Toshinao Nakagawa, a former House of Representatives member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has joined the Sanseito ...

A wolf that isn't alive but still howls, growls and flashes red eyes is suddenly in the spotlight in Japan, where a jump in ...

Makiko Uchidate, a screenwriter who became the first woman to serve on the Yokozuna Deliberation Council in professional sumo ...

The Faculty of Science at Kyoto University will establish a scholarship fund to ease the first-year rent of women enrolling ...

On a Christmas Day when the war in Ukraine casts a shadow over Europe, concerns over immigration divide societies, and some ...

Japan's draft defense budget was set at a record 9.04 trillion yen ($58 billion) for fiscal 2026, the government said Friday, ...

Japan's weather agency on Friday warned of powerful winds, blizzards and high waves in western, eastern and northeastern ...

The Group of Seven members and several other resource-rich nations are arranging a meeting of their finance chiefs next month ...

Duty-free sales at department stores in Japan dropped 2.5 percent in November from a year earlier to around 50.2 billion yen ...

Japan's unemployment rate in November stood at 2.6 percent, unchanged for the fourth consecutive month, as the number of ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Thursday arrangements are being made for her to meet with President Donald Trump in the ...

Japan's industrial output in November fell 2.6 percent from the previous month, dragged down by a decline in production of ...