According to the transport ministry, there were about 2,000 areas lacking transportation nationwide as of April 2025.

Lesoeru 72, which went on sale on Monday, joins NorLevo as the country’s only two emergency contraceptive medications that do not need a doc...

Fifteen years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake, but the government's declared goal of reducing indirect deaths to zero stil...

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved legislation to sharply raise the upper limit on fees for foreign nationals in the biggest revision of its ki...

A global baseball icon opens up about his upbringing in Iwate and how a cataclysmic disaster shaped both his youth and future.

Gross domestic product rose at an annualized pace of 1.3% versus the prior quarter in the three months through December.

The deployment, which the Defense Ministry moved forward by one year, comes as the Chinese military ramps up its training around Japan’s far...

The Puerto Rican superstar’s Japan debut drew roughly 2,300 top listeners and celebrity guests for an invite-only show near Tokyo.

Japan’s response underscores both Tokyo’s growing security role overseas and the diplomatic balancing act between Washington and Gulf states...

Many admit to being unprepared for one, however.

Thailand’s mystery-thriller series “Girl From Nowhere” is heading to Japan in its first-ever international remake. “Transfer Student Nanno,”...

BLACKPINK’s Lisa took a break from her busy schedule to visit Punch the monkey.On Saturday (March 7), the 28-year-old singer shared...

Masataka Yoshida belted a two-run homer with two outs in the seventh inning, helping defending champion Japan clinch Group C in pool play of...

Japan relies on the Middle East for around 95% of its crude supplies, with roughly 70% shipped through the Strait of Hormuz.

She stressed that promoting women's empowerment is "extremely important for realizing a society in which individuality and diversity are res...