A pleasant thump-thump sound echoed throughout the Tsumugi no Yakata museum in Yuki, Ibaraki Prefecture, each time the weft ...

A man was taken to a hospital from the site of a fireworks festival after an offshore platform used for launching fireworks caught fire in Yokohama’s Minato Mirai district at around 7:50 p.m. on ...

Persistent inflation was reflected in Japan’s average minimum wage, which is expected to surpass the ¥1,100 threshold for the ...

Australia has chosen Japan as its partner in developing a new model of warship, according to announcements by both countries’ ...

After seven rounds of deliberations — an unusually high number — the minimum wage was raised by the largest amount ever. This will be highly beneficial for workers, who are suffering from high prices.

A scorching 41.6 C was recorded in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, shattering the all-time high for Japan.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was to announce Tuesday a major policy shift to boost rice output and stabilize the nation’s ...

Japan and the United States reportedly agreed on reducing the U.S. tariff rate on Japanese automobiles to 15%, but no implementation date has been set.

The streaked shearwater, a seabird classified as near threatened on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ...

A son of a Japanese man, who was left behind in the Philippines during the turmoil after the end of World War II, was ...

For the baseball purists who like to see pitchers bat, the last holdout has succumbed to modern times. Japan pro baseball’s ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed his desire to mark 80 years since the end of World War II with a personal message, ...