These are uncertain times. Most people want to make risk-free choices, but young people have the privilege of being allowed ...

Ceremonies celebrating the start of adulthood for the newest crop of 20-year-olds were held across the country on Sunday, the ...

Heavy snow and strong winds struck across Japan on Sunday, leading airlines to cancel many flights. The inclement weather is ...

Conservative forces’ committee to select a candidate for this year’s Okinawa gubernatorial election decided Sunday to field Naha deputy mayor Genta Koja, 42, for the race.

The Tokaido Shinkansen has been operating at reduced speeds between Mikawa-Anjo and Kyoto stations since the first train on Monday due to snow in the Maibara area of Shiga Prefecture, according to ...

Paul Thomas Anderson’s ragtag revolutionary saga “One Battle After Another” took top honors at Sunday’s 83rd Golden Globes in the comedy category, while Chloé Zhao’s Shakespeare drama “Hamnet” pulled ...

Ruling and opposition parties are eager to know when Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will announce that she will dissolve the House of Representatives.

Regarding Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi considering dissolving the House of Representatives at the outset of the ordinary Diet session set to be convened on Jan. 23, Japan Innovation Party leader ...

U.S. futures slipped but markets in Asia advanced Monday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the Department of Justice had served the central bank with subpoenas.

A Japanese mining ship departed on Monday for a remote coral atoll to probe mud rich in rare earths, part of Tokyo’s drive to curb its reliance on China for critical minerals as Beijing tightens ...

The number of children who need Japanese language tutoring is increasing in schools in the nation. As the nationalities of foreign students and places where they live have been diversifying, it has ...

A crackdown on nationwide protests in Iran has killed at least 544 people and even more are feared dead, activists said Sunday, while Tehran warned that the U.S. military and Israel would be ...