The number of births in Japan in 2024 is set to fall below 700,000 for the first time after government data show that the ...

The number of foreigners entering Japan rose to a new record high of 36.78 million in 2024, receiving boosts from a weak yen ...

The Bank of Japan raises its policy interest rate to 0.5 percent from 0.25 percent, its highest level in about 17 years, amid ...

The Japanese government calls on Fuji Television Network Inc. to regain trust from viewers and sponsors following a sexual ...

U.S. federal prosecutors demand a prison term of four years and nine months for Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter Ippei ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledges to build a cross-party consensus through parliamentary debate as his minority ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said in in an interview aired Jan. 23 that he intends to reengage with North Korean leader Kim ...

Traditionally made, chilled "kan-somen" noodles shimmered in the winter cold in mid-January as their annual production peaked on Shodo Island in western Japan's Seto Inland Sea.

Mitsubishi Motors Corp., a partner of Nissan Motor Co., will not join a planned merger between Nissan and Honda Motor Co. that could potentially create the world's third-largest auto group, according ...

Ozeki Hoshoryu hands overnight leader Kinbozan his second defeat of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, but the wrestler from ...

China says no abnormalities were found in seawater samples it independently collected near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi ...

A Chinese court has sentenced a man to death over a knife attack near Shanghai last June that injured a Japanese mother and ...