Reiwa Shinsengumi Lawmaker with ALS to Retire

The Japanese government has received a court order to pay 1.2 million yen in damages to two overstayers who got sick while they were being held at a detention center.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday conveyed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Tokyo's resolve to continue its support for war-torn Ukraine.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday vowed to realize a tariff agreement between Japan and the United States that would benefit both.

A two-day Group of Seven summit in Kananaskis, western Canada, ended on Tuesday, with leaders signing joint statements on six areas, including artificial intelligence and supply chains for critical minerals.

Japan's Honda Motor Co. has successfully conducted a launch and landing test of a reusable rocket developed by a subsidiary.

Fighter jets and helicopters based on the Chinese aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong conducted 520 landings and takeoffs over the nine days to Monday, the Defense Ministry has said.

Japan must balance free trade with a stance of putting itself first, as the United States is likely to maintain the high tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump's administration, Jun Sawada, vice chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, said in a recent interview with Jiji Press.

House of Councillors lawmaker Yasuhiko Funago, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, held a press conference on Tuesday and announced his intention not to seek another term in this summer's Upper House election and to retire from politics.

Japan's Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday that it will begin selling the third-generation Leaf electric vehicle in the domestic market later this year.

Japan's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday raised its travel warning for Iran to Level 4, the highest on its alert scale, urging Japanese nationals to leave Iran immediately, amid Israeli attacks on the country.