Japan's Cultural Affairs Agency said Tuesday that an evaluation body of UNESCO has recommended six items from the country, including float festivals, for inscription on its Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

Sony Group Corp. said Tuesday that it expects to log a record operating profit in the fiscal year ending next March, reflecting strong performance in its semiconductor and music operations.

Japan's current account surplus in April-September rose 14.1pctfrom a year earlier, hitting a half-year record of 17,512.8 billion yen, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday.

A team of researchers from entities such as the Institute of Science Tokyo said Tuesday they have developed an artificial intelligence model that can detect a high risk of diabetes using only electrocardiogram ()削除 data.

Seven major Japanese automakers have said they incurred combined costs of over 1.4 trillion yen for April-September from the high tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.

Sharp Corp. said Monday that its consolidated net profit nearly doubled to 45.4 billion yen in its fiscal first half through September from a year earlier, driven higher mainly by strong sales of personal computers.

Japan's government adopted Tuesday a draft antistalking law amendment that prohibits the act of collecting location information abusing loss prevention tags and enables police to issue warnings against stalkers without requests from victims.

U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass has condemned a social media post by Xue Jian, China's consul-general in Osaka, western Japan, that criticized Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remark over Taiwan.

Major Japanese cosmetics maker Shiseido Co. has said it expects to post a record group net loss of 52 billion yen in the year ending in December, due mainly to falling inbound demand and a slump in U.S. operations.

Japan's Fuji Media Holdings Inc. said Monday that it now expects its operating loss for the year ending next March to be 10.5 billion yen, compared with its previous loss estimate of 12 billion yen.