23+ hour, 22+ min ago   (227+ words) Chubu Electric Power Co.’s top two executives are set to step down over the falsification of safety data used in regulatory reviews to restart some of its nuclear reactors, according to local media. President Kingo Hayashi and Chairman Satoru…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (442+ words) Canadian Ambassador to Japan Ian McKay has expressed an expectation for his country to participate in the Global Combat Air Program among Japan, Britain and Italy to develop a next-generation fighter jet. The target year for rollout is 2035. Canada’s move…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (289+ words) NAGOYA – Chubu Electric Power said Thursday that its retail unit had overcharged more than 5 million customers for over two years due to cost calculation errors. The extra charges, found at Chubu Electric Power Miraiz, affected at least 5,009,000 customers, or about…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (161+ words) Convenience store operator Seven-Eleven Japan has said it will launch new clothing and accessories developed jointly with an affiliate of Japanese apparel firm And ST HD in stages starting Sept. 25. The products will be available at Seven-Eleven Japan stores nationwide,…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (102+ words) The Japan Times Panama Canal considering more cuts in transits due to El Nino Panama City – The number of ships sailing through the Panama Canal could be cut further due to drought caused by the El Nino weather pattern, the…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (171+ words) Kura Sushi has canceled its collaboration campaign with the popular manga and anime franchise “Chiikawa” after discovering that an employee had embezzled prizes. The restaurant chain ended all collaboration-related promotions from the start of business Sunday. As an apology for…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (174+ words) The Japan Times Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi touted the formulation of Japan’s record spending requests as increasing the transparency and discipline of the country’s finances after an overhaul of the budget-making process. Takaichi’s…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (192+ words) The government is planning to do without a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2026, government and ruling party sources said Thursday. While the government and ruling parties are considering convening an extraordinary session of parliament in early October, a government source…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (203+ words) The farm ministry will buy back 210,000 metric tons of rice released from government stockpiles last year to lower prices, a move that significantly depleted reserves of the grain, agriculture minister Norikazu Suzuki said Tuesday. The ministry will buy back rice…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (214+ words) Trading house Itochu has decided to launch a tender offer to take Dentsu Soken private in a deal that would end its parent-subsidiary listing structure with Dentsu Group. Itochu will acquire almost 75 million Dentsu Soken shares at ¥2,880 each, valuing the…...