The House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, will install security cameras in the Diet building starting in fiscal 2027. The plan has been considered partly in resp ...

Japan's Princess Aiko visited Ise Jingu, a major Shinto shrine complex in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Sunday. Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, observed tradi ...

The Japanese and U.S. governments are considering issuing a joint statement aimed at stemming the yen's depreciation against the dollar, informed sources said Sunday. After Japanese and U.S. authoriti ...

The death toll from Tuesday's powerful earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, has risen to 38 as two more deaths have been confirmed, the prefectural disaster response headquarters ...

One in four people in Japan believes that more advanced artificial intelligence will replace their friends and families in the future, a Jiji Press survey on communications has found. The proportion ...

Some officials of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration have floated the idea of compiling a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 in response to extensive damage caused by a m ...

Japan's Foreign Ministry will support Japanese small and midsize companies and startups seeking to enter the Indian market or expand investment there through diplomatic efforts to urge the Indian ...

Since its introduction in 1989, Japan's consumption tax has been raised three times and now accounts for about 30 pct of total national tax revenue, making it the nation's largest core tax category.

Japan's Princess Aiko arrived in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Saturday to observe a traditional rite for the reconstruction of Ise Jingu, a major Shinto shrine complex in the central Japan city, which is ...

Paris and Hangzhou, though separated by thousands of miles, have long shared an unspoken affinity. That affinity gained fresh ...

Visitors have formed a long line every day to enter a Tokyo shop promoting specialty products of Kumamoto Prefecture to support the southwestern Japan prefecture hit by Tuesday's huge earthquake. They ...