Today's News Headlines from JIJIPRESS

Woman, 29, Her Father Nabbed after Headless Male Body Found at Sapporo Hotel

Award-Winning Novelist Seiichi Morimura Dies of Pneumonia at 90

JCP Demands Nippon Ishin Head Baba Retract Remark Urging Leftist Party to Vanish

Transport Min. to Question Bigmortor about Auto Insurance Fraud Wed.

MLB: Red Sox's Yoshida Fails to Keep AL Batting Average Lead

Japan Baseball: 12 of 30 WBC Members Announced, Including Ohtani, Murakami

Japan Substantially Eases COVID-19 Restrictions on Funeral

McDonald's Japan Announces 3rd Markup in Less than Year

LDP's Gotoda Makes Bid for Tokushima Governor Day after Quitting Lower House

Kishida Orders Govt to Present Children Policy Enhancement Framework by March

Tokyo Reports 20,720 New Coronavirus Cases, Up 6,195 from Week Earlier

Tokyo Forex : U.S. Dollar=134.24-26 Yen; Euro=1.0512-0513 Dollars

2 on Car Killed in Collision with Joban Line Train at Crossing in Ibaraki Pref.

Russia's Putin Orders Unilateral Orthodox Christmas Ceasefire in Ukraine

Sumo: Yokozuna Terunofuji to Miss New Year's Tournament

Tokyo Fire Dept. Conducts New Year's Parade, Water Spraying

10-Yr JGB Yield, Japan's Benchmark Long-Term Interest Rate, Hits 0.5% Ceiling

Mutsu Mayor Miyashita Announces Bid for Aomori Governor

US House Fails to Elect Speaker in 11th Vote, 1st Such Situation in 164 Years

Tokyo Stocks : Nikkei Average 25,973.85

NFL: Bills' Damar Hamlin Regains Consciousness after Collapsing during Mon. Game

Hong Kong to Reopen Border with Mainland China from Sun. after 3 Years of Halt

Sony PlayStation 5 Total Sales Top 30 M. Units as Supply Crunch Eases

US, Germany, as Well as France, Slated to Provide Combat Vehicles to Ukraine

Soccer: J1 Gamba Osaka Gets Tunisia FW Issam Jebali from Danish Club Odense

Japan Daily Number of New COVID-19 Fatalities Hits New Record of 498 on Thurs.

Japan 2022 New Auto Sales Down for 4th Straight Year amid Supply Chain Woes

Men's Golf: Kazuki Higa of Japan Invited to Compete in Masters Tournament

Bird Flu Case Confirmed in Niigata Pref., Season's 55th Outbreak in Japan

Venezuela's Opposition National Assembly Appoints Dinorah Figuera as President

Tokyo Stocks : Nikkei Average 25,975.14

Biathlon: Fuyuko Tachizaki Finishes 48th in Women's 7.5km Sprint at World Cup

Foreign, Defense Ministers from Japan, US to Meet in Washington Wednesday

Japan to Experience 2nd Wave of Food Price Increases in Feb. after 1st in Oct.

Soccer: Former Japan International Striker Mike Havenaar Announces Retirement

Japan to Devise 1st Space Security Strategy, including for Industry Development

Sapporo to Ask Residents Again Whether to Support 2030 Winter Olympic Bid

Sea of Japan Coast Forecast to Have Heavy Snow Again from Thurs.

BOJ Surprises Markets by Deciding to Tolerate 10-Yr JGB Yield Rises to 0.5%

Japan Wants 2 B. Yen to Help Other Nations Enhance Security under FY '23 Budget

Formula 1 Racing: Honda Back in Red Bull's Engine Name for 2023

Tokyo Forex : U.S. Dollar=132.58-61 Yen; Euro=1.0611-0612 Dollars

N. Korea's Purported Satellite Images Likely to Be from Google Map: Japan Govt

N. Korea Hints at Military Provocations after Japan's Security Paper Revision

Rugby: England Appoint Ex-Captain Steve Borthwick as National Team Head Coach

Surface of Asteroid Ryugu Dehydrated Due to Space Weathering: JAXA

EU Warns Facebook Operator Meta over Alleged Antitrust Breach

South African Pres. Ramaphosa Re-Elected as Ruling ANC's Leader

Soccer: Japan May Decide National Team Head Coach for Next World Cup within 2022

Tokyo Stocks : Nikkei Average 26,568.03

Many Vehicles Remain Stranded in Niigata Pref. Due to Record Snowfall