See Japan’s new $200 million Surveillance vessel, designed to listen for signs of foreign submarines.

Panasonic is in the process of acquiring an American software company.

While cutting off non-functional SOEs might be important, Jasa Marga has a thing or two to say.

While the "priority vaccination" of medical personnel against the new coronavirus is underway, the vaccination of doctors, nurses, "medical officers" and "nursing officers" working in the Self-Defense Forces began on August 8.

A private research institute that surveyed the impact of the spread of the disease on part-time and casual workers estimated that there are more than 1.4 million people in Japan who have lost more than 50% of their shifts and have not received payment for absence from work.

People in Fukuoka, western Japan, have expressed concerns about a possible surge of coronavirus infections in the prefecture after the state of emergency was lifted a week ago.

In Osaka Prefecture, where the state of emergency has been lifted, the government has begun to distribute PCR test kits to people without symptoms in an effort to quickly detect signs of the spread of the new coronavirus.

An advisory panel to the Japanese government has approved a two-week extension of the coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures.

Japan Steel Corporation, one of the largest steel companies in the world, has decided for the first time to set a goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions to practically zero by 2050 by using electric furnaces to produce high-quality steel instead of coal and by accelerating research into completely new steelmaking technologies that utilize hydrogen. The company will seek long-term support from the government to achieve the goal, which is expected to require a massive investment of around 5 trillion yen.

A father accused of causing the death of his fourth-grade daughter by giving her a cold shower in Noda City, Chiba Prefecture, was sentenced to 16 years in prison by the Tokyo High Court in the second trial, an unusually heavy sentence following the first trial, on the grounds that "the maliciousness of the case is exceptional among abuse cases.

The Prime Minister will consult the panel of experts and other prefectural heads before making his decision tomorrow.

In the Tokyo foreign exchange market on Sunday, the yen temporarily weakened to the upper 107 yen per dollar, a level not seen since July last year, as the dollar was bid up by rising long-term interest rates in the US.