Higher rates on loan-type scholarships may cause some people's repayment balances to increase by more than ¥1 million.

The results come despite yearslong efforts to address overwork in the medical industry.

Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama's remarks were seen as part of stepped-up efforts to attract cash to domestic markets as the yen weakens.

By prefecture, Tokyo had the largest number of children on waiting lists, followed by Saitama and Hyogo, while Fukui had no children on such...

Citing Japanese companies constructing power plants in Azerbaijan in the past, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said he hopes Japanese inv...

A new council will be responsible for examining and deliberating on "important intelligence activities," including those linked to national...

Enabling integration of purchase data from approximately 28 million 7-Eleven App members on the DSP TOKYO, July 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The...

The revision proposes concrete support measures, including benefit payments to low-income earners and people who cannot work due to diseases...

Temperatures in Kumagaya, home of the raucous Uchiwa Festival, often top 40 degrees Celsius.

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India's top shuttlers will return to action at the BWF Japan Open 2026, that gets underway on July 14. World No. 1 Shi Yuqi and An Se young...

Japan plans to launch its first centralised intelligence body with help from Western allies.

Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said the ​government aims to steer the country's vast state pension funds to "substantially" increase dome...

Japanese patent granted for technology that inhibits TCTP released from dead tumor cells using antibodies to suppress the accumulation of MD...

The Japanese yen has sunk to a 40-year low against the U.S. dollar recently. Raising interest rates would strengthen the yen.