A report submitted this week to Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama asks the Finance Ministry to cooperate with intelligence ...

In an effort to support the development of AI, the government plans to submit a bill including more relaxed regulations in a revision of the Law on the Protection of Personal Information, it has been ...

Yomiuri Shimbun file photoThe Tokyo Stock Exchange Reuters [posttime] JST, [postdate] TOKYO, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei ...

The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.’s population agency and ...

An expert panel is expected to be established as early as this spring to move forward with revising three security-related documents, including the National Security Strategy, according to government ...

The N-Box lightweight car from Honda Motor Co. had the highest new vehicle sales in Japan in 2025, highlighting its solid popularity since its release two years ago, according to a survey announced ...

A fire was reported on Mt. Ogi, which straddles the cities of Otsuki and Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture, by a resident of the area on Thursday morning.

China’s top diplomat began his annual New Year tour of Africa on Wednesday, focusing on strategic trade access across eastern ...

About 60 demonstrators gathered in Nagasaki City on Wednesday to protest the recent U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Japan’s inflation-adjusted real wage index fell 2.8% year on year in November 2025, marking the 11th straight month of decline as wage growth failed to outpace rising prices, government data showed ...

Geiko and maiko in formal black crested kimono vowed to dedicate themselves to their profession at New Year’s opening ceremonies held on Wednesday in Gion Kobu, Miyagawacho, Pontocho and Gion Higashi ...

The towering colossus resembles both a soaring bird and a human with arms spread wide. Faces adorn its front and back. In a word, it is “monstrous.” ...