The Emperor, in his New Year’s thoughts released through the Imperial Household Agency on Wednesday, expressed hope for world ...

Showa Station, Antarctica (Jiji Press)—The Japanese icebreaker Shirase arrived at Showa Station, Japan’s Antarctic research ...

Tokyo (Jiji Press)—A glitch made it difficult for Mizuho Bank customers to access its online banking services temporarily ...

Bronze statues, snake sculptures found in Tuscan thermal baths ROME (Reuters) — Ancient statues, coins, jewels and ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun featured Hiroko Osaki, a tech-savvy elderly woman who lived alone in Nerima Ward, Tokyo. When Osaki died ...

The government has decided to again propose the joint development of Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels with Indonesia, as ...

Editorial [posttime] JST, [postdate] Unexpected events keep happening one after another. The world is in the midst of a ...

As Wednesday marks one year since the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture, few residents’ associations have been ...

Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. are expected to discuss a plan for Honda to own a majority stake in a holding company ...

The year-end balance of bank notes in circulation in Japan is estimated at ¥124,077.8 billion in 2024, falling for the second ...

Police arrested a 49-year-old woman on Monday on suspicion of killing her 9-year-old son by such means as striking him at ...

About 200 sheep were gathered to form the kanji for snake – the Chinese zodiac sign for 2025 – at Mother Farm in Futtsu, ...