Japan’s largest business lobby called on the government to significantly expand budgets and establish a “Content Ministry” to ...

KYOTO--Unseasonably high temperatures are playing havoc with the autumn foliage season that draws hordes of visitors to Kyoto ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s policy speech signaled his desire to take advantage of the predicament of being a minority ...

The Godzilla scarecrow was recognized by Guinness World Records as the “largest straw sculpture (supported) of a fictional ...

Government discussions on the seventh Basic Energy Plan, which will chart the course of the nation’s energy policy for the ...

Crown Prince Fumihito signaled that he wishes the issue of succession was handled in less clinical fashion as any change will impact the imperial family members “who are real live humans.” ...

The government is set to allocate an additional 800 billion yen ($5.2 billion) to Rapidus Corp., Japan’s leading ...

In the U.S. auto market, one of the largest in the world, EV sales increased only by 5.6 percent year-on-year. Europe saw ...

BEIJING--Casual wear giant Uniqlo is facing a storm of online criticism in China after a BBC report quoted the chief ...

Sweden has formally asked China to cooperate in explaining the recent rupture of two data cables on the Baltic Sea bed in an ...

Hitoshi Kanakubo’s work involves taking apart and rebuilding “jigsaw puzzles” of treasure with the help of dream teams of ...

OITA—After a 15-year hiatus, hovercraft are making a comeback as Oita Prefecture prepares to reopen what will be Japan’s only ...