Japan's household spending for May tumbles 16.2 percent from the previous year, renewing the record year-on-year fall se...

The Japanese government opens a center that offers foreign residents support ranging from immigration issues to employme...

Torrential rains are causing flooding and landslides in southwestern Japan, leaving dozens dead.

Reelected Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko pledges to double down on tackling the novel coronavirus epidemic in her second te...

Tokyo reports 124 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, while the health minister says Japan's medical...

Japan mandates businesses to charge customers for plastic shopping bags as part of efforts to tackle plastic waste. Stor...

Tokyo confirms 107 new coronavirus cases on Thursday. Many are customers and employees of nightlife venues. The capital ...

Toyota Motor will allow eligible employees to permanently work from home. Until now workers needed special permission to...

A box of premium heart-shaped cherries sells for 300,000 yen at an auction in Aomori Prefecture. That makes a single Jun...

Japan's land prices increase 1.6 percent on average year on year, rising for the fifth year in a row.