The two chambers of parliament plan to resume talks Jan. 31 on measures to secure a sufficient number of imperial family ...

Price increases of rice and vegetables such as cabbage pushed up overall sales while the number of purchased items continued ...

While the updated regulations will impose an additional step for a broader range of investors, those who pass the screening ...

The move would mark the central bank's first rate hike since July last year, when it increased rates to 0.25%.

The decrease — the first in six years — came after prices rose nearly 30% to a record high in 2023 when several luxury condos ...

Japan might take a leadership role in global free trade if the United States piles on tariffs and rejects multilateral ...

Police have arrested a man for kicking a rabbit, which later died, as a probe continues over the deaths of more than 70 ...

One year after Tomoko Tamura became head of the Japanese Communist Party, she faces tough questions about her leadership as ...

The 52-year-old former SMAP member said his contracts had been wound up, and that negotiations with sponsors were in progress ...

Former homeowners determined to stay want houses that the next fire will not burn easily and that, if burnt, will not turn ...

We will demand more than in the previous year to fulfill our role as a leading industry in Japan,' union group head Masashi ...

Jacques Audiard's Mexico-set musical shattered the record for the most Academy Award nominations for a non-English-language movie.