Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has begun a tour of Malaysia and Indonesia as part of his effort to further strengthen ...

Japan  which has the most generous childcare leave policies in the world, has increased its spending on childcare and offered ...

Japan recorded 2,663 traffic fatalities in 2024, dipping slightly from the previous year, the National Police Agency (NPA) ...

Traditional firefighting ladder acrobatics are performed at the Tokyo Fire Department's New Year's fire and disaster prevention event in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2025.

A wide range of Japanese firms see the need to continue raising wages due to structural labour shortages, the Bank of Japan ...

Video shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 207 million yen ($1.3 million) during the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2025.

TOKYO/WASHINGTON--The foreign ministers of Japan and the United States said their countries’ ties were stronger than ever on ...

The year is 2720 and away from science-fiction fantasies of flying cars, robots and intergalactic travel to far away stars ...

The number of announced M&A deals involving a Japanese buyer or seller jumped 17% from 2023 to 4,700, according to Tokyo-based Recof Data.

Japan has linked more than 200 cyberattacks over the past five years targeting the country's national security and high technology data to a Chinese hacking group, MirrorFace.

To address the problem, Tokyo mayor Yuriko Koike has pledged to subsidise epidural childbirth “as early as possible” to encourage larger families. Japan desperately needs more children as its ...

TAS 2025 is set to highlight the latest in tuning, off-road accessories, and new cars. Here’s what to expect from this year's ...