The government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party intend to raise the “annual income barrier” — the income threshold for ...

MUFG Bank, Ltd., Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. have indicated their intention, starting in fiscal 2027, ...

Two Nobel Prize winners from Japan received their medals and diplomas from Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf at the awards ...

Visitors to Kuji, Iwate Prefecture, can enjoy a special exhibition featuring kokeshi doll-shaped lanterns created by ...

Every December, a kanji character that mirrors the social climate of the year is chosen through public voting and announced ...

The supplementary budget proposal for fiscal 2025, totaling ¥18.3 trillion, was approved at the House of Representatives ...

A draft of guidelines on how police and the Self-Defense Forces will implement measures as part of Japan’s active cyber ...

It was the Japanese side that was first to deliberately engage in harassment and then spread disinformation,” Guo Jiakun, ...

A passenger plane bound for Akita from Sapporo diverted due to mechanical problems and landed at Hakodate Airport on Thursday ...

A top officer in the Self-Defense Forces has commented on the recent incident in which a Chinese military aircraft directed ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average climbed on Friday, heading for a third straight weekly advance and riding optimism from Wall ...

A tsunami advisory for Hokkaido and the Tohoku region was issued on Friday following a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that hit ...