A Tokyo Olympics executive has been arrested on suspicion of violating Japan's Anti-Monopoly Act. Sources say former deputy director of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Organizing Committee Mori Yasuo has admitted to involvement in rigging bids for test events.

The Philippine government is planning to deport the two remaining fraud suspects to Japan on Wednesday. The men are also suspected of being involved in a series of robberies in Japan.

Japan's foreign minister says the country will explain to the international community its commitment to realize a society that respects diversity.

Japan's top government spokesperson has told the mother of an abductee to North Korea that the administration will do its best to seek the prompt return of all Japanese nationals who share the same fate.

The Japan Coast Guard says a body found in a Japanese cargo ship that sank last week in the Seto Inland Sea has been identified as that of the missing captain. One more crewmember remains unaccounted for.

The government is considering legislation to allow offshore wind farms in Japan's exclusive economic zone as part of efforts to realize a carbon-neutral society.

Japanese astronaut Wakata Koichi has completed his second spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

Criminal offenses in Japan last year were up nearly 6 percent from 2021, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in 20 years.

Japanese retail giant Aeon plans to raise wages for part-time and other non-regular workers. It's the latest firm in the country to implement pay hikes amid rapid increases in living costs.

Snow is falling on and off mainly in northern Japan on Thursday. Hokkaido is experiencing stormy weather with snow and strong winds.

A naturally-formed curtain of icicles is amusing visitors in a town in the northern Japanese prefecture of Aomori.

Japan and NATO have agreed to take their relationship to another level. The alliance's chief, Jens Stoltenberg, met with Prime Minister Kishida Fumio for talks in Tokyo.