Lawmaker Shizuka Kamei received ¥20 million from the scandal-tainted Tokushukai medical group in 2008 but failed to mention the fact in a political funds report, according to informed sources. Kam...

WASHINGTON (AP)—The U.S. current account deficit narrowed in the July-September quarter to the lowest level in four years as a rise in Americans’ foreign investment earnings helped offset a bigge...

Komura prods Inose to quit Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Masahiko Komura urged Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose on Wednesday to resign over a ¥50 million loan from the scandal-tainted Tokushukai med...

NEW YORK (AP)—Investors are giving a thumbs-up to the idea of Facebook making hundreds of millions in new revenue from video advertisements, but some users argue that the social network is already ...

The transport ministry has issued an airline business license to low-cost carrier Spring Airlines Japan. The affiliate of China’s Spring Airlines is the fourth LCC to offer domestic flight servic...

WASHINGTON (Jiji Press)—The United States has no plans to revise the Status of Forces Agreement, or SOFA, with Japan, which governs the U.S. military presence in the Asian country, U.S. State Depar...

SINGAPORE (Jiji Press)—Singapore’s antitrust regulators have accused four Japanese bearing manufacturers of fixing prices. The four companies are JTEKT Corp., NSK Ltd., NTN Corp. and Nachi-Fuji...

Tokyo Electric Power Co., at a board meeting on Wednesday, decided to decommission the Nos. 5 and 6 reactors at its crisis-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The two reactors will be decommiss...

Ajinomoto Co. and Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd. said Wednesday they will set up joint ventures to make and sell instant noodles in Nigeria and India. They will spend a total of ¥2 billion on the joint...