Japan's farm minister on Friday said the government plans to release its stockpiled rice for the first time to alleviate ...

Police in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 23 sent papers to prosecutors on two men on suspicion of violating copyrights by ...

Fuji Television Network Inc. has established a third-party investigation committee in response to a weekly magazine report ...

A student was referred to prosecutors Jan. 23 on suspicion of impersonating a police officer and presenting a forged ID ...

Japan's real wages rose 0.5 percent in November from a year earlier, revised upward from an initially reported 0.3 percent ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the Kyoto Municipal Government's plan to raise its ...

The number of foreigners entering Japan rose to a new record high of 36.78 million in 2024, receiving boosts from a weak yen ...

TOKYO -- Japan's labor ministry is eyeing expansion of the so-called "inter-work interval system" requiring a certain number ...

Japan's core consumer prices in December rose 3.0 percent from a year earlier, the fastest pace in more than a year, as ...

Rank-and-file wrestler Kinbozan continued his stunning championship bid at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday, ...

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is considering not joining the planned merger between Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. and ...

The number of births in Japan in 2024 is set to fall below 700,000 for the first time after government data showed Friday ...