TOKYO – Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and his wife Princess Kiko will make an official visit to Vietnam in late September on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Imperial Household Agency said Wednesday.

TOKYO – Japan expressed concern on Monday over Iran’s advancing uranium enrichment program and the Middle East country’s suspected supplying of combat drones to Moscow for Russia’s war on Ukraine.

HANOI – Vietnam considers Japan its top economic partner and appreciates its official development assistance, the biggest among those provided to the Southeast Asian nation by developed countries, Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan said Thursday.

TOKYO – Toyota Motor Corp’s profit for the first fiscal quarter jumped to 1.3 trillion yen — a quarterly record for Japan’s top automaker — as sales grew and parts shortages related to the coronavirus pandemic eased.

TOKYO – Japan’s bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics in Sapporo has looked less and less likely to progress with public support cratering amid court hearings and guilty verdicts over bribery and bid-rigging scandals related to the Tokyo Summer Games.

TOKYO – Japan’s once beloved table tennis star Ai Fukuhara is at the center of a child custody feud following the breakup of her marriage to a Taiwanese player who was also a star in the sport in his country.

TOKYO – Nissan plans to invest 600 million euros ($663 million) in Ampere, Renault’s electric vehicle and software entity in Europe. The two companies also plan to establish more equal cross-shareholdings in the French-Japanese auto alliance, they said Wednesday.

YACHIMATA, Chiba – Kiyoshi Hashimoto’s machinery factory should be buzzing with industry. Instead, it’s so quiet you can hear him practicing the recorder.

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. outlined on Monday his administration’s grand plan to secure the country’s food supply, focusing on expanding the number of government-backed food stores, boosting agricultural production, and pursuing a relentless campaign against smugglers and hoarders of agricultural goods whom he blamed for the escalation in the prices of basic food items.

TOKYO – Public support of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s cabinet has fallen nearly 20 percentage points to 28% over the past two months, the Mainichi Shimbun reported on Sunday, citing a poll it conducted.