees to raise the tax-free portion of annual income to 1.5 million yen, regardless of income levels, DPFP leader Yuichiro Tamaki has said.由時事通信社

Japanese and British foreign and economy ministers on Friday affirmed the importance of free and fair trade at a time when the international economic order has been shaken by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.由時事通信社

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his British counterpart, David Lammy, agreed Friday that the two countries will work together closely for a fair and lasting peace in Ukraine, while U.S. President Donald Trump is moving closer to Russia.由時事通信社

SBI Shinsei Bank said Friday it has reached an agreement with the Japanese government on measures to repay some 330 billion yen in remaining public funds.由時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba made counterarguments Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump complained about the Japan-U.S. security treaty unilaterally requiring the United States to defend Japan.由時事通信社

The board of Nissan Motor Co. is expected to meet as early as Tuesday to discuss the fate of President and CEO Makoto Uchida, people familiar with the matter said Friday.由時事通信社

Japan's House of Representatives election in October last year was found to be constitutional in terms of vote-value disparities by a total of 16 high court and high court branch rulings issued by Friday.由時事通信社

The Japanese government is considering shelving a plan to raise the ceiling of out-of-pocket expenses for high-cost medical care in August, it was learned Friday.由時事通信社

A Japanese high court ruled Friday that law provisions that do not allow same-sax marriage violate Paragraph 1 of Article 14 of the Constitution, which stipulates equality under the law.由時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday expressed his eagerness to establish a security framework for the Pacific region with Australia and New Zealand.由時事通信社

The Japanese government Friday adopted a bill to create a database that would store all rulings in civil lawsuits in digital form, hoping to put it into service by summer 2027.由時事通信社

The Japanese government adopted at a cabinet meeting Friday a bill aimed at regulating debt-collection activities by malicious host clubs.由時事通信社

The Japanese government has the utmost confidence in the United States fulfilling its obligation to defend Japan under the bilateral security treaty, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Friday.由時事通信社

The Japanese government Friday adopted a bill to convert the Science Council of Japan from a special organization of the state into a special corporation.由時事通信社

U.S. President Donald Trump voiced fresh dissatisfaction with the Japan-U.S. security treaty Thursday.由時事通信社

An International Monetary Fund official said Thursday that the Bank of Japan should raise interest rates gradually, based on incoming economic data.由時事通信社

The Diet on Thursday approved a plan submitted by the government for industry minister Yoji Muto to visit the United States from Sunday.由時事通信社

An explosion occurred at a plant of Chuo Spring Co., a Toyota Motor Corp. affiliate, in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, at around 8 a.m. on Thursday, killing a 40-year-old male worker, according to local fire officials and other sources.由時事通信社