Business leaders from three major economic organizations, including the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), recently expressed their approval of the economic policies of the administration of Prime ...

The Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen Nozomi trains will operate with reserved seats only from Sept. 18 to 23, which includes Silver Week holidays, Central Japan Railway Co. and West Japan Railway Co.

Ukraine’s allies said they made major progress Tuesday toward agreeing on how to defend the country if a peace deal is struck with Russia, saying they were ready to provide international guarantees to ...

Protesters angry over Iran’s ailing economy conducted a sit-in Tuesday at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, witnesses said, with security forces ultimately firing tear gas and dispersing demonstrators as the ...

Voters went to the polls in Myanmar on Dec. 28 for the initial phase of the country’s general election. Polling will also take place on Jan. 11 and 25.

IMIZU, Toyama — Kote-e artisans carefully removed a year’s worth of dust from a kote-e work at a museum in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture, during the year-end cleaning around the end of December.

The Group of Seven foreign ministers agreed to maintain close communication and cooperation regarding the situation in Venezuela during a 45-minute phone call on Wednesday morning. The ministers ...

Total visitor figures at Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea since their openings passed a combined 900 million on Tuesday, according to an announcement by Oriental Land Co., operator of the theme ...

Shunichi Suzuki, the secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, on Tuesday expressed a desire to expand his party’s ruling coalition by adding the Democratic Party for the People to it.

It is now the third year since the management of the Nippon Individual Savings Account (NISA) investment program, in which gains on small investments are exempted from tax, was significantly expanded.

A new service has been launched that will use AI to identify inappropriate posts on social networking sites, such as those including sexual or violent content, and prevent digital ads from being ...

The government plans to assist domestic drone production as unmanned aerial vehicles have been added to a list of specified important products under the Law on the Promotion of Ensuring National ...