Under the new budget, more than 970 billion yen ($6.2bn) is earmarked to enhance Japan’s “standoff” missile capabilities.

SENDAI—The central government’s first disaster advisory under a new warning system caused confusion among foreign residents ...

Tokyo: Several people were injured after a man stabbed workers at a rubber factory in central Japan on Friday, Japanese media reported. The incident occurred in the city of Mishima in Shizuoka ...

At Yamaguchi Flower Land in the city of Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture, a flower bed depicting a lively horse using ornamental ...

The winter solstice is the shortest daylight of the year. There is a tradition of taking baths with yuzu citrus fruit to wish ...

A new study says Japan loses at least 1 trillion yen (about $6.35 billion) every year because many working adults do not ...

On Friday, Japan marked 20 years since members of a shadowy cult let off deadly sarin nerve gas in Tokyo's subway system. The attack was the worst in modern Japanese history, and prompted global ...

Japan on Friday executed a man dubbed the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation's first enactment of the death penalty since 2022. He had targeted ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on April 27, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. The world's population may have recently exceeded eight billion, but it's a deceptive ...

Japan lost its position as the world’s largest creditor nation for the first time in 34 years, giving up the title to Germany despite posting a record amount of overseas assets. Japan’s net external ...