The government has published an English-language booklet highlighting Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s economic and fiscal policies as part of efforts to drive foreign direct investment into Japan.

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Kazuo Yana tendered his resignation to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday to take responsibility for a series of scandals, including one about his ...

The Koina Tiger Dance, featuring performers in a giant tiger costume, was performed as a ritual offering at pre-festival celebrations on Sept. 23, the night before the annual Kinomiya Shrine festival ...

Heat waves and wildfires combined with human-caused emissions this year combined to expose one-third of the world’s population to extremely high levels of ozone pollution, a European Union report said ...

China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy held routine training exercises on Wednesday with its Liaoning aircraft carrier strike group in the waters of the western Pacific, state broadcaster CCTV said.

Japan’s nominal gross domestic product will be overtaken by India’s and Britain’s in 2027, thereby slipping to sixth place, according to projections by the International Monetary Fund.

The iconic Dotonbori Glico Sign, the famous illuminated landmark overlooking the Dotonbori canal, will be upgraded to its seventh-generation design next spring, according to an announcement by ...

According to municipal officials, the bear was discovered caught in a box trap on Monday around 7:45 a.m. in a field located in the Katsuki neighborhood of Kabe-cho, within Asa-kita Ward. The animal ...

The sky over the island of Borneo island is orange and heavy with smoke as a result of the country’s worst wildfires in more than a decade, which have left swathes of forest blackened and many locals ...

Will the strengthening of middle power coordination enhance the national interests of Japan, which has pursued international cooperation based on its alliance with the United States ever since the end ...

Bundles of freshly harvested Koshihikari rice hang from chairlifts, drying in the sun at Ishiuchi Maruyama Ski Resort in Minami-Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture.

The arrival of international delegations has peaked ahead of the opening of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games on Sunday, with numerous athletes and officials passing through Chubu Centrair ...