Japan's farm minister on Friday said the government plans to release its stockpiled rice for the first time to alleviate ...

The number of foreigners entering Japan rose to a new record high of 36.78 million in 2024, receiving boosts from a weak yen ...

Japanese boxing superstar Naoya Inoue comfortably retained the undisputed super bantamweight world championship Friday with a ...

Police in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 23 sent papers to prosecutors on two men on suspicion of violating copyrights by ...

A student was referred to prosecutors Jan. 23 on suspicion of impersonating a police officer and presenting a forged ID ...

Fuji Television Network Inc. has established a third-party investigation committee in response to a weekly magazine report ...

Japan's real wages rose 0.5 percent in November from a year earlier, revised upward from an initially reported 0.3 percent ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the Kyoto Municipal Government's plan to raise its ...

"Ruraru-san no Hondana," written and illustrated by Hiroshi Ito (Published by Poplar Publishing Co. Ltd., 2005) ...

Rank-and-file wrestler Kinbozan continued his stunning championship bid at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday, ...

TOKYO -- Japan's labor ministry is eyeing expansion of the so-called "inter-work interval system" requiring a certain number ...

Japan's core consumer prices in December rose 3.0 percent from a year earlier, the fastest pace in more than a year, as ...