Japanese airlines say the number of passengers on domestic flights during the recent spring holiday period was up 15 percent from a year ago. Japan Airlines has reported recovery to the pre-pandemic level.
A survey of Japanese citizens ranging in age from 10 to 18 shows 40 percent want the government to put making higher education free a top priority of its policies for children.
The leaders of Japan and Kenya have agreed to work together to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific, and to closely coordinate on the situation in Sudan, where military clashes continue.
Families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea have arrived in the United States to seek support from US officials for the return of their loved ones.
The Japanese government says another fellow country person has been evacuated from Sudan, bringing the total number of Japanese nationals and their family members who have left the African country to 59.
Japan's Air Self-Defense Force scrambled jets less often during the year that ended in March. The number of sorties against Russia fell to the lowest in a decade.
The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven nations have discussed relations with China. They agreed they are opposed to any unilateral attempt to change the status quo by force and reaffirmed the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
Japan's government used its J-alert nationwide emergency warning system on Thursday morning to issue a warning that a North Korean missile could fall in or around the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido.
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