Nissan forecasts net loss of 650 billion yen for FY 2025

Nissan forecasts net loss of 650 billion yen for FY 2025

Nissan Motor said on February 12 that it forecasts a net loss of 650 billion yen for the current fiscal year through the...

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US President Trump backs Japan PM Takaichi in general election

US President Trump backs Japan PM Takaichi in general election

On February 5, US President Donald Trump posted on social media that he looks forward to meeting with Japanese Prime Min...

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North Korea abductee Yokota Megumi's mother turns 90, still hoping for daughter's return

North Korea abductee Yokota Megumi's mother turns 90, still hoping for daughter's return

In 1977, Yokota Sakie’s daughter Megumi, who was 13 at the time, was abducted by North Korean agents in Niigata, norther...

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Japan's ruling coalition set to win over 300 seats in lower house election

Japan's ruling coalition set to win over 300 seats in lower house election

A total of 465 seats are up for grabs in the February 8 House of Representatives election.NNN and the Yomiuri Shimbun co...

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Taiwan's TSMC tells Takaichi it plans to mass produce cutting-edge chips in Kumamoto

Taiwan's TSMC tells Takaichi it plans to mass produce cutting-edge chips in Kumamoto

C.C. Wei, the chairman of Taiwan’s semiconductor giant TSMC, visited Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae at her offic...

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Tokyo court to decide on Unification Church dissolution order on March 4

Tokyo court to decide on Unification Church dissolution order on March 4

The Tokyo High Court is expected to decide in early March concerning whether to order the Unification Church to disband....

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Sapporo Snow Festival opens with sculptures of Dodgers Ohtani and Yamamoto

Sapporo Snow Festival opens with sculptures of Dodgers Ohtani and Yamamoto

The 76th Sapporo Snow Festival opened on February 4.This giant snow sculpture at the main Odori site features a prehisto...

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Former PM Abe shooter's defense appeals life sentence ruling

Former PM Abe shooter's defense appeals life sentence ruling

The defense team for Yamagami Tetsuya, who was sentenced to life in prison for killing former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo,...

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Emperor shows Nepal's president photos from 1987 visit that sparked water advocacy

Emperor shows Nepal's president photos from 1987 visit that sparked water advocacy

On February 3, Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako met with Nepal’s President Ramchandra Paudel and his wife at the Impe...

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Japan succeeds in recovering rare earth mud from seabed off Minamitorishima island

Japan succeeds in recovering rare earth mud from seabed off Minamitorishima island

Japan’s deep-sea scientific drilling vessel Chikyu has successfully recovered mud containing rare earths from the seabed...

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