Keegan Messing (Canada), 31, will have a special feeling about the Figure Skating World Championships (Saitama Super Arena), which will start on March 22.

Several policymakers at a Bank of Japan meeting earlier this month called for continuing current monetary-easing measures to achieve the 2-percent inflation target.

NIFTY Corporation (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) conducted a survey on "study and entrance examinations" on its "NIFTY Kids" website for children.

Yuzuru Hanyu (28) expressed his thoughts at the "Yuzuru Hanyu notte stellata" held in Miyagi Prefecture from March 10 to 12.

Marriage is a commitment by two people from different backgrounds and circumstances to live together.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio intends to unveil a concrete plan to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific during his upcoming visit to India.

Actress Mana Ashida (18) will enter the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Law at a private university, said to be one of the most difficult in Japan, this spring.

Japanese astronaut Wakata Koichi has described his experience in space as dreamlike. He returned to Earth from the International Space Station, or ISS, last week.

Wednesday marks the deadline for management to respond to labor unions in annual wage negotiations. Attention is focused on whether workers at not only large firms but also smaller ones will be given pay raises.

Japan's busiest international travel hub is going green. Narita Airport near Tokyo says it will install a solar panel system that will eventually supply a big portion of its energy needs

Japan's Upper House has approved the appointment of economist Ueda Kazuo as the new governor of the Bank of Japan.

Shuichi Takizawa, 46, of the comedy duo "Machine Guns," who also works as a garbage cleaner, updated his Twitter page by the 10th. He wrote about how garbage cleaners get into trouble and sounded the alarm.