A Japanese weekly has corrected its recent story about a Fuji Television Network Inc. employee's alleged role in a dinner at the center of a scandal involving former TV star Masahiro Nakai, its editorial department said Tuesday.由時事通信社

Junglia Okinawa, a new theme park in northern Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, is set to open July 25, marketing company Katana Inc. and others said Tuesday.由時事通信社

Hong Kong-based investment fund Oasis Management Co. said Tuesday that it plans to file a damages lawsuit against the former chairman of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. and others over a high-profile health hazard scandal involving supplements containing "beni koji" red fermented rice.由時事通信社

Japanese vehicle maker Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday that it will build a plant in India dedicated to manufacturing electric motorcycles.由時事通信社

Shinji Aoba, who was sentenced to death over the July 2019 arson attack on Kyoto Animation Co., has withdrawn his appeal, finalizing the ruling, it was learned Tuesday.由時事通信社

Tomoko Yoshino, head of Japan's biggest labor group, Rengo, has expressed hopes that smaller businesses will decide to raise wages strongly in this year's "shunto" labor-management pay talks.由時事通信社

PFAS concentrations in blood samples from 87.4pctof those tested in a town in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, exceeded a U.S. standard for the potentially carcinogenic chemicals, it was learned Tuesday.由時事通信社

The accountant of the Liberal Democratic Party in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly has been fined 1 million yen over a slush funds scandal involving fundraising party revenues, it was learned Tuesday.由時事通信社

Iwate Prefecture held an event to promote its foodstuffs in New York on Monday, serving specialties from the northeastern Japan prefecture to people in the food and restaurant industry.由時事通信社

The Japanese government on Tuesday nominated Waseda University professor Junko Koeda as a member of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board.由時事通信社

SBI Shinsei Bank said Tuesday that it will repay by the end of March 100 billion yen out of the remaining public funds totaling some 330 billion yen that were injected into the Japanese bank in the past.由時事通信社

Japanese Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Tuesday that he will consult the Legislative Council on Feb. 10 over law revisions aimed at clarifying the standards for recognizing the crime of dangerous driving resulting in injury or death.由時事通信社

Japanese services producer prices rose 2.9pctfrom the previous year in 2024, the sharpest increase since 1991, the Bank of Japan said Tuesday.由時事通信社

The western Japan city of Settsu marked the 50th anniversary this fiscal year since starting to give out its originally designed "randoseru" traditional school backpack for free to all children getting enrolled in elementary schools in the city, an initiative aimed at helping ease the financial burdens on households.…

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has toned down his stance on the proposed introduction of a selective dual surname system for married couples.由時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday took a cautious stance about legalizing same-sex marriage.由時事通信社

The Japanese government said Tuesday that it will propose that the Asuka-Fujiwara archeological sites in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, be listed as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site.由時事通信社

United States Steel Corp. on Monday reiterated that its sale to Nippon Steel Corp. is the best deal, after a U.S. activist investor urged the U.S. steelmaker to abandon the transaction.由時事通信社

Three major Japanese banks said Monday that they will raise their short-term prime lending rates by 0.25 percentage point in March following Friday's decision by the Bank of Japan to increase interest rates.由時事通信社

Japanese travel agency H.I.S. Co. said Monday that the company received government employment adjustment subsidies inappropriately during the COVID-19 pandemic and that it will return part of them.由時事通信社

Tokyo police Monday arrested two members of Natural, one of Japan's biggest sex worker scout groups, for allegedly introducing women to sexual service establishments.由時事通信社

Japan's Cosmo Energy Holdings Co. said Monday that it will start supplying domestic sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, to All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines in April.由時事通信社

The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, on Monday disclosed a new target of increasing domestic corporate capital expenditures to 135 trillion yen in fiscal 2030 and 200 trillion yen in fiscal 2040.由時事通信社

White goods shipments in Japan in 2024 rose 1.4pctfrom the previous year to 2,580.1 billion yen, the second highest on record, the Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association said Monday.由時事通信社

The huge earthquake that hit Kobe and other western Japan areas in 1995 has led to expectations that convenience stores will serve as a lifeline in times of disaster.由時事通信社

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party approved a draft bill Monday to require the disclosure of the names and other information of companies and other organizations that donate 10 million yen or more to political parties in a year.由時事通信社

Japanese logistics group Yamato Holdings Co. and system developer Fujitsu Ltd. said Monday that they will start a service in February to match shippers and transportation providers for efficient deliveries, aiming to counter truck driver shortages.由時事通信社

Opposition force Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 urged the ruling parties Monday to start work soon to scrap the income limit for financial aid to make high school tuition effectively free in April.由時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday reiterated his position of continuing to allow companies and other organizations to make donations to political parties.由時事通信社

Restaurant sales in Japan in 2024 grew 8.4pctfrom the year before, up for the third straight year, the Japan Food Service Association said Monday.由時事通信社

A local civic group will launch another survey later this week to locate the remains of 183 people left at an underwater coal mine that was flooded in an accident more than 80 years ago in the western Japan city of Ube.由時事通信社

Fuji Media Holdings Inc. on Monday announced the resignation of Koichi Minato, president of its core subsidiary, Fuji Television Network Inc., effective the same day.由時事通信社

Naito Securities Co. said Monday that it will raise its starting monthly pay for university graduates by 43,000 yen to 300,000 yen per month in April as part of broader wage increases on the back of strong earnings.由時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is carefully considering whether to release a statement this year to mark the 80th anniversary of the country's surrender in World War II.由時事通信社

Mieko Yoshimura won a fifth four-year term as governor of Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in an election on Sunday.由時事通信社

The Japan Sumo Association is likely to promote Hoshoryu to the highest rank of yokozuna in professional sumo after the Mongolian-born wrestler claimed the second title of his career in the sport's makuuchi top division at the January grand tournament on Sunday.由時事通信社

Tomin First no Kai ()削除 aims to reach undecided voters in this summer's Tokyo metropolitan assembly election using social media, Hirotada Ototake, adviser to the regional political party, said in a recent interview with Jiji Press.由時事通信社

Japan's Finance Ministry will allow companies to make and sell goods related to "Custom-kun," an official mascot character of Japanese customs.由時事通信社

BYD Co. is believed to have surpassed Honda Motor Co. in global new vehicle sales in 2024, marking the first time that the Chinese electric vehicle giant beats the second-largest automaker in Japan.由時事通信社

Japanese police arrested a 46-year-old man on Sunday over a stabbing spree that left one person dead and two others injured in the central city of Nagano on Wednesday.由時事通信社

Japan will not participate as an observer in a meeting in the United States in March of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, government and ruling coalition officials said Saturday.由時事通信社

The Bank of Japan is on course to raise the policy interest rate past the so-called 0.5pctbarrier, unbroken for almost 30 years, if policymakers become confident that the country will achieve 2pctinflation stably and sustainably.由時事通信社

The board of Fuji Television Network Inc. will meet on Monday as the Japanese broadcaster is under fire over its approach to a sex scandal involving former TV personality Masahiro Nakai, people familiar with the matter said Saturday.由時事通信社

Fuji Television Network Inc. is facing management turmoil over its poor handling of a sex scandal involving popular television personality Masahiro Nakai, who has announced his retirement from show business.由時事通信社

Japan's communications ministry said Friday that it will submit bills to parliament in late February to revise the laws on Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. and telecommunications business.由時事通信社

Four major Japanese commercial banks said Friday that they will raise their interest rates on ordinary deposits from 0.1pctto 0.2 pct, the highest level in about 17 years, following the Bank of Japan's decision to raise its policy interest rate.由時事通信社

Japan Airlines, or JAL, will punish President Mitsuko Tottori, Chairperson Yuji Akasaka and three other executives over a scandal in which two pilots drank more alcohol than allowed by internal rules the day before taking charge of a flight last year, company officials said Friday.由時事通信社

The Bank of Japan's decision on Friday to raise interest rates further is expected to affect household and corporate finances.由時事通信社

The Japanese government will strive to balance economic revitalization and fiscal consolidation, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said in a fiscal policy speech to the Diet on Friday.由時事通信社

A Chinese regional court held the first hearing Friday for a man indicted for stabbing to death a 10-year-old Japanese boy in Shenzhen last September.由時事通信社