Unaffiliated voters shifted away from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the Oct. 27 Lower House election and fueled the ...

Booming inbound tourism and another blistering summer combined to send rice retail prices skyrocketing at supermarkets across ...

Questionable medical examination practices involving children have been reported at schools around Japan, prompting education ...

In a hugely significant policy shift for pacifist Japan, the government approved revisions that will allow for the export of ...

Bruce Springsteen is taking his act back on the road with a politically charged, openly anti-Trump tour across the United ...

Japan’s most decorated Winter Olympics athlete Miho Takagi may soon be adding the nation’s People’s Honor Award to her ...

Land prices are soaring in this town in western Hokkaido while the area’s famed ski hills continue to attract hordes of ...

South Korea is promoting its defense industry and increasing arms exports under the stated goal of “becoming one of the top ...

Toyota Motor Corp. showcased its new electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) under the luxury Lexus brand on May 7 with plans ...

Amid howls of local protest, U.S. Marines test-fired a long-range mobile rocket launcher at the foot of Mount Fuji for the ...

The number of children under 15 years old in Japan is 13.66 million, 350,000 fewer than in 2024 and the lowest on record, the ...

The government will provide up to 92.9 billion yen ($678 million) in subsidies to major semiconductor manufacturer Kioxia ...