Almost every winter for hundreds of years, a mystical phenomenon known as “Omiwatari” or “Miwatari” would occur on Lake Suwa ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average marked a record closing high on Tuesday as the outlook for domestic company’s profits improved.

Sony Honda Mobility unveiled its new prototype electric vehicle at the CES trade show in Las Vegas on Monday, even as most ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the government is gathering information on the damage caused by earthquakes that hit ...

Tsunami caused by the magnitude 8.8 quake that struck near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula last summer likely rebounded off South America and reached Japan about 48 hours later, according to analysis by ...

Three strong earthquakes struck off the coast of eastern Shimane Prefecture, recording maximums of 4 to upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7, from around 10:18 a.m. to around 10:37 a.m ...

Editorial [posttime] JST, [postdate] An era of multiparty politics has fully arrived, with emerging parties gaining prominence and no single force capable of forming a government on its own. This ...

Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association, which preserves traditional Japanese firefighting practices, perform breathtaking acrobatic stunts atop ladders during a dezomeshiki New Year’s ...

Japan’s 10-year government bond yield reversed course to inch higher on Tuesday after a moderately firm outcome at a same-maturity bond auction.

The government plans to dispatch former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to the United Arab Emirates as a special envoy of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi from Jan. 15 to 17.

A strong earthquake hit the Chugoku region, registering a upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Tottori and Shimane prefectures at around 10:20 Tuesday.

The benchmark long-term interest rate of newly issued Japanese government bonds with a maturity of 10 years temporarily hit 2 ...