The government is considering the compilation of a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2026, aiming to depart from typical ...

Japan’s Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Henri B. Kagan, the Nobel Committee for Chemistry announced in ...

An increasing number of Japanese companies are seeing business opportunities in exporting halal-certified food products. Although there are security concerns or other risks associated with some ...

The government plans to start discussions surrounding the deployment of nuclear-powered submarines to the Self-Defense Forces ...

Public anxiety is mounting in the wake of a series of data leaks at public organizations and companies. This is an urgent issue, and the government must act quickly to enhance its response ...

A subsidiary of major book distributor Nippan Group Holdings, Inc. has sold Japanese books to U.S. artificial intelligence developer Anthropic PBC without notifying the publishers, it has been learned ...

Single caregiving” refers to a situation in which an unmarried adult child takes sole responsibility for caring for an aging parent.

The Fair Trade Commission raided four major brewers Wednesday for allegedly forming an illegal cartel to adjust shipment prices for beer and other products, sources familiar with the matter said.

Visitors to the Nagai Botanical Garden in Higashi-Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka, enjoy taking pictures of the fantastic sea of fluffy, hairlike, pale-pink flowers on the muhlenbergia capillaris plants, which ...

The Okinawa prefectural assembly opened its first session on Tuesday since Gov. Genta Koja — endorsed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and others — took office in September.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out 10 in seven innings, Kiké Hernández hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Tuesday night to take a 2-1 lead in their NL Division ...

North Korea criticised the United States over its arms sales and military support for Taiwan, accusing Washington of fuelling tensions in the Taiwan Strait, state media KCNA said on Wednesday.