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 ...

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

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.

The Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen Nozomi trains will operate with reserved seats only from Sept. 18 to 23, which includes Silver Week holidays, Central Japan Railway Co. and West Japan Railway Co.

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 ...

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

Giant flaming torches were carried during the Oniyo Fire Festival at Daizenji Tamataregu shrine in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Wednesday night.

People fleeing by car caused traffic jams in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, after a tsunami warning was issued following a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck off the east coast late at night on Dec.

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.” ...

The Arctic has experienced its hottest year since records began, a U.S. science agency announced recently, as climate change triggers cascading impacts from melting glaciers and sea ice to greening ...