Fishing lines and other plastic waste discarded along Japan’s coastlines and riverbanks are entangling, injuring and causing ...

The Okinawa prefectural assembly on Thursday passed a bill to introduce an accommodation tax, which will be imposed on people ...

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. has begun discussions to increase its investment in U.S. securities giant Jefferies ...

Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, 64, held a press conference at the Diet on Friday afternoon and formally ...

The U.S. Federal Reserve Board has implemented its first interest rate cut since President Donald Trump’s return to office. Amid persistent inflationary pressure, a slowdown in employment has become ...

The Liberal Democratic Party’s slogan for the presidential election, “#Change, LDP — Speak about Japan’s future!” was ...

Jiro Ono, the founder of sushi restaurant Sukiyabashi Jiro Honten in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, was presented with an Edo kiriko glass ...

Runways were closed at Niigata Airport after an Air Self-Defense Force plane deviated from the runway when landing on Friday ...

The Bank of Japan decided to keep its monetary policy unchanged at a two-day Policy Board meeting that ended Friday.

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is working hard to secure cooperation from other opposition parties ahead of a ...

Regardless of the intention, violating another nation’s airspace constitutes a grave breach of international law and is unacceptable. It is necessary to respond resolutely to Russia’s illegal actions ...

Three Vietnamese nationals were arrested Friday on suspicion of stealing over 100 kilograms of brand-name rice and other ...