The solo passage last month by the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Akizuki comes amid warming ties with Beijing, but also ...

The emperor's daughter, 23-year-old Aiko, is not eligible as Japanese law stipulates that only male members of the royal family can ascend the throne.

The unusually dry weather, strong winds, the prefecture's mountainous terrain — as well as what's known as a fire cycle — ...

Koichiro Ito was reportedly accused of paying a 15-year-old girl money in return for sex, and demanding that another teenager ...

The 225-issue Nikkei stock average has been range-bound between about 38,000 and 40,000 since hitting a new all-time high in ...

An unemployed man who lives in Hirano Ward in the city of Osaka allegedly abandoned the child's body in the city of Yao, ...

To achieve a stable supply chain and propel semiconductor innovation, Japan's government and chipmakers are increasingly ...

It’s unsettling, but the amount of plastic in your brain is probably less than the plastic spoon’s worth grabbing the ...

Japan dominated semiconductor production. Fast-forward to today and the country is trying to recapture its past glory, this ...

There is a disparity between what data on the issue is freely available and the fuller data that private companies can pay to ...

The Financial Services Agency is asking life insurers about the scale of the practice and the type of contracts they have in ...

It is the first time stockpiled rice will be released to ensure smooth distribution. This was previously limited to cases of ...