Amid nationwide high rice prices, Aichi Prefecture is striving to increase rice production. The prefecture, though, faces a ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun that the government must prioritize ...

The government will launch measures to revive the shipbuilding industry, which has been declining for a long time, according ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average rallied on Friday, supported by falling U.S. Treasury yields and a weaker yen, but still ...

The fourth round of Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations will take place around May 30, as the two governments have agreed to hold ...

Thirty-seven people complained of eye, throat and other pain after pepper spray was used inside a multistory parking lot at a ...

Ozeki Onosato defeated ozeki Kotozakura on Friday to win his second consecutive tournament, on the 13th day of the Summer ...

Nagano Mayor Kenji Ogiwara, a two-time Winter Olympic gold medalist, and Gaku Hirasawa, a former Olympic athlete and mayor of ...

Princess Aiko, the daughter of the Emperor and Empress, may make an official visit to Laos in November to mark the 70th ...

Japan’s core inflation accelerated at its fastest annual pace in more than two years in April, data showed on Friday, raising ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump over the phone on Friday. They discussed U.S. tariffs ...

There have been a spate of problems surrounding the use of My Number identification cards that function as health insurance certificates. The government should strengthen measures to ensure that ...