A panel set up to study the issue has recommended plans to regulate IT companies more strictly.
An expert panel will call for the government to set up a team of specialists to monitor the business practices of tech giants in its interim report to be released early next month.
The Japanese foreign ministry has confirmed that Yasuda has been released.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will pay an official visit to China from Thursday to Saturday — the first official visit to China by a Japanese prime minister in seven years.
The government says buildings with parts will still withstand severe earthquakes.
Kim Jong-un says he won’t submit the weapons list and presented several demands.
The revised NAFTA deal that the United States, Mexico and Canada agreed to on Sunday is expected to have a significant impact on Japanese automakers.
The debate over US bases in Okinawa is likely to intensify after the election of a new governor.
Japan braces itself as a powerful typhoon approaches the main islands.
A Japanese start-up will send rovers to the moon via Elon Musk’s Space X by 2021.
The Bank of Japan could have increasing difficulty steering its monetary policy, as some believe Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is becoming less focused on achieving a 2 percent inflation target.
To realize Hokkaido’s post-quake rehabilitation, it is indispensable to rebuild its industries.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was reelected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for a third consecutive term on Thursday.
It is necessary to advance future-oriented diplomacy and continue improving trust in the international community, an editorial in the Yomiuri Shimbun said.
Japan marked the 73rd anniversary of the end of World War II on Wednesday.
A permanent international arbitration body specializing in intellectual property is to be established in Japan as early as September.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends to accelerate the improvement of Japan-China relations through the realization of reciprocal visits with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Toshiba Corporation is planning to sell its liquefied natural gas business in the United States.
Japan’s Atomic Energy Commission is seeking to cut the country’s plutonium stockpile for the first time in over a decade.
Fake internet news stories claiming “ninja” are in short supply trigger a flood of applications to Japan.
A record 65 people died in a weeklong period due to heatstroke amid severely hot weather in Japan.
Japanese regulators need to do more to ensure the safety and privacy of users dealing with crypto-currency exchanges.
Polls suggest the public in both countries do not believe true denuclearization will take place.
Japan-affiliated convenience store chains are making an aggressive push into the Chinese market, with three major chains now having about 5,500 stores in China.
Japanese companies are increasingly integrating gender diversity policies into their central business strategies.
Gains from Japan-Russia cooperation must lead to progress in territorial talks.
Representatives of the APEC members hold a press conference following the trade ministers’ meeting in Port Moresby on Saturday but did not address concerns over protectionism.
Trump’s negotiation tactics face test.
It must be a tactic to weaken the pressure of the international community’s sanctions and make summit meetings with the United States and South Korea successful.