The head of Japan's Komeito has told the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party that his party will quit the ruling coalition. This will bring an end to a partnership that has lasted more than a ...

A Japanese court has sentenced a Peruvian national to 18 months in prison for driving in the wrong direction on an expressway in central Japan and causing injuries. The Tsu District Court handed down ...

NHK has learned that a hacker group has claimed responsibility for the theft of data from Japanese beer and beverage giant Asahi Group Holdings. Asahi has been suffering a major system outage since ...

Japan posted a current account surplus for the seventh straight month in August. That's largely due to a drop in prices for energy imports, such as crude oil and natural gas. The Finance Ministry's ...

About 300 scientists from across the United States gathered in Washington on Monday to protest planned cuts to research budgets. The administration of President Donald Trump has proposed slashing NASA ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako have visited pavilions at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka. The Imperial couple had been visiting Kyoto since Saturday, and they visited the expo on Monday. It ...

A study by a global organization shows that elementary and junior high school teachers in Japan work the longest hours in the world. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development released ...

Japanese scientist Sakaguchi Shimon has expressed hope that his winning of the Nobel Prize will lead to further progress in studies of the immune system. Sakaguchi and two American scientists were ...

Japanese telecom giant NTT says it has joined hands with US chipmaker Broadcom and others to develop optical-based semiconductor packages. NTT says the devices should be on the market next year, and ...

Japanese scientist Sakaguchi Shimon is one of three winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Last year the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization ...

As the second half of the fiscal year begins on October 1, there are a number of changes in Japan, especially affecting household finances. A Teikoku Databank survey of 195 major food companies found ...

Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi, center, poses for a photo with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, left, at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo on Saturday. The Yomiuri ...