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Mayors from across the world concluded a general conference in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sunday by adopting a declaration expressing their resolve to abolish nuclear weapons.

Kunishige Kamamoto, who was widely considered the greatest striker in Japanese soccer history, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Sunday. He was 81.

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi safely returned to Earth Sunday Japan time following a stay of about five months aboard the International Space Station.

Japanese Financial Services Agency Commissioner Yutaka Ito has expressed eagerness to support the realignment of regional banks to enhance financial services in Japan.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Saturday that he will assess his responsibility for the ruling camp's crushing defeat in a recent parliamentary election based on an upcoming election review report, as well as on the opinions of lawmakers of his Liberal Democratic Party.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday reiterated his view that his country should strive for a world without nuclear weapons within the framework of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, signed by both nuclear powers and nonnuclear states.

Internal information taken from MUFG Bank by a Nippon Life Insurance Co. employee who was on loan at the bank was deleted soon after the major insurer began its in-house investigation in July, it was learned Saturday.

The United States will revise the way it applies the 15pctreciprocal tariffs on Japanese products, a White House official told Jiji Press on Friday.

Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki, in this year's Nagasaki Peace Declaration on Saturday, stressed that postponing nuclear abolition efforts cannot be tolerated.

Terumi Tanaka, a 93-year-old survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing 80 years ago and current co-chair of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize-winning Nihon Hidankyo, has called on younger generations to create a movement for the abolition of nuclear weapons that "inspires others."

The Japanese and South Korean governments are considering a plan for South Korean President Lee Jae-myung to visit Japan in late August, officials from both governments said Friday.

Combined profits at major Japanese listed companies are seen to have dropped year on year in April-June, the first decrease in three quarters, according to data collected by SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa will explain the trade agreement reached between Japan and the United States last month at a budget committee meeting of the Diet, Japan's parliament, on Aug. 15, the ruling and opposition parties decided Friday.

The internal affairs ministry has started a survey of all municipalities on the collection of the individual resident tax from foreign workers who left Japan in 2024.

Japanese general contractor Taisei Corp. plans to acquire industry peer Toyo Construction Co. for about 160 billion yen, it was learned Friday.

Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 on Friday elected former party Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita as chief of its lawmakers.

The Yomiuri Shimbun has sued U.S. artificial intelligence-powered search engine Perplexity at Tokyo District Court for alleged copyright infringement of the major Japanese newspaper's articles, seeking a total of some 2,168 million yen in damages.

Mayors for Peace, a worldwide organization of city leaders, started a three-day general conference in Nagasaki on Friday, the day before the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city.

Japanese education minister Toshiko Abe on Friday voiced deep disappointment over violent bullying at a baseball team that is currently competing in the national summer high school baseball championship.

Major Japanese companies raised their summer bonuses by 3.44pctin 2025 from the previous year to a weighted average of 974,000 yen, the highest on record dating back to 1981, according to a final tally by the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, released on Friday.

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum continues to receive a steady stream of atomic bombing-related donations, with about 50 artifacts contributed each year by families and survivors seeking to preserve memories of the August 1945 blast.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday reiterated his eagerness to stay on despite his ruling bloc's dismal showing in last month's House of Councillors election.

Japan's current-account surplus expanded 9.1pctin the first half of this year from a year before thanks to a decrease in the goods trade deficit, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report on Friday.

Several Bank of Japan policymakers, at the central bank's latest policy-setting meeting, noted the need to maintain a wait-and-see stance to assess the impact of U.S. tariffs, a summary of opinions at the meeting showed Friday.

Household consumption spending in Japan in June rose 1.3pctfrom a year earlier in inflation-adjusted real terms, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.

U.S. President Donald Trump's high tariffs gave a severe blow to earnings at seven major automakers in Japan in April-June, sending Nissan Motor Co. and Mazda Motor Corp. into the red for the first time in five years on a fiscal first quarter basis.

The Japanese government on Friday gave cabinet approval for guidelines on budget requests by ministries and agencies for fiscal 2026.

Japanese economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa said Thursday that U.S. officials have told him that Washington would revise its executive order on so-called reciprocal tariffs in a timely way.

Stocks surged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday morning, sending the broad-based TOPIX index above 3,000 for the first time ever.

SoftBank Group Corp. said on Thursday that it returned to profitability in April-June, bolstered by rising stock prices for companies owned by its Vision Fund.

Eighty years after the end of World War II, the psychological scars borne by former Imperial Japanese servicemen are drawing renewed attention.

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for Kirishima, a city in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima on Friday morning, calling for the highest level of caution against landslides and river flooding.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday that Tokyo is urging the United States to revise President Donald Trump's executive order on so-called reciprocal tariffs signed late last month so that an agreement between Tokyo and Washington is reflected.

Japan's Supreme Public Prosecutors Office admitted Thursday that public prosecutors failed to thoroughly examine exculpatory evidence in the wrongful indictment of executives at machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., who were later acquitted.

Nippon Ishin no Kai ()削除 members on Thursday decided through a vote not to hold a leadership election, meaning that Hirofumi Yoshimura will remain as chief of the party.

Japan is projected to post a primary budget deficit of 3.2 trillion yen in fiscal 2025, the Japanese government said Thursday.

A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F-2 fighter crashed into the ocean off Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, during a training exercise on Thursday.

Japan's composite index of coincident economic indicators rose 0.8 point from the previous month in June, the Cabinet Office said in a preliminary report Thursday.

Japanese police authorities decided Thursday to punish 19 people who were involved in an investigation that led to false charges against executives of machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co.

Japan's Defense Ministry on Thursday deployed three state-of-the-art F-35B stealth fighters to the Air Self-Defense Force's Nyutabaru base in the southwestern town of Shintomi, Miyazaki Prefecture.

The Cabinet Office said Thursday that Japan's gross domestic product in fiscal 2025 is expected to grow a real 0.7pctfrom the previous year, down from 1.2pctshown in the government's economic outlook adopted in January.

Honda Motor Co. has revised up its group earnings forecast for fiscal 2025, expecting a smaller impact from U.S. auto tariffs following a trade agreement reached between Tokyo and Washington last month.

Sony Group Corp. on Thursday raised its consolidated operating and net profit forecasts for fiscal 2025 as it now anticipates a smaller negative impact from U.S. tariffs.

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Thursday began the third round of fiscal 2025 release into the ocean of treated water from its disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.

Nagano Governor Shuichi Abe is set to become the next head of Japan's National Governors' Association, after no other candidates emerged by Thursday's deadline.

Japanese chipmaking equipment maker Tokyo Electron Ltd. said Thursday that a former employee of its Taiwanese subsidiary was involved in the illegal acquisition of confidential information of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

U.S. President Donald Trump's so-called reciprocal tariffs on trading partners, including a 15pctlevy on Japanese imports, went into effect on Thursday.

The chief of the prefectural police department of Shiga, western Japan, on Thursday apologized directly to a former assistant nurse who was acquitted of murdering a patient in a retrial after serving her prison term.

Toyota Motor Corp. on Thursday downgraded its full-year profit forecasts, reflecting U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Japan's National Police Agency said Thursday that it has told prefectural police departments to record interrogations regarding suspected cases of illegal exports, following a problematic probe into machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co.

Tokyo District Court has decided to approve the tentative seizure of land used for the headquarters of the controversial religious group Unification Church in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, it was learned Wednesday.