OSAKA--A major hospital here suspended routine medical services after a ransomware cyberattack shut down the facility’s electronic medical record system, officials said on Oct. 31. Osaka General ...

The average minimum wage in Japan will climb to 1,177 yen ($8) an hour in fiscal 2026, up 56 yen, or 5.0 percent, and representing the second-highest hike in history. The country’s 47 prefectures, ...

Sendai residents have bragging rights to living in the most comfortable city in Japan, as government statistics support their ...

Pickleball, a sport often called a miniature version of tennis, has gained so much in popularity in Japan that the country ...

Sekihara, 41, and the colleague left the megabank and co-founded Nakaral, a startup based in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward. Nakaral gives parents a more hands-free approach to bringing their children to ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal—Residents along the Budhi Gandaki River in north central Nepal evacuated on Sunday as flash flooding ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency apologized Oct. 16 after issuing an emergency warning for an earthquake that was erroneously estimated as the most powerful in recorded history. “We issued an emergency ...

The government on June 24 announced details of Japan’s Growth Strategy that is topped by a public- and private-sector investment of 102 trillion yen ($630.7 billion) for artificial intelligence and ...

Officials trialed a carry service that harkens back to the Edo Period (1603-1867) on Oct. 19 that would allow disabled ...

The Japanese government concealed the U.S. military’s acknowledgement in 2023 that two of its bases were likely sources of PFAS contamination in Okinawa Prefecture, sources said. Okinawa Prefecture ...

Mother sues 3 over video she claims drove her son to suicide ...

HAKUI, Ishikawa Prefecture—For the first time anywhere on the main island of Honshu, the endangered “toki” Japanese crested ibis was released here on May 31. About 500 local residents watched the ...