Katsumi Nishimura, a 76-year-old who lives in Osaka Prefecture, boarded a plane at Kansai International Airport on Oct. 14 ...

The welfare ministry is reviewing the eligibility requirements and calculation methods for pension lump-sum withdrawal ...

A criminal complaint will be filed against the captain of one of the two boats that capsized in March off the Henoko district ...

The Japanese economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.1% in the January-March quarter, the government said Tuesday, showing ...

A total of 239 police officers nationwide were fired, suspended or subjected to other disciplinary actions for misconduct in ...

The head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday expressed concern over the “scale and speed” of an outbreak of a rare ...

UTSUNOMIYA—Police have arrested a Yokohama couple on suspicion of directing four teenagers to perpetrate a home invasion that ...

The government announced on Feb. 20 that it will introduce a digital system to speed up emergency patient transfers by ...

BOSTON--A U.S. jury on Monday ⁠found Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical liable ⁠for causing about $885 million in damages by ...

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on Jan. 26 indicted Lower House member Yoshitaka Ikeda and an aide on charges of ...

Jiro is fitted with a device called “the Conscience Circuit,” also known as Gemini, which is meant to make him incapable of ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said May 18 she is considering a supplementary budget to resume a subsidy to help households ...