OSAKA--Prosecutors here dropped their case against nine former top executives of Kansai Electric Power Co. who accepted ...

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

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Princess Aiko visited Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture on April 6 to mark 15 years since ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Human rights groups have reported that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is recruiting children as young as 12 into a ...

HOUSTO--With the moon now filling their windows, the Artemis II astronauts kicked off their lunar flyby Monday, taking in ...