Japanese firms, private and public, will have to publish the pay levels for female staff as a percentage of pay to men on their websites and disclose legitimate reasons for any disparities

The gain was much stronger than a 0.8% year-on-year rise in March, as the impact of mobile phone fee cuts fades

Sony's game, music and movie units contributed two-thirds of operating income in the year ended March, underscoring the group's transformation from consumer electronics maker into a metaverse-ready entertainment juggernaut

Tepco plans to filter the contaminated water to remove isotopes, leaving only tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen hard to separate from water

Shoring up the prospects of a private demand-led recovery, however, was a gauge of capital expenditure that posted its first monthly gain in three months

Three US agencies said Pyongyang dispatches thousands of information technology workers worldwide, taking advantage of existing demands for specific skills

The results fuelled fears of stagflation - a mix of weak growth and rising inflation - as the world's third-largest economy contracted at an annualised rate of 1.0%

The skyrocketing numbers over the weekend prompted a sympathetic response from South Korea, which offered vaccines, medical equipment and health personnel.

Japan needs to ramp up its production of electric vehicles – or risk a 14% drop in GDP, a Climate Group report has warned, as it lags markets in Europe, China and the US in EV sales

Nissan's controlling shareholder Renault said in April all options were on the table for separating its EV business, including a possible public listing, as it seeks to catch up with rivals

Some 45% of the country's people are now on 5G, but telecom firms have not been willing to invest in the fancier technology that would ramp speeds by 20 times over 4G technology

Nissan has shifted its focus from "volume to value", shedding the emphasis on big sales numbers, often at discounts, that it pursued for years