Billboard Japan unveiled its mid-year charts for 2025 early Friday morning (June 6), and Mrs. GREEN APPLE dominated the three major domest...

The Resilience lander was carrying a tiny rover, a miniature Swedish cottage, and several science payloads when it crashed onto the lunar su...

TOKYO: Japan's government is distancing itself from tax cuts in its annual policy guidelines, amid heightened volatility in the government d...

Under the amended law, nuclear plants' operating period may be extended beyond 60 years to compensate for stoppages caused by "unforeseeable...

There have been growing calls for legislative reform to address unpaid medical fees and health care premiums — deficits filled by taxpayers'...

Japan’s hopes of achieving its first soft touchdown on the Moon by a private company were dashed Friday when the mission was aborted after a...

TOKYO: Japanese company ispace said its uncrewed moon lander likely crashed onto the lunar surface during its touchdown attempt on Friday, m...

A driving school owner points out that traffic signs could carry different meanings in other countries, and driving standards might vary sig...

Tokyo is backing off from its insistence that all new tariffs be removed, according to a Friday report by the Asahi Shimbun.

A total of 13 shops with more than ¥10 million in debt filed for bankruptcy in the year ended March — a record high for a second consecutive...

A Japanese court has ruled former executives at the utility managing the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were not acco...

The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure several hours after communication was lost with the lander.(Image credit: Kyod...

Exports measured by value dropped 3% in the first 20 days of May, which compared with a 2% rise for April.

Market expectations are building that Japan’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) may soon adjust its government bond issuance strategy—possibly as ea...

The failed mission comes two years after the Japanese start-up's first moonshot ended in a crash landing.