In a hugely significant policy shift for pacifist Japan, the government approved revisions that will allow for the export of ...

A university in Japan announced a major breakthrough in the complete farming of highly endangered Japanese eels, claiming a ...

The farm minister said on Feb. 7 that rice stockpiles reserved for emergency use will be released, citing disruptions in the ...

Japan received reassurances of continued close ties with its U.S. ally including confirmation that a security treaty covers ...

The number of children under 15 years old in Japan is 13.66 million, 350,000 fewer than in 2024 and the lowest on record, the ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) announced on Dec. 10 that it plans to introduce walk-through gates within the next decade, ...

In 1941, when the Japanese government was salvaging metal from wherever it could for the looming Pacific War, the nation’s ...

NAGOYA—Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura said Oct. 1 he will run in the Lower House election as a candidate of the Conservative ...

The government will provide up to 92.9 billion yen ($678 million) in subsidies to major semiconductor manufacturer Kioxia ...

Japan will need 6.74 million foreign workers in 2040, roughly four times more than it has today, to reach the government’s ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is clearly a stickler when it comes to image, but he seems to be ignoring that quality in a ...

Ryuho Okawa, the founder and CEO of the powerful religious organization Happy Science, has died, according to sources close ...