Bank of Japan policymakers Friday voted to reduce the central bank's purchase amount of Japanese government bonds, the BOJ said.Door 時事通信社

Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department has arrested 23 men on suspicion of brokering female workers at a call girl business for prostitution, the largest number of people apprehended at once by the MPD over prostitution-brokering allegations, it was learned Monday.Door 時事通信社

With the twin giant panda cubs at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo turning 3 years old next Sunday, the clock is ticking for their eventual transfer to China.Door 時事通信社

The opposition Democratic Party for the People will cooperate with the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, in the next general election, DPFP head Yuichiro Tamaki said Monday.Door 時事通信社

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Monday expressed worry about what he described as China's "rapid and unclear" expansion of its nuclear arsenal.Door 時事通信社

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders fell 2.9pctfrom the previous month in April, the first drop in three months, the Cabinet Office said Monday.Door 時事通信社

The prefectural ruling camp in Okinawa, led by Governor Denny Tamaki, failed to secure a majority of seats in Sunday's election for the assembly of the southernmost Japan prefecture.Door 時事通信社

Japanese Princess Kako watched a dance event for people with disabilities held at Tokyo Gymnasium on Sunday.Door 時事通信社

A Japanese research team has succeeded in reaccelerating muons, a type of elementary particle, after artificially cooling them, in the first such breakthrough in the world.Door 時事通信社

"Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window," directed by Japan's Shinnosuke Yakuwa, received an award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France on Saturday.Door 時事通信社

Working-level officials of Japan and the United States discussed extended deterrence, including the U.S. nuclear umbrella, over two days until Friday.Door 時事通信社

A growing number of local governments in Japan are moving to sell some reusable oversized waste collected from households, including furniture, on popular flea market app Mercari.Door 時事通信社

A boarding system using a facial recognition technology was introduced at the Yamaman Yukarigaoka Line, a train service in a residential area in the city of Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Saturday.Door 時事通信社

Voting kicked off Sunday morning in an election for the prefectural assembly of Okinawa, with the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station within the southernmost Japan prefecture a major issue in the poll.Door 時事通信社

The custom of Father's Day in Japan has a unique history and has developed in its own way.Door 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stressed on Saturday the need for a fair and permanent peace based on the U.N. Charter, in a speech at the Summit on Peace in Ukraine, which began the same day in Switzerland.Door 時事通信社

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who chaired this year's summit of the Group of Seven major countries, underscored on Saturday the results achieved at the conference.Door 時事通信社

The education ministers of Japan, China and South Korea agreed Saturday to work together to promote digitalization in the education field and boost exchanges among future generations.Door 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday vowed to "sincerely address" the issue of revamping research, public relations and accommodation allowances provided to lawmakers, based on an accord reached between the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除.Door 時事通信社

A corpse possibly of one of the two Japanese men who went missing while climbing a mountain in the northern part of Pakistan was discovered Saturday, local authorities said.Door 時事通信社

Japanese startup SkyDrive Inc., picked as a flying car operator for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, has announced a decision to give up commercial operation of the vehicle at the event.Door 時事通信社

The Bank of Japan embarked on the long path of so-called quantitative monetary tightening, deciding at its policy-setting meeting through Friday to reduce its purchases of Japanese government bonds.Door 時事通信社

Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. inappropriately prearranged with other nonlife insurers premiums for contracts with a total of 385 corporate clients, in possible violation of the antimonopoly law, a report by an external investigation committee has shown.Door 時事通信社

New Chinese rules related to law enforcement by the country's coast guard took effect Saturday, allowing the maritime authorities to detain foreigners entering Beijing-claimed waters for up to 60 days.Door 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, agreed Friday to work on setting up a visit to Japan by Modi within this year.Door 時事通信社

The heads of the Group of Seven major powers said in a joint statement Friday that they will launch an action plan to deal with the positive and negative impacts of artificial intelligence on employment.Door 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Canadian counterpart, Justin Trudeau, agreed Friday to cooperate primarily on security and maritime surveillance activities to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific region.Door 時事通信社

Leaders of the Group of Seven major countries expressed support Friday for Japan's release of treated water from the meltdown-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the ocean.Door 時事通信社

Pope Francis called for regulating artificial intelligence from an ethical perspective at a summit of the Group of Seven major powers Friday.Door 時事通信社

Japan and Italy on Friday agreed to begin bilateral negotiations on an acquisition and cross-servicing agreement to facilitate the exchange of fuel and ammunition between the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the Italian military.Door 時事通信社

Leaders of the Group of Seven major powers Friday confirmed their cooperation in dealing with China, which is increasing its military coercion around Taiwan and advancing into the East and South China seas.Door 時事通信社

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday confirmed their cooperation, in a chat on the sidelines of the ongoing summit of the Group of Seven major powers.Door 時事通信社

Japan's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission on Friday recommended that the Financial Services Agency impose administrative penalties on three units of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., including for sharing information about customers without their consent.Door 時事通信社

Japan has newly added collaboration for the sustainable development of lithium resources to a mining cooperation agreement with Chile, the industry ministry said Friday.Door 時事通信社

International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane stressed the importance of independent judgment, defying Russia's warrant for her, at a press conference at the Japan National Press Club on Friday.Door 時事通信社

Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday that it will continue the current production halt until the end of July for three vehicle models affected by its testing irregularities.Door 時事通信社

U.N. disarmament head Izumi Nakamitsu has said that it would be difficult to establish by 2026 an international framework banning lethal autonomous weapons systems, or LAWS, which can attack targets without human involvement using artificial intelligence.Door 時事通信社

Travel agency H.I.S. Co. said Friday that it posted its first half-year net profit in five years, reflecting a recovery in travel demand after the COVID-19 crisis.Door 時事通信社

Japanese pianist Kazuya Saito has been arrested for allegedly stealing a flight attendant's apron on an airplane, police sources said Friday.Door 時事通信社

Fresh arrest warrants were served on five suspects Friday over the murder of a man whose body was found last December in a suitcase in the Tama River near Tokyo.Door 時事通信社

Jin Sato, mayor of the northeastern Japan town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, believed it was his responsibility to decide whether to preserve or demolish a town building ravaged by the March 2011 tsunami.Door 時事通信社

Tokyo District Court found on Friday Yayoi Kimura, former mayor of Tokyo's Koto Ward, guilty of violating the public offices election law during her own campaign.Door 時事通信社

Consumers in Japan sought advice on social media-related problems in 80,404 cases in 2023, a record high, an annual government report showed Friday.Door 時事通信社

Japanese beverage maker Kirin Holdings Co. said Friday that it will fully acquire cosmetics and dietary supplement maker Fancl Corp.Door 時事通信社

Japan's education ministry said Friday it will start the procedures to formally approve Tohoku University as the first recipient of huge grants under the government's 10-trillion-yen university fund aimed at promoting world-class research projects.Door 時事通信社

The Japanese government on Friday called for companies to consider women's health to promote their active participation in society.Door 時事通信社

The suspected mastermind in a high-profile incident in which the bodies of a Tokyo man and his wife were found in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, in April and another person believed to be involved in the case were arrested Friday for allegedly murdering the couple.Door 時事通信社

Japan's parliament enacted legislation on Friday to create a new skill development program for foreign workers to ease serious labor shortages in the country.Door 時事通信社

Japanese beverage maker Kirin Holdings Co. plans to take full control of cosmetics and dietary supplement maker Fancl Corp., people familiar with the matter said Friday.Door 時事通信社

LY Corp. said Thursday that it will end its Line Pay smartphone payment service in Japan by the end of April next year.Door 時事通信社