Russian authorities announced that they have requested the extradition of Tomoko Akane, head of the International Criminal Court, to the Netherlands.
This year's Nobel Prize in Literature will be awarded to Canadian author Anne Carson.
Fast Retailing's consolidated sales for the fiscal year ending August 2026 reached a record high of 3,963.3 billion yen.
In its regional economic report, the Bank of Japan upwardly revised its economic outlook for two of the country's nine regions, Tohoku and Shikoku.
In a lawsuit over the Tochigi/Nasu mayoral election, the Tokyo High Court has canceled the ruling invalidating the election.
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yan Yan said at a plenary session of the House of Councilors, ``I will do my best to carry out my duties.''
Prime Minister Takaichi has expressed his intention to have Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yana continue in his post.
Prime Minister Takaichi said of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yana's comments, ``I thought it was inappropriate, so I gave him a strict warning.''
Regarding the source of funds for the consumption tax cut, Prime Minister Takaichi said in a question asked by a representative of the House of Councilors, ``Rather than relying on special public bonds, we will secure it through a review of both expenditures and revenues.''
It has been announced that Kimiyasu Kudo will be appointed as the new manager of Chunichi Professional Baseball.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, tremors with an intensity of 4 were observed in northeastern Chiba Prefecture.
According to the minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve meeting, the majority of participants said it would be appropriate to raise interest rates by the end of the year.
Investment fund Oasis has requested that NIDEK begin considering taking the company private.
Prime Minister Takaichi called Professor Emeritus Soai of Tokyo University of Science, who had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, to convey his congratulations.
The Liberal Democratic Party and the ``Centrist'' House of Representatives faction have agreed to hold a House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting on the 13th and 14th.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to two people, including Professor Emeritus Kenzo Soai of Tokyo University of Science.
The Niigata District Public Prosecutors Office has indicted four people, including the company's executives at the time, on charges of professional negligence resulting in a fire that killed six people at Sanko Seika's Arakawa factory.
Regarding the reduction in the number of seats in the House of Representatives, the prime minister said, ``I look forward to discussions to make this a reality in this session.''
Regarding Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yana's remarks, the prime minister said, ``It is natural that political support or disapproval should not be brought into the budget allocation.''
Prime Minister Takaichi, in a question asked by a representative of the House of Representatives, said that the food consumption tax cut and aid funds are "the best way to go."
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Kazuo Yana said, ``We heard from local people that they were interested, so we wanted to confirm the reason for asking the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism about the road budget.''
The Fair Trade Commission has launched a compulsory investigation into four major beer companies after suspicions that they formed a cartel over the shipping prices of beer and other products grew stronger.
Real wages increased by 1.5% in August, the eighth consecutive month of positive growth.
Paramount Skydance announced that it has completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Researchers from Chiba University are participating in the ice cube experiment.
This year's Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to a researcher involved in the Ice Cube neutrino observation experiment.
