Japan will introduce a major overhaul of its tax-free shopping system for foreign visitors on November 1, replacing immediate ...

Japan has begun replenishing its national oil reserves following the release of approximately 90 million barrels in response ...

Japan has confirmed that a Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper reporter detained in Russia since October 13 is in good health ...

A teenage male was rushed to a hospital after suffering an electric shock while putting away a motorized basketball hoop at a ...

Egg prices in Japan have reached a new record high of 312 yen per pack, while imported beef and chicken thigh prices have ...

Japanese telecommunications giant KDDI announced on October 28 that it will invest 30 billion yen in physical artificial ...

GMO has announced a reward totaling approximately 150 million yen for information leading to the identification of hackers ...

A company in Kagoshima has developed a new garbage collection station that uses specially shaped wires and rollers instead of ...

Tetsuya Chiba, the acclaimed manga artist best known for the popular boxing series "Ashita no Joe" and the first manga ...

The recovery followed a difficult start to the week for Japanese equities, with the Nikkei having fallen 503.51 points on ...

NAHA - Travel disruption continued into Tuesday, October 27, as Japan began recovering from heavy rain and rough seas caused by the remnants of Typhoon No. 30, with ferry cancellations confirmed in ...

TOKYO - Typhoon No. 31 remained a very strong storm over the western Pacific as of 3 p.m. Japan time on October 27, with forecasts indicating that it could approach Japan's Ogasawara Islands around ...