Ukrainian parliamentary delegates have wrapped up their visit to Japan with a pledge to use what they have learned in Japan to rebuild their country after the war.
The parliamentarians arrived in Japan on October 15 for the first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February. They met Japanese lawmakers and government officials during their 12-day stay.
Higher electricity rates and a weaker yen are forcing a university in Tokyo to cut services on its campus.
Tokyo Denki University's campus in the capital has about 7,000 students. Officials say its electricity bills for this fiscal year are expected to reach more than 2.1 million dollars. That's nearly double the average, as costs of fuel used at power plants have risen, mainly due to the weaker Japanese currency.
Officials in Hiroshima Prefecture are turning to high-tech to keep streets clean and reduce plastic pollution in the ocean.
The cities of Hiroshima and Onomichi have installed "smart" litter bins. Their developers say the units know how much garbage is inside them.
Japan's state minister for digital transformation has admitted to signing a document approving of policy proposals by an affiliate of the former Unification Church before last year's general elections.
It has recently come to light that several lawmakers of Japan's main ruling Liberal Democratic Party signed similar documents prior to national elections.
Japanese chefs took part in a blowfish-preparation contest in the western Japanese city of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on Wednesday.
A total of 16 chefs from local restaurants and other places participated in the event.
Japan's Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa says the government will draw up policies regarding China by closely analyzing the new Chinese leadership.
China's ruling Communist Party elected seven members of the country's top decision-making body -- the Political Bureau Standing Committee -- at a recent party meeting. Committee member Xi Jinping began a historic third term as the country's leader.
Japan's police chief has stated that security should be fully ensured at next year's Group of Seven summit. The meeting comes amid heightened concerns over terrorism and cyberattacks.
The summit is to be held in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan from May 19 through 21.
A Japanese man who was imprisoned on espionage charges in China says he met another Japanese national convicted of similar offenses at the prison where he was housed. The Japanese national died while serving his sentence.
NHK interviewed Suzuki Hideji. He belongs to an organization that promotes ties between Japan and China.
A terraced rice field in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, has been illuminated with LED lights to attract visitors.
Oidani-no-Tanada, as it is called, covers about 8 hectares with some 600 paddies set onto slopes in the town of Yoshika.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio on Tuesday named a replacement for his Economic Revitalization Minister. Yamagiwa Daishiro resigned Monday after heated opposition criticism for his links to the religious group formerly known as the Unification Church.
It had been revealed that he attended multiple meetings of the church and related organizations and met at least twice with the widow of the church's founder.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio appointed former Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Goto Shigeyuki as the new economic revitalization minister on Tuesday.
Goto replaced Yamagiwa Daishiro, who stepped down on Monday amid a series of revelations about his links with the controversial religious group previously known as the Unification Church.
Japan's Supreme Court will launch studies into the current record-keeping process of trial records after a family court discarded all documents of a serial murder case involving a teenager 25 years ago.
Rules regarding juvenile cases state that records of investigations and trials, as well as those on minors' upbringing, must be kept until the offenders reach the age of 26.
Japan's education and culture ministry is set to present early next month the direction of the criteria to exercise the right to ask questions of the religious group previously known as the Unification Church.
The ministry on Tuesday convened the first meeting of experts to discuss a probe instructed by Prime Minister Kishida Fumio into the group's shady sales practices and soliciting of huge donations. The roughly 20 participants included university professors and senior members of religious organizations.
Japanese electronics parts maker Nidec posted record sales and net profit in the first half of the fiscal year as the yen weakened.
Nidec says its group sales in the April-to-September period came to 1.13 trillion yen, or about 7.6 billion dollars, which is up 24 percent in yen terms from the same period last year.