The city government of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, declared at 5 p.m. Sunday that a forest fire in the area is now under ...

The government and ruling parties have struggled over making adjustments to the high-cost medical expense benefit system, ...

The government plans to establish a framework for dialogue with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretariat, a group mainly ...

Railway operator Keio Corp. unveiled a new 10-car train decorated with Sanrio characters at a rail yard in Inagi, Tokyo, on ...

A customer holds a bouquet of mimosa flowers at an Aoyama Flower Market store in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday.

Japan and Britain agreed to enhance cooperation on economic security in their first economic two-plus-two ministers’ meeting ...

Only 30 local government assemblies have taken measures to prevent harassment against female members, according to a recent ...

Aum Supreme Truth’s main successor transferred financial assets in an apparent attempt to conceal them, according to a Public ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to go all out for this summer’s House of Councillors election, at an annual convention of ...

The Yamato Museum in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, has been closed and will undergo extensive renovation work until the end of ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has postponed the government’s raise of the co-payment caps for patients under the high-cost ...

Scores used at the first full performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 “Choral” by Japanese musicians in late 1924 have ...