Japan's ruling coalition parties are planning to submit a bill during the current Diet session to reduce the number of Lower ...

China has sent a second letter to the UN chief demanding the retraction of Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's remark ...

Japan's Financial Services Agency may reclassify Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as financial products, putting them on ...

US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff is heading to Moscow to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proposed next year's UN draft budget, which is about 15 percent smaller than this ...

Japan has introduced a new health insurance ID system which uses individual number cards, commonly known as My Number Cards, ...

The head of Japan's technology and investment conglomerate SoftBank Group says artificial intelligence is set to make huge ...

The operator of Japan's biggest convenience-store chain says it is testing out a self-driving truck as a way to address the ...

The carefully made Kareigawa Bento, featuring local Kagoshima cuisine, is sold at a wooden train station more than 120 years ...

This time, we meet Senegalese Serigne Cisse who works as a taxi driver in Fukuoka City, and Filipino Sharon Mochiyama, a ...

Korean sociologist Ahn Eunbyul examines Japan's railway culture. Beyond mere transportation, she explores how train travel ...

A media report on a follow-up strike by the US military to kill survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat is highlighting controversy over its legality under international law.