Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba congratulated new U.S. President Donald Trump as he took office on Jan. 20 while Japanese ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said March 31 she is looking toward Japan’s neighbors to secure medical goods and other key ...

Japan and resource-rich Indonesia agreed Tuesday to deepen economic ties and cooperation in energy security as the two Asian ...

The Takamatsu District Court on March 31 ruled that disenfranchising a convict of the right to vote after he was released ...

In a rare move, the ruling party is withholding approval of a bill aimed at overhauling the retrial system that some party ...

Trading giant Itochu Corp. announced it had acquired scandal-ridden used car chain Bigmotor Co. and established a new company ...

Armor unearthed from the former site of Asukadera temple in Nara Prefecture has many features in common with protective gear ...

Nearly a quarter of Japan’s municipal water utilities operated at a loss in fiscal 2024, the highest ratio in 10 years, and ...

Despite Japan's reputation as a vending machine heaven, inflation has driven some companies that sell canned and bottled ...

Japan has signed Fujitsu Ltd. to develop artificial intelligence “agents” that could serve as digital staff officers to ...

Japanese actor Tomohisa Yamashita was awarded the Chevalier rank of France’s Order of Agricultural Merit on March 31 for ...

Oil prices continued to surge on worries of a prolonged Iran war but the Asian markets that were open Friday rose moderately ...