NHK has learned that the Japanese government is arranging to offer aid worth 2 million dollars to the United States, in ...

Corporate bankruptcies in Japan rose for the third straight year in 2024. It is the highest number since 2013. Rising prices ...

The secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has pointed out the importance of solving pending issues and ...

Japan's space agency plans to use satellite images to quickly evaluate damage from earthquakes and other natural disasters.

An NHK opinion poll shows that the approval rate for Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru's Cabinet stands at 39 percent, up 1 percentage point from the previous month. The disapproval rate is up 2 points to ...

Japan's ancient city of Kyoto has officially announced it will raise the cap on its accommodation tax tenfold to 10,000 yen, ...

Tokyo's benchmark stock index slid more than 2 percent at one stage on Tuesday as investors sold off semiconductor-related ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi and South Korea's Acting President Choi Sang-mok have affirmed their governments will continue to work closely together and make efforts to develop their ...

The European flat oyster, introduced to Japan over 70 years ago, was thought to have vanished. However, it was recently rediscovered in waters off Tohoku, a region in northeast Japan which was ...

Media outlet CNBC says US steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs is teaming up with local rival Nucor for the deal. It cites sources ...

A time-honored New Year's ritual has returned to Wajima City on the Noto Peninsula, after an earthquake in central Japan forced the event to be canceled last year.

TOKYO — A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday, but the ...