Japan Govt Ordered to Pay Compensation for Overstayers

Skymark Airlines said Wednesday it will operate charter flights between Kobe and Taipei in October.

Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido has announced that memorial services at sea will be held for former residents of the four Russian-held northwestern Pacific islands claimed by Tokyo to mourn their ancestors, between July 20 and Aug. 21.

Japan, the United States and South Korea conducted a joint aerial exercise in the airspace south of South Korea's Jeju island Wednesday morning, according to the South Korean Air Force.

Dai Nippon Printing Co. said Tuesday that it will acquire Cayman Islands-based Rubicon SEZC to enter the biometric authentication service business in emerging economies.

The Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, has called for an immediate end to hostilities in the wake of Israel's recent attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, passed a motion Wednesday to dismiss Tatsunori Ibayashi of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party as chairman of its Financial Affairs Committee.

Companies in Japan are keen to grab demand for summer items well before the arrival of midsummer.

The total amount of tax evasion in cases for which Japanese tax authorities filed criminal complaints in fiscal 2024 came to 8.23 billion yen, the National Tax Agency said Wednesday.

The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in May jumped 21.5pctfrom a year before to 3,693,300, a record high for the month, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.

Japan's exports to the United States fell 11.1pctfrom a year before to 1,514 billion yen in May, marking the second consecutive month below the year-before level, Finance Ministry preliminary data showed Wednesday.