In response to a series of personal information leaks caused by cyberattacks, the government intends to establish a ...

Courtesy of the Toba AquariumKira in March The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] One of only two sea otters kept in captivity in Japan has died at the Toba Aquarium in Toba, Mie Prefecture, ...

The Democrats won control of Congress in this week’s U.S. midterm elections, and Japanese government officials are trying to figure out how it could affect U.S. President Donald Trump’s diplomacy with ...

One of the best-known works of ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai is being used to symbolize the Democrats’ overwhelming victory in the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday.

The government has begun arrangements for an advanced payment of its 2027 annual contribution to the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has been hit with the U.S. sanctions.

The number of Japanese children born in Tokyo during the first half of this year increased by 4.7% compared to last year, reaching 41,745, according to data released by the Health, Labor and Welfare ...

NTT Docomo Inc. announced on Thursday that its voice and data services were experiencing disruptions nationwide. The company is investigating the cause, and as of 1:00 p.m. Thursday, there was no ...

The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, has incorporated a new wage increase target of “around 6%” into its demands for next year’s shunto spring wage negotiations between labor and ...

Activist Joshua Wong, who became the global face of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in jail on a charge of collusion with foreign entities under the city’s ...

North Korea test-fired a newly designed air-defence missile system and staged a cruise missile strike drill on Wednesday, state media KCNA said on Thursday.

It’s fair to say that many voters struggling with high prices have rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s handling of the first half of his second term.

An evaluation body of UNESCO has recommended “shodo,” the traditional Japanese art of calligraphy, for inscription on the U..N. cultural agency’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, Japan’s Agency for ...