Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co., one of Japan’s biggest life insurance companies, plans to raise its retirement age from the ...

The death toll rose to 13 while rescue operations were under way in Kumamoto Prefecture after a powerful earthquake on July ...

The instant “seismic intensity 7” flashed across the TV screen in a bulletin announcing the powerful July 28 earthquake in ...

The graying of Japanese society seems to have turned a lot grayer. Figures published by the internal affairs ministry ahead ...

KOBE—A third-party investigative panel on March 19 concluded that Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito committed power harassment on ...

MONTERREY, Mexico--Japan marked the 1,000th match in World Cup history with a commanding 4-0 win over Tunisia in Group F on Saturday, as Ayase Ueda scored twice to send the North Africans out. Hajime ...

The Defense Ministry is considering adopting a U.S. military artificial-intelligence system for the Self-Defense Forces’ command-and-control, prompting calls from within the Japanese government for ...

Annual deaths from COVID-19 continue to top 30,000 in Japan, even three years since the seriousness of the infectious disease was downgraded to the level of seasonal influenza. Elderly people are most ...

A major earthquake that registered a maximum seismic intensity of 7 rocked Kumamoto Prefecture at 4:27 p.m. on July ...

A Ground Self-Defense Force officer was indicted over breaking into the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo with a knife and making ...

Following a horrific knife attack in public, the government plans to require stalkers to wear Global Positioning System (GPS) ...

The Saitama Seibu Lions made history on July 27 by inking pitcher Akshay More to a developmental contract, making him the ...