Japan on Thursday began a review of its rice policy after soaring grain prices hit consumers, aiming to boost production and ...

TOKYO -- Suspicious messages including threats to "harm as many children as possible" were sent to multiple junior and senior ...

An unsubstantiated rumor spreading in Hong Kong that a major disaster will strike Japan in July was discussed June 4 during ...

The Saga Prefectural Government on June 5 announced it is preparing to launch a model project aimed at accepting foreign ...

The family of a then 7-year-old boy who fatally choked on a quail egg served during lunch at a municipal school in the ...

Deliberations on bills separately submitted by three opposition parties over selective surnames for married couples are ...

The "low birth rate trap" is becoming an expression in Japan. This refers to the ageing of society due to low births over the ...

A Japanese high court on Friday overturned a ruling ordering former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.

A private lunar lander from Japan apparently crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the ...

Rice moves through a multi-layered supply chain in Japan before reaching consumers, a structure that drives up costs and ...

The arch-shaped cenotaph for atomic bomb victims, where the city of Hiroshima holds its annual Aug. 6 peace ceremony, may be ...

Japan has set guidelines for the safe development of artificial intelligence-controlled defense systems, Defense Minister Gen ...