TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's tax revenue for fiscal 2023 reached a record 72.08 trillion yen ($445 billion), the Finance Ministry said Wednesday, setting a new high for the fourth consecutive year, ...
Japan judge sues gov’t, claiming regional allowance gap unconstitutional
The chief judge of the Tsu District Court's civil division filed a lawsuit against the government on July 2, claiming that his salary reduct ... ( read original story ...)
Football: Sagan sink floundering Marinos in Yokohama
Ayumu Yokoyama scored on a long-range one-on-one with keeper William Popp to lift relegation-threatened Sagan Tosu to a 1-0 away win against Yokohama F Marinos in the J-League first division on ... ( read original story ...)
Summer Olympians will get their support systems back in Paris after Tokyo’s COVID bans
Athletes at the last Summer Olympics remember the sadness and longing of competing with nearly no one in the stands, thanks to pandemic-era restrictions in Tokyo three years ago. Not just zero ... ( read original story ...)
Applications for Osaka expo jobs surge to 28 times available slots as pay tops average
The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition announced on July 2 that it had received 16,828 applications for 600-plus available posit ... ( read original story ...)
Are Expos still a thing? Next up: Osaka 2025
Expo 2025 will host 161 countries and regions from April 13 to Oct. 13 with the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives.” The 155-hectare grounds are under construction on Yumeshima, an ... ( read original story ...)
Olympians get support systems back after Tokyo’s COVID bans
Athletes at the last Summer Olympics remember the sadness and longing of competing with nearly no one in the stands, thanks to pandemic-era restrictions in Tokyo three years ago. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks rise for 4th day on firm tech issues, weak yen
Tokyo stocks rose Wednesday for the fourth straight trading day, buoyed by buying of technology and exporter issues on the back of th ... ( read original story ...)
Okinawa governor in Tokyo over latest charges against US service members
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa - The governor of Okinawa was scheduled to visit Tokyo on Wednesday to file protests regarding two U.S. service members that were indicted for alleged sexual crimes this year. Gov ... ( read original story ...)
Yen slides to fresh lows, market ‘challenges’ Japan authorities to act
The yen hit a fresh 38-year trough against the dollar and a record low to the euro on Wednesday, as the currency continued its downward grind, with Japanese officials largely remaining on the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan is building a giant, underground conveyor belt to transport all the stuff people buy
The Japanese Transport and Tourism Ministry has a crazy idea to increase logistics efficiency, reduce road traffic, and avoid the increasingly dramatic labor shortage crisis the Asian nation is ... ( read original story ...)
Yet another Japan stock rally fizzles out as economic reforms disappoint
Japan has squandered its chances to properly raise interest rates, abandon the weak yen policy and put strong reforms in place.
Japan issues first new banknotes in 20 years
Japan has issued its first new banknotes in two decades, with the redesigned bills featuring 3D holograms intended to thwart counterfeiters. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday said the ...
Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks
Japan's government has finally eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems, two decades since their heyday, reaching a long-awaited milestone in a campaign to modernise the bureaucracy.By ... ( read original story ...)
Japan top court says forced sterilisation unconstitutional
Japan's top court has ruled as unconstitutional a defunct eugenics law which saw 16,500 disabled people forcibly sterilised between the 1950s and 1990s. The Supreme Court also ordered the government ... ( read original story ...)
Blackstone selling Japan drugmaker Alinamin to MBK Partners
Blackstone and MBK Partners said on Wednesday the U.S. private equity firm is selling Japanese drugmaker Alinamin Pharmaceutical to the North Asian buyout fund.The deal size would be 350 billion yen ... ( read original story ...)