The low birthrate, competition with the private sector and a series of scandals are being blamed for the Self-Defense Forces' ...

Sultry-voiced Aki Yashiro, beloved as the “queen of enka” (Japanese ballads), died of rapidly progressive interstitial ...

The Enhanced Games have set their inaugural competition for May 2026 in Las Vegas, with swimming, athletics and weightlifting ...

Marketing channels for perfumes have diversified in Japan, a country that one insider described as “backward” in the industry ...

For decades, humble signs hand-cut from industrial tape have guided millions of commuters through the labyrinth of Tokyo’s ...

Japan’s population shrank by 0.7 percent in 2023, although the net loss of 861,237 included a record high inflow of 329,535 ...

The climbing season on Mount Fuji kicked off on July 1 with the opening of the Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture.

KYOTO—A made-in-Japan humanoid that’s part of a project to help the country make up for lost ground in android development ...

A cap on overtime hours for truck drivers went into effect on April 1, raising concerns of future disruptions to logistics ...

A report on climate change in Japan released on March 26 warns that if temperatures continue to rise significantly, the ...

The industry ministry plans to allow utilities to build new nuclear reactors on condition they decommission the same number ...

A record number of pupils and students died by suicide in 2024 while the total number of suicides decreased to the ...