Japan’s blue-chip share average jumped by the most in a year, while the country’s bonds and currency rallied on Wednesday, as ...

Major operators of gyudon beef bowl restaurants and other such chain restaurants are strengthening their ramen businesses.

The Cabinet adopted a bill on Tuesday to revise the School Education Law and related laws that would designate digital textbooks as official textbooks. While the bill makes digital textbooks subject ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held telephone talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday, her first contact ...

The cherry blossoms are now being lit up at night at Takada Joshi Park in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture, delighting large crowds ...

Cherry blossoms and rapeseed flowers are now both in full bloom at Uwasekigata Park in Niigata City, delighting visitors with ...

The Miharu Takizakura cherry tree, a national natural monument located in Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, is in full bloom. A ...

Pleasure cruises on the Fugan Canal in Toyama restarted for the year on Mach 20, following a long winter break.

As the war situation in the Middle East is becoming increasingly tense, the crisis over crude oil and other energy sources is severe. As a result, Japan is facing shortages of essential materials ...

Two women, believed to be adults, were found collapsed inside an apartment in Izumi, Osaka Prefecture, on Wednesday. Both were later pronounced dead at the scene. At around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, ...

NOSHIRO, Akita — About 300 residents of Noshiro in Akita Prefecture celebrated the city’s 20th anniversary recently.

The head of Myanmar’s military, which staged a coup five years ago and overthrew the pro-democracy government led by Aung San Suu Kyi, has been elected president.