Coach Yuji Iizuka and his players say European teams have grown leaps and bounds since Beijing. How can Japan close the gap?

Japanese world champion Kokomo Murase clinched Olympic gold in the women's big air competition on Monday as two-time champion ...

Right-leaning parties and those with fresh ideas gained some ground, while those seen as touting the ‘same-old’ politics saw ...

Undeterred by Beijing’s economic retaliation for Sanae Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks, voters endorsed the prime minister’s ...

The Japanese government's total debt as of the end of December 2025 rose by ¥8.58 trillion from three months before to a ...

The firm's compensation system, which is heavily weighted on performance, left employees on edge and played a major role in ...

About 260 people attended a memorial ceremony held at a high school in the city of Uwajima in Ehime Prefecture.

It is not clear what position might be offered to the junior partner of the Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition.

Game theorists argue that repeating the prisoner’s dilemma eventually leads to better outcomes, as the more impatient country ...

The turnout was driven primarily by a craving for security. Voters rallied behind Takaichi’s willingness to stand up to ...

Japan Post has a total of some 32,000 delivery minivehicles at 3,188 post offices offering collection and delivery services ...

Four online discussions have been held since December on the commitment, but no announcements about specific projects have ...