A deeper, long-term driver is reshaping the landscape. Over the 40 years leading up to 2018, the distribution of bears in Japan expanded to...

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China and Japan gave conflicting versions of a maritime confrontation involving their coast guards and a Japanese fishing vessel around the...

The government is mulling plans to allow withdrawals under the Nippon Individual Savings Account plan for small-lot investments once childre...

Tokyo Dec. 01 (SANA) Japan called on Monday for respect of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity following the recent Israeli strike...

Japanese stocks fell on Monday, and the yen rose on the back of expectations of an interest rate hike this month.

The exhibition will be held from July 25 to Oct. 18 at the museum in the Ueno district of the capital's Taito Ward.

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Sales by Japan’s top defense firms rose 40% year-on-year in 2024, new research has shown, as Tokyo looks to further ease rules on the export...

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In Tottori, Japan’s least populous prefecture, Severine Lamielle’s career as a taxi driver is both a curiosity and a small sign of demograph...

Virginie Efira picked up a new skill when working with Ryusuke Hamaguchi: She learned Japanese for the just-wrapped shoot. Recently, she’s b...

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The remark came during discussions on Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's parliamentary remark on a potential Taiwan contingency and su...

The fallout from new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan continues to send shockwaves. The row erupted because Takai...