With campaigning having started for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, some parties with no seats in the assembly took ...

Two Malaysian nationals have been arrested on suspicion of attempting to smuggle stimulants into Japan by soaking them in wet ...

The Liberal Democratic Party is considering providing ¥40,000 in cash per person as a measure to deal with rising prices, ...

The Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association released Thursday a statement on the internet and election reporting, ...

The quake’s epicenter was in Chiba Prefecture. It measured a 2 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Nerima Ward, ...

Can the residents of the Palestinian territory of Gaza be saved if a U.N. organization, which is well-versed in the special ...

Japan’s parliament enacted Friday a revised pension reform bill that calls for a measure to shore up basic pension benefits.

Princess Kako, the second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, who is currently visiting Brazil, paid a ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday sent a message of condolences to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi following a ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Friday, mirroring moves in U.S. stock futures, oil and other stock markets on news that ...

The late afternoon sun sets both sky and rice paddies ablaze in orange and red light in Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, a ...

Taking the opportunity of its incorporation, the Science Council of Japan must aim to become an entity that is comparable with academic bodies around the world. It is hoped that the SCJ will ...