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 ...

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.

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 ...

A record 98.1 percent of students who graduated from university this spring had received job offers as of the April 1 start ...

The Tokyo District Court on May 19 ordered a man to pay 1.29 million yen ($11,800) for defaming reality TV star Hana Kimura ...

This mountain city is known as the training site for Aoyama Gakuin University, a powerhouse in the annual New Year’s Hakone ...