Analysis of a Japanese government survey has uncovered marked regional differences in attitudes toward gender roles in Japan, ...

Japan's economy expanded an annualized real 1.3 percent in the October-December quarter, revised up from an initially ...

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This war with no exit has pushed the world economy to the brink. Both the United States and Israel on the one side, and Iran on the other, must heed t ...

GIFU, Japan (Kyodo) -- A suspected gas leak at a paper mill in central Japan left six workers injured on Tuesday, with two of them in serious condition, police said. An employee at Daio Paper Corp.'s ...

Nissan Motor Co. and U.S. ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc. are discussing cooperation in the field of autonomous driving, ...

A new survey shows that about 40% of low-income families in Japan go into debt to pay for their children's school expenses.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, second from right, prepares to attend a Cabinet meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on March 10, 2026. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government on ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index rose over 3 percent Tuesday morning as crude oil prices retreated amid growing expectations for an early conclusion of the war in the Middle East following ...

Finance ministers of the Group of Seven industrialized nations discussed a possible coordinated release of oil reserves ...

Para alpine skier Momoka Muraoka won Japan's first medal at the Milan Cortina Paralympic Winter Games on Monday, c ...

Nago Mayor Taketoyo Toguchi lodged a protest with the central government on Monday after a U.S. military helicopter made an ...