Authorities said many of the victims might be foreign tourists but that they were still confirming their identities.

The pieces of legislation will now be deliberated in the Upper House, which is expected to clear them by the end of the ...

University of Tokyo researchers said the study’s findings could advance understanding of disorders in which social memory and ...

Authorities have warned of violent winds, torrential rain, landslides and ​flooding in what could be the region’s ‌most ...

Solving the issue is crucial to developing tourism sustainably as Japan’s strategic industry, the government said in a white ...

Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama’s remarks caught markets off guard, leading to a jump in the yen and a drop in bond yields.

The batch of saury, totaling about 30 kg, was landed at Kushiro Port in Hokkaido on Thursday and arrived at Tokyo’s Toyosu ...

An international exhibition for a book about Japanese women in the photographic arts has its homecoming in Tokyo.

The absence of Japan-bashing should not be mistaken for international approval. It may simply mean the world no longer sees ...

Once the communist revolution’s crowning glory, the health system is now on life support, with the tightening of U.S.

The Strait of Hormuz, a key route for global shipments, has been closely watched by shipping companies ‌and governments ...

Ukraine’s recent drone strikes on Russia’s oil refineries and ports have strengthened his resolve to keep fighting for now.