Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi recently announced in a news conference that she will dissolve the House of Representatives at ...

On the afternoon of Jan. 18, the day before Takaichi's announcement about a lower house dissolution, some 150 people lined up ...

Seven test-takers were disqualified for cheating in Japan's Common Test for University Admissions held on Jan. 17 and 18.

Residents in an idyllic area of this southwest Japan city were perplexed when a developer briefed them about a project to ...

The artificial intelligence ChatGPT earned perfect scores in nine subjects in this year's unified university entrance ...

HIMEJI, Hyogo -- A man died on the morning of Jan. 20 after reporting that he was stabbed in this western Japan city. A ...

Tokyo stocks fell Tuesday, weighed down by concerns about the global economy after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to ...

The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan reached about 42.7 million in 2025, surpassing the 40 million mark for the ...

The Japanese government has imposed a total ban on political fundraisers by ministers, its top spokesperson said Tuesday, as ...

A sightseeing helicopter went missing around noon Tuesday near the summit of Mt. Aso in the southwestern Japan prefecture o ...

Nearly 3,000 high-level participants from business, government and beyond plus untold numbers of activists, journalists and ...

Eleven English words of Japanese origin were added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in its revision last December. The ...