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Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga again criticized current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in an interview published Wednesday in a monthly magazine, saying that Kishida "should have punished himself as well" for a "slush fund" scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's factions.

Sharp Corp. said Wednesday that Executive Vice President Masahiro Okitsu will succeed Wu Po-Hsuan as president and CEO.

U.S. data company Gracenote Inc. predicted on Wednesday that Japan will win 12 gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, down sharply from 27 at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

The Bank of Japan's "tankan" quarterly survey for June, due out Monday, will show little change in major Japanese manufacturers' business sentiment, according to forecasts by think tanks.

The Aichi prefectural government said Wednesday that it has revoked the service provider designation of a home for disabled people run by Megumi Co. in the town of Kota in the central Japan prefecture, acting on irregularities committed by the group home operator, such as service fee overcharging.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Kazakhstan in August for his first summit with the leaders of five Central Asian countries, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday.