Former farm minister Taku Eto is expected to be reappointed to that post to replace Yasuhiro Kozato, who lost his seat in the ...

The debate over the Category 3 system of the National Pension, a public pension system all people with an address in Japan ...

The approval rate of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet plummeted after the Lower House election, but more than 60 ...

KOBE—An artisanal soap shop here is catering to its loyal customers throughout the country with handmade products, crafted ...

YOKOHAMA—The Yokohama DeNA BayStars completed a remarkable playoff run by trouncing the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 11-2 on Nov. 3 ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to appoint Hiromasa Nakano as new land minister, thereby keeping a member of junior ...

Mizuma Railway is operating a “digital art” train until Dec. 1 that treats passengers to projection mapping during the ...

TOTTORI--Cyclists can now board trains on the JR Sanin Line with their unbagged and unfolded bicycles for journeys between ...

Residents here are voting online to determine the retirement allowance for the city mayor, who asked the public to decide how ...

The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant said it retrieved a tiny amount of melted fuel from one of ...

Japan launched its fourth H-3 rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Nov. 4 and released the government’s X-band defense communications satellite Kirameki-3 into orbit.

I had loved Tokyo’s old Tsukiji outer fish market with its colorful alleys and bewildering maze of people and vehicles ...