Japan is moving forward with plans to develop mines for rare earths in Africa as China tightens its export controls on the critical minerals, government sources said. The Japan Organization for Metals ...

Japan’s base salary grew at a 32-year-high pace in October, government data showed on Friday, boosting real wages after two ...

The Defense Ministry is gunning for its largest budget ever in its initial budget request of about 8.9 trillion yen ($56.1 billion) for fiscal 2027. This figure is expected to balloon further before ...

The labor ministry on Aug. 19 unveiled new guidelines to end urging companies to cap monthly overtime at 45 hours, making it easier for employers to utilize overtime options allowed under the current ...

An analysis of rare earth-rich mud retrieved from the deep seabed off a remote Pacific Island earlier this year found medium and heavy ‌rare earth elements accounted for about 54% ⁠of the total ⁠rare ...

Two men stole four luxury watches in a brazen smash-and-grab at a watch dealer inside Tokyo’s famed Nakano Broadway shopping complex on Aug. 25, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. When ...

More than 200 Chinese fishing vessels were anchored at a disputed atoll in the South China Sea claimed by China and other countries, according to an analysis of satellite imagery. The analysis by Deep ...

August, about 15 young children took a swimming lesson at the Narita branch of the Aeon Sports Club 3Fit fitness club chain ...

The stop was part of a bus line operated by the prefectural government that was a gateway into Nagasaki Prefecture. From next ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency called for vigilance across the Kanto region as the ninth typhoon of the season looked set to pound the Izu island chain south of Tokyo as early as Aug. 1. It warned of ...

GENEVA--Swiss watchmaker Swatch apologized Monday for an ad campaign that upset consumers in China and elsewhere and said it had “immediately removed all related materials worldwide.” ...

Noting that “butcher’s paper has replaced the recycled newspaper” used in her childhood, the haikuist’s family will eat fish tonight. She explained that’s “a common tradition here, not just in ...