As the 2% price stability target has been reached more than 13 years after it was first set by the government and the Bank of Japan, Japan now faces a major turning point in its monetary policy, with ...

The strong Typhoon In-fa was located near Tokyo’s Ogasawara Islands as of noon Saturday, moving north-northwest at 20 kph, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Although his tenure as prime minister was brief, he pioneered policies, such as consolidating the authority of consumer affairs, that continue to have an impact today. His achievements will be ...

In ancient mythology, the phoenix was a miraculous bird with a cyclical pattern of life and death, perishing in flames only to rise again from the ashes. Astronomers have now found a world that ...

Clad in his khaki wildlife officer’s uniform, Dewagiri Mudiyanselage Thilakaratne Bandara rides his motorbike the short distance from his home to the electric fence that is the main line of defense ...

Hideki Matsui started work as manager of the Yomiuri Giants on Friday, overseeing players practicing on the first day of the team’s autumn camp in Kawasaki.

China’s amended National Defense Mobilization Law, which took effect in October, stipulates that situations posing a threat to China-Taiwan unification are subject to mobilization orders. This ...

A series of food safety issues — including the use of banned chemicals at agricultural production and processing sites — have come to light in China. Many of these issues were uncovered following ...

Israel’s final election results confirmed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies lost their parliamentary majority and that weeks of difficult negotiations among very different parties, from ...

Pope Leo XIV has become the first pontiff to vote in a U.S. general election, casting a mail-in ballot in a contest that will decide America’s political future as the Trump era slowly comes to an end.

Autumn-themed projections of yokai characters from the manga series “Gegege no Kitaro” can now be seen along Mizuki Shigeru Road in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture.

For centuries, tea has been indispensable to Japanese life. More than just a mere beverage, Japanese Green Tea not only ...