The government maintains that there is enough naphtha for local industries, though bottlenecks have been identified.

The report marks the OECD's first survey on Japan since January 2024, when the BOJ's policy rate was still in negative ...

Rape is being used as a weapon 'of war, dominance, destruction and genocide' in Sudan 'to destroy the fabric of society and ...

The Swedish private equity firm has announced plans to acquire Tabelog's parent company, Kakaku.com, in a deal expected to be ...

The high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping will see the president confront a China that is far more confident and ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi also instructed industry minister Ryosei Akazawa to work to further increase the rate of crude ...

Kaori Sakamoto’s retirement news conference in Kobe delivered one final surprise from one of Japanese figure skating’s most ...

A Japanese company making ferocious-looking robot wolves is being swamped by orders after record numbers of fatal bear attacks on humans last year. Monster Wolf is an animatoronic scarecrow with ...

As the war extends into its third month, China appears to hold unique sway as the biggest buyer of the Islamic Republic's oil ...

Data on the nation's balance of payments with the rest of world showed that the surplus climbed in March to ¥4.7 trillion, up ...

The approval paves the way for the revision — a top priority for the government — to be submitted to the current ...

Closed-circuit television caught images of Sen. Ronald dela Rosa dashing down hallways and up emergency stairwells to evade ...