The toll was expected to rise, with scores still missing following the magnitude 7.1 quake, as rescuers continued to hunt for ...

The Hinagu and Futagawa fault zones caused the two major earthquakes 10 years ago, with the former likely to have caused ...

A mall and a Nippon Paper Industries’ plant have collapsed, causing fatalities, as factories shut down and communications and ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is finalizing a plan to lower the consumption tax rate on food products from the current 8% to ...

While the number of Japanese residents fell by 0.76%, the data also showed that the number of foreign residents in the ...

Economist Paul Sheard such a hike is needed to fight inflation reflecting higher import prices amid the yen’s weakness.

As Kyushu quivered with aftershocks after being struck by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday afternoon, Taiwanese ...

Police searched the two bookshops this month and arrested five people on suspicion of displaying and selling “items with ...

In addition to Osaka, others including Fukuoka, Sapporo and Nagoya have indicated interest in being the fallback if a ...

The purchase, valued at $60-70 million, is one of Tehran’s largest-known efforts to strengthen its air defenses since the ...

The move seeks to protect the U.S. AI build-out from national security threats and reshore key industries slated for ...

The new wage floor, which would apply to over 50 million workers, is expected to gradually take effect starting in October.