The plans are part of a bid to recover production as early as possible amid a global semiconductor shortage that has hit the auto industry hard.

Safety measures such as seismic reinforcement have been taken, and the permanent exhibition and interior have been fully renovated.

President and CEO Junichi Hanzawa said the banking group hopes to enhance its comprehensive strength by bringing leadership together in one building.

JAL cabin attendants and other employees have been transferred to about 120 organizations, including the Kagoshima Prefectural Government and electronics retailer Nojima Corp.

"Similar exercises will be conducted on a regular basis in the future," the Chinese navy said without elaborating.

The move comes after major broadcaster Fuji Media Holdings Inc. said it may have violated the foreign ownership rule in the past.

In Osaka, new rules have faced questions and criticism over their enforcement and whether or not the policies will actually reduce the number of coronavirus infections.

The spate of glitches between Feb. 28 and March 12 has undermined confidence in Mizuho Bank, one of the country's three megabanks.

Kyomachiya wooden houses had lined the streets of the western city but are now dwindling in number.

A tug-of-war between the Foreign Ministry and lawmakers, with Suga standing on the sidelines, illustrates the challenge confronting Tokyo: Take stronger action or risk alienating the U.S.

North Korea became the first country to announce that it would not participate in the Tokyo Olympics, citing the coronavirus pandemic as its reason.

The party is set to support bills opposed by other opposition parties in Diet votes, and has withdrawn its support for a CDP candidate in a forthcoming Upper House by-election.

The trouble for the chip industry — and increasingly companies beyond tech, like automakers — is that there aren’t enough display drivers to go around.

Yellen said Monday she was working with G20 countries to agree to the measure, in hope of ending a "thirty-year race to the bottom."

SoftBank Group will buy AutoStore shares from private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners and other shareholders, aiming to close the deal later in the month.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned Tokyo not to team up with the Washington ahead of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's visit to the U.S. for a summit with President Joe Biden.

The United Nations and rights advocates say Indonesia's security forces are carrying out grave abuses.

The sanctions, which were set to expire on April 13, also prohibit the docking in Japan of North Korean-registered ships and any vessels that have called at a North Korean port.

Daily infections rose to a record last week in the Southeast Asian nation, where one in nearly five COVID-19 tests comes back positive.

The so-called travel bubble will open on April 19, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Tuesday in Wellington.

Malaysia has long been seen as friendly to the persecuted minority, but that sentiment soured a year ago as people started saying Rohingya were spreading COVID-19.

It appears that Beijing is probing whether Biden will take action after pledging to work with allies to deter Chinese assertiveness.

Remote-controlled Venus flytrap "roboplants" and crops that tell farmers when they are hit by disease could become reality after scientists developed a high-tech system for communicating with vegetation. Researchers in Singapore linked up plants to electrodes capable of monitoring the weak electrical pulses naturally emitted ...

The prime minister's shot comes ahead of his first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington scheduled for April 16.

The average monthly income of salaried households with at least two people edged up a real 0.1% to ¥535,392, up for the first time in three months.

The move, said to be as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, will put an end to South Korea's hopes of using the games to restart talks with its neighbor.

New research finds that the total number of open-water species declined by about half in the 40 years up to 2010 in tropical marine zones worldwide.

The move is seen as signaling to China that the U.S. abides by the international rules-based order even when it conflicts with claims by an ally.

All eyes are on Japan’s response as legislation lets organization function as both maritime law enforcement and military agency.

The Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam have expressed interest in acquiring a supersonic cruise missile jointly developed by India and Russia.

Sugako Hashida, a scriptwriter known for her work on the internationally acclaimed television drama series "Oshin" in the 1980s, died Sunday of lymphoma at her home in the city of Atami, in Shizuoka Prefecture, her foundation said Monday. She was 95. The series, which originally ...

Ash Barty is pleased with how her body coped with tough conditions during her successful title defense at the Miami Open but the world number one is being careful not to rush things as she transitions to the clay season in Charleston this week. The ...

The 24-year-old matched Sun Yang's winning 200-meter freestyle time at Rio 2016 during Monday's national championships and promised to lower his time even further before the Tokyo Games.

Baseball fans packed the stands of Globe Life Field on Monday after the Texas Rangers opened their doors to 100% capacity, making the game the first North American sporting event without attendance restrictions since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The team said it was ...

The announcement follows 2019's successful Women's Club Championship pilot, which will be held twice more by the Asian Football Confederation before the new tournament's launch.

The New York Jets traded quarterback Sam Darnold to the Carolina Panthers on Monday in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft and second- and fourth-round selections in 2022. The Jets hold the No. 2 overall pick in this month's draft. They ...

Golfers preparing for the year's first major treaded carefully around the recent uproar over state legislation that critics say restricts voting rights in Georgia.

The decision is yet another blow for Tokyo 2020 planners following the move by swimming's global governing body FINA to call off three Olympic qualifying events.

Major League Soccer and the U.S. Soccer Federation will implement concussion substitutions for 2021 in a pilot program aimed at player safety, replacing those with head injuries regardless of prior substitutions. The move, pending FIFA approval, will see two concussion substitutions allowed per game no ...