The internal affairs ministry data show increases in foreign populations not only in major cities and industrial districts ...

The BOJ officials see little need for consecutive rate hikes in the absence of signs that upside inflation risks will ...

Okamoto said he called for Komeito to become a rallying point for realignment because he wanted to build a bloc of lawmakers ...

Over more than seven months of conflict in the Persian Gulf, Japan’s risk-averse refiners and shipowners have stayed away ...

Japan’s rice harvest for 2026 is estimated at 7.4 million tons, down about 1% from the previous year’s 7.47 million tons, the ...

Arnon Nampa was imprisoned in Thailand for calling for the reform of the Thai monarchy. He has been behind bars ever since. I ...

The rover reached the milestone 5½ years into its mission to explore if conditions conducive to microbial life ever existed ...

Opposition parties grilled the prime minister on Tuesday on not just her policies, but also her new farm minister’s election ...

America and Israel’s unilateral aggression against Iran lacked international legitimacy and predictably destabilized the ...

France might be the first casualty, with other borrowers potentially being seen as expensive compared to what Japanese ...

The complete withdrawal of U.S.-led forces raises the risk of renewed Islamic State activity and redeployment.

One company in Hyogo Prefecture began offering a plant-based product to substitute Akashi brand octopus after prices for it ...