Chitose Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival is being held at the Shikotsuko-onsen hot spring in Chitose, Hokkaido, with various ice ...

The welfare ministry plans to push back the phased abolishment of the company size threshold for which part-time workers are ...

The strongest cold wave of this winter is expected to move into the skies over Japan, likely bringing heavy snowfall mainly ...

Kinuko Iwamoto, former chancellor of Tokyo Women’s Medical University who was arrested in a breach of trust case involving ...

Japan’s Tatsuya Shinhama raced to his first World Cup victory of the season, edging local favorite and previously unbeaten ...

China, following Japan and South Korea, has entered an era of full-fledged population decline. What should be done to halt ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to implement his high-tariff policy and opened the door to a trade war. This is a ...

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said on Monday he has agreed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to set up a joint venture in Japan ...

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average lost more than 1,000 points temporarily Monday morning, with a wide range of ...

The JPS has been offering online consultations on an experimental basis since Jan. 6 through its Nenkin Net (pension net) ...

Japanese shares fell 2% on Monday, led by automakers, as worries grew about the global economy after U.S. President Donald ...

Arbel Yehoud is achingly close to freedom, but her face is a study of shadow and terror. She is dwarfed by dozens of masked ...