Two giant pandas left Tokyo's Ueno Zoo in the early hours of Sunday for their flight back to China.Bởi 時事通信社

Shigeru Ishiba, new leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is considering a plan to hold an election of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, on Oct. 27 at the earliest, with the official campaign period starting on Oct. 15, informed sources said Sunday.…

Shigeru Ishiba, new leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has said that the sharing of the United States' nuclear weapons in Asia should be considered under the initiative of creating an Asian version of NATO proposed by him.Bởi 時事通信社

Shigeru Ishiba, new leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, expressed a cautious view about interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan, when he appeared in a television program on Sunday.Bởi 時事通信社

Many visitors bid farewell Saturday to two giant pandas at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo that are set to return to China the following day.Bởi 時事通信社

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sazanami joined a five-nation joint naval drill in the South China Sea on Saturday, Japan's Defense Ministry said.Bởi 時事通信社

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani marked his 54th home run and 57th stolen base of the season on Friday.Bởi 時事通信社

New Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba plans to appoint former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, 43, as new chairman of the Japanese ruling party's Election Strategy Committee, informed sources said Saturday.Bởi 時事通信社

Komeito, the junior coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, formally elected party Secretary-General Keiichi Ishii, 66, as its new leader at a party convention on Saturday, the first change of its leadership in 15 years.Bởi 時事通信社

A Taiwanese consumer group sued Japan's Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. for compensation for health damage allegedly caused by products related to its "beni koji" red fermented rice on Friday, Taiwanese media reported.Bởi 時事通信社

A week after torrential rain hit the northern part of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, many of those afflicted by the disaster remained evacuated, with authorities preparing to help them move into hotels and other secondary evacuation sites amid health concerns.Bởi 時事通信社

Japan's Morinari Watanabe, running in a crowded International Olympic Committee presidential race to succeed incumbent Thomas Bach, has underlined the need to update the Olympics as new types of sports emerge.Bởi 時事通信社

Japan's Sony Group Corp. and some other existing shareholders will make additional investments in Rapidus Corp., which aims for domestic production of next-generation semiconductors, sources said Friday.Bởi 時事通信社

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike expressed a positive view on newly elected Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba on Friday.Bởi 時事通信社

New Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba on Friday hinted at dissolving the House of Representatives for a snap election after holding a parliamentary debate.Bởi 時事通信社

Plaintiffs in litigation seeking the legalization of dual surnames for married couples voiced hopes about the views of Shigeru Ishiba, the next president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party elected Friday.Bởi 時事通信社

SBI Holdings Inc. announced Friday the dissolution of its partnership with Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. for the construction of a chip factory in Miyagi Prefecture.Bởi 時事通信社

Shigeru Ishiba, newly elected president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party who is all but certain to become prime minister, may face tensions with the United States over his proposal for reviewing the bilateral status of forces agreement.Bởi 時事通信社

Japan's Defense Ministry said Friday it would dispatch Air Self-Defense Force aircraft to Jordan and Greece in preparation for possible evacuation of Japanese nationals from Lebanon amid the intensifying Israel-Hezbollah conflict.Bởi 時事通信社

Domestic vehicle production at eight major Japanese automakers dropped 15.5pctfrom a year earlier to some 510,000 units in August, according to data released by the companies on Friday.Bởi 時事通信社

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday elected former party Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba as its new president, setting the stage for his nomination as the country's new prime minister.Bởi 時事通信社

Shareholders of Japanese regional banking group Jimoto Holdings Inc. on Friday approved its plans to extend the deadline for repaying public funds by 13 years.Bởi 時事通信社

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average extended gains and the yen plunged past 146 per dollar on Friday afternoon as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election went to a runoff between Sanae Takaichi and Shigeru Ishiba.Bởi 時事通信社

The core consumer price index for Tokyo's densely populated 23 special wards in September rose 2.0pctfrom a year earlier, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.Bởi 時事通信社

A memorial service was held Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the eruption of Mount Ontake in central Japan that left 58 people dead and five others missing.Bởi 時事通信社

Japan's Immigration Services Agency said Friday that it has given special residence permission to 171 foreign children who were born in Japan but do not qualify as residents of the country.Bởi 時事通信社

Japanese home appliance maker Sharp Corp. said Thursday that it will launch on Oct. 21 an air purifier whose design was overseen by the office of noted Japanese architect Kengo Kuma.Bởi 時事通信社

MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force will land on Okinawa Prefecture's main island for the first time for large-scale exercises, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.Bởi 時事通信社

The Development Bank of Japan and the country's three megabank lenders are considering investing up to 25 billion yen in total in Tokyo-based chipmaker Rapidus Corp., sources said Thursday.Bởi 時事通信社

Japan's Financial Services Agency on Thursday issued a business improvement order to cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin Co. for having 48.2 billion yen's worth of customers' bitcoin deposits stolen in May.Bởi 時事通信社

Nippon Steel Corp. remains committed to completing its planned acquisition of United States Steel Corp. by year-end, President Tadashi Imai said Thursday.Bởi 時事通信社

The Japanese government's eighth information-gathering radar satellite was launched successfully on an H-2A rocket on Thursday.Bởi 時事通信社

Metal fragments that made their way behind a switch in the driver's cabin are likely to have caused an unprecedented decoupling of a connected Shinkansen bullet train in operation earlier this month, East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, said Thursday.Bởi 時事通信社

Japanese beverage company Suntory Holdings Ltd. said Thursday that it will raise the monthly wages of its employees by about 7pctin 2025, including a pay scale hike.Bởi 時事通信社

The United States, Japan, France and some others on Wednesday called for an immediate 21-day ceasefire across the Lebanon-Israel border amid the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.Bởi 時事通信社

Embattled Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito said Thursday he intends to run again in a gubernatorial election after being removed in a no-confidence motion passed against him by the prefectural assembly earlier this month.Bởi 時事通信社

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Thursday started the fifth round of the fiscal 2024 release of treated water into the sea from its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.Bởi 時事通信社

Leaders of the Group of Seven major democracies issued a joint statement Wednesday expressing their determination to support Ukraine's long-term recovery and reconstruction and to help the country secure short-term financing.Bởi 時事通信社

A Japanese district court on Thursday acquitted an 88-year-old man in a high-profile retrial after he was sentenced to death over a 1966 murder of four people.Bởi 時事通信社

A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer has sailed in the Taiwan Strait for the first time ever, people familiar with relations between Japan and Taiwan said Thursday.Bởi 時事通信社

The annual Tokyo Game Show kicked off in the city of Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Thursday with a record high of some 980 exhibitors showcasing new video game consoles and game titles.Bởi 時事通信社

Some members of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board during the July 30-31 meeting said that upside risks to prices carry more weight in the central bank's policy decisions, minutes of the meeting showed Thursday.Bởi 時事通信社

Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito plans to call a fresh gubernatorial election and run in the poll after the prefectural assembly in western Japan passed a no-confidence motion against him, people familiar with the matter said Thursday.Bởi 時事通信社

A temporary storage facility in northeastern Japan will likely receive the first batch of spent nuclear fuel soon, after a cargo vessel believed to carry the shipment docked at a nearby port on Thursday morning.Bởi 時事通信社

United States Steel Corp. said Wednesday that a board of arbitration has judged that the company's sale to Nippon Steel Corp. of Japan can move forward.Bởi 時事通信社

The central Japan city of Obu, Aichi Prefecture, has created an orange-colored "dementia help mark" to make it easier for people to talk to dementia sufferers in need of support.Bởi 時事通信社

Taiwan on Wednesday eased import restrictions further on foods from five Japanese prefectures, making it possible for all Japanese food products to be shipped to Taiwan in principle.Bởi 時事通信社

Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee, 24, said on social media Wednesday that her leukemia has gone into complete remission, a state where no signs of the disease can be observed.Bởi 時事通信社

Japanese companies have increasingly allowed expatriates in China to return home temporarily since the fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy in the country a week ago.Bởi 時事通信社

Major Japanese electronics makers are boosting efforts to sell relatively new home appliances reconditioned after being found with initial defects or displayed at stores.Bởi 時事通信社