The Ground Self-Defense Force for the first time showcased its long-range missile launcher vehicle designed to hit enemy ...

Akihiko Kondo says he has been deeply in love with his wife ever since she saved him during a particularly low point in his ...

Japan’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets that it’s developing with Britain and ...

In the remote village of Kamimomi in Japan’s western Okayama prefecture, a small group of rice farmers began their most recent harvest in sweltering heat, two weeks sooner than usual.

At least 17 foreigners who applied for refugee status have been deported since stricter provisions took effect last year under the revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law.

About 20 percent of Japan’s population resides in areas that are at risk of flooding when heavy rain causes rivers to overflow, according to a recent Asahi Shimbun analysis.

Japan on March 1 lifted its COVID-19-related entry ban on foreign travelers and raised the maximum daily number of entrants from 3,500 to 5,000.

Nippon Steel Corp. publicly released communications with the United Steelworkers, a trade union opposed to its acquisition of U.S. Steel, on Sept. 11 in another effort to win U.S. administration ...

A noticeable surge in street crimes helped fuel a rise in crimes recorded by police across Japan in 2022 to 601,389 under the Criminal Code, up 5.9 percent from the previous year.

A 50-something corporate worker is fearful that the government's plan to integrate the current health insurance card system into the Individual Number Card could reveal her sexual identity. The worker ...

Once dismissed as outdated and having little value, kimono from the postwar era are now being re-evaluated for their rich design, cultural significance and historical context.

YOKOHAMA--On a recent winter day, five members of a volunteer firefighting brigade based here were standing in front of the Naka Ward office building drumming up interest. Surrounded by passers-by, ...