SoftBank Corp. is offering an artificial intelligence-powered chat service called Mentari to help teachers quickly identify children with possible mental health issues. Mentari eases the burden of ...

KYOTO—All 84 branches of Kyoto Shinkin Bank (Kyoshin) may technically close at noon, but the credit union, based in the city’s Shimogyo Ward, is arguably even more committed to its community than ...

KANAZAWA—Soaring gold prices and decreasing demand threaten to end the rich history of Japan’s last remaining site that produces the glittering veneer of religious sites, Buddhist altars and other ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party started discussions to revise Japan’s national defense policy on Nov. 20 with a focus on ...

SEOUL--The second season of “Pachinko,” opening Friday, delicately captures the plight of ethnic Koreans brought to Japan ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture—The Yamato Museum reopened here on April 23 following year-long renovations to bring the behemoth World War II battleship closer to real life based on the latest research.

The average price of a new apartment in Tokyo’s 23 wards in fiscal 2025 topped 130 million yen ($827,000) for the first time, while surrounding areas also soared to record highs, a report showed. The ...

JOYO, Kyoto Prefecture—Wholesale tea is selling better than ever before. Sales are up by weight and prices are rising year on year. It’s because of rising tastes for matcha as the refreshing green ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration pledged to overhaul the budget compilation process to encourage what it says is much-needed investment that can finally propel Japan out of its economic ...

MOSCOW--Foreign shareholders suspended participation in the Arctic LNG 2 project due to sanctions, renouncing their responsibilities for financing and for offtake contracts for the new Russian ...

Japan’s government on Aug. 7 officially launched a contentious debate on capping its foreign population as a high-level working group convened for the first time to hash out a future immigration ...

The government on June 24 announced details of Japan’s Growth Strategy that is topped by a public- and private-sector investment of 102 trillion yen ($630.7 billion) for artificial intelligence and ...