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The Japan Meteorological Agency on Monday issued a tsunami advisory for a wide stretch of Japan's Pacific coast from Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, to the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa.

Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the South Korean navy conducted their first search and rescue exercise in over eight years on Sunday.

A UNESCO advisory panel has recommended adding the Asuka-Fujiwara archaeological sites in western Japan to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list, UNESCO said Saturday.

Former residents of Russian-held northwestern Pacific islands claimed by Japan will hold memorial services for their ancestors at sea and in the air between July 25 and Nov. 7, the prefectural government of Hokkaido, northern Japan, said Friday.

Japan's parliament Friday enacted a 3,113.5-billion-yen supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 to finance measures to address concerns over crude oil supplies from the Middle East.

Fourteen Japanese companies presented their defense-linked cutting-edge technologies to NATO members and European companies at a recent reception held by Japan's independent mission to NATO.

The Akita branch of Sendai High Court on Friday found the Feb. 8 election of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japanese parliament, constitutional in terms of vote-value disparities.

The Japanese government is expected to lower the country's annualized real gross domestic product growth rate for the first quarter of the year to 1.4pctfrom 2.1, according to the average forecast of 10 private think tanks.

Japan's composite index of coincident economic indicators rose 1.1 points from the previous month in April, preliminary data by the Cabinet Office showed Friday.

Hitachi Ltd. said Friday it will use Claude Mythos, U.S. startup Anthropic's advanced artificial intelligence model, to strengthen the security of its software and products provided for infrastructure sectors, including energy.

The leaders and vice leaders of both chambers of the Diet, Japan's parliament, adopted a draft proposal Friday to secure a sufficient number of Imperial Family members for stable Imperial succession.

A manga mixing fiction with facts and actual tactics used by North Korea to kidnap Japanese nationals has been published in Japan, in order to draw attention to the abduction issue, which has seen little progress for more than 20 years.

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force held a large-scale live-fire exercise at the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Shizuoka Prefecture on Sunday, showcasing a Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile launcher to the public for the first time.

The Japanese government has invested 150 billion yen more in Rapidus Corp. to support the domestic chipmaker's efforts to produce cutting-edge semiconductors, industry minister Ryosei Akazawa said Friday.

Bears have become a "serious threat to public safety and peace" in Japan, with bear incidents and casualties reaching unprecedented levels in fiscal 2025, the government said in an annual report released Friday.

Japan's industry ministry on Friday drew up a draft target to rebuild two to five nuclear power reactors by the 2040s as part of efforts to ensure stable electricity supplies.

Household spending in Japan fell 0.5pctin April from a year earlier in inflation-adjusted real terms, down for the fifth straight month, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.

Japanese home electronics retailers Yamada Holdings Co. and Edion Corp. said Friday that they have reached a basic agreement to integrate their operations with combined annual sales of 2.5 trillion yen.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer indicated Thursday that the United States will respect its trade agreements with Japan and the European Union regarding Washington's plan to impose additional tariffs of up to 12.5pctunder Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.

The Japanese and U.S. governments announced a five-year plan on Thursday to jointly provide 1 billion dollars for the development of scientific technologies using artificial intelligence.

Japan's inflation-adjusted real wage index rose 1.9pctin April from a year earlier, up for the fourth straight month, labor ministry data showed Friday.

A Japanese court has sentenced a former elementary school teacher to three years and six months in prison for possessing naked images of girls created by generative artificial intelligence, among other acts, in violation of the law against child prostitution and pornography.

Information security firm Trend Micro Inc. said Thursday that it will use Claude Mythos, a cutting-edge artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic, for its cyber defense services for corporate customers.

The final decision on whether to reduce Japan's consumption tax rate on food to zeropctor 1pctwill be left to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, an executive of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party suggested on Sunday.

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will propose that the government consider nationality-blind regulations for the acquisition of land linked to national security, such as land near Self-Defense Forces bases, it was learned Thursday.

PayPay Corp., a smartphone payment firm under SoftBank Group Corp., said Thursday that it will enter the life insurance business by acquiring T&D Financial Life Insurance Co.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is planning to make her first visit to India as early as July to meet with her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, it was learned Thursday.

Sakie Yokota, mother of a Japanese abductee to North Korea, has called for the early return of her daughter in an interview ahead of the sixth anniversary of her husband's death on Friday.

The Japanese government will set a new target of more than halving potential damage from a possible major earthquake directly beneath Tokyo, it was learned Thursday.

The Japanese government's fiscal 2026 supplementary budget bill cleared the House of Representatives Budget Committee on Thursday.

Japan signed a memorandum of cooperation with Thailand on Tuesday for the proper implementation of Japan's new skill development and employment program for foreign workers, the Immigration Services Agency said Thursday.

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is considering cutting 45 proportional representation seats in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, a senior LDP official said Thursday.

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday proposed a revision to the law on national referendums for amending the country's Constitution.

Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday that it is considering building cars for Chinese automaker Chery at its Sunderland plant in Britain.

Japan's Tokito Oda won a fourth straight men's wheelchair singles title at the French Open tennis tournament on Saturday, becoming the second player to achieve this feat, after Japanese legend Shingo Kunieda.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday hinted at reducing government subsidies aimed at keeping gasoline prices at around 170 yen per liter.

The number of improper DNA analysis cases conducted by a former Saga prefectural police forensic employee rose to 239 from 130 identified in an internal probe, Japan's National Police Agency said Thursday.

A body found in a river in Hyogo Prefecture was identified as that of the 42-year-old wanted suspect in a murder case that took place in the western Japan prefecture last month, the Hyogo prefectural police said Thursday.

Shuri Castle's main hall in Okinawa Prefecture will reopen to the public on Nov. 23 after years of restoration work following a fire, the Japanese government's local bureau in the southernmost prefecture said Thursday.

The Japanese government's upcoming annual defense report is expected to call on the country to deal with China, which continues opaque military buildups, through its overall national strength and cooperation with its ally and other like-minded countries.

Major Japanese home appliances retailer Yamada Holdings Co. and industry peer Edion Corp. said Thursday that they are considering integrating their operations.

Japan Business Federation Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui has stressed the importance of "steadily boosting" growth potential of the country's economy.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is planning to visit Britain, Italy and France from June 13 through June 18, government sources said Wednesday.

Radiation levels have fallen to around the national average in about 70pctof Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, the Secretariat of the Nuclear Regulation Authority said Wednesday.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito attended the opening ceremony of the Island States Ocean Summit in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Local governments in Japan are facing criticism over measures to attract foreign visitors, including subsidizing Shinkansen bullet train fares and waiving admission fees, which critics call "unfair."

Thai police said Saturday that they have detained a 38-year-old Japanese man suspected of leading a special fraud group based in the northwestern Cambodian city of Poipet while living in Thailand.

Japan's Supreme Public Prosecutors Office will conduct a harassment survey of prosecutors and other employees nationwide, following a sexual assault case involving a former head of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration is facing challenges due to a magazine report claiming that her campaign posted videos defaming her rivals on social media during last year's Liberal Democratic Party presidential election and this year's House of Representatives election.

The key suspect in last month's high-profile robbery-murder case in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, has been placed on the international wanted list, it was learned Saturday.