Tokyo – Opposition party Komeito decided Wednesday to appoint former party policy chief Mitsunari Okamoto as its new leader.

Sheets of muscle cells derived from regenerative products known as iPS cells were transplanted into the heart of a patient in ...

As of Tuesday, the number of homes damaged by the quake stood at about 72,000, including some 9,700 that were destroyed or ...

Small local governments are particularly affected by labor shortages, said Fujii, who took office on Sept. 17.

Disaster response is an “urgent issue,” Ibayashi said, adding that the prime minister has instructed Cabinet ministers to ...

The remarks are the first time since the exit referendum a decade ago that a prime minister has suggested to take the country ...

One service has been adopted by 104 stores in 20 prefectures across Japan as of Sept. 18, according to its operator.

E-truck sales surged almost 80% in the first half from a year earlier, amid the U.S.-Iran war and Ukrainian attacks on ...

The most common reaction — among U.S. observers — to the recent summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s leader ...

The downside to this new era in space exploration is that humans are likely to leave much more debris floating around in ...

The region comprising the city of Kumamoto and 10 surrounding municipalities is a rare example of an area where the tap water ...

As temperatures rise, Arctic sea ice has shrunk by nearly half a million square kilometers per decade since 1979.