A projection estimates that if shortages persist in essential services such as caregiving, transportation, and logistics, ...

The number of victims of bear attacks from April to the end of October reached 196, the highest number ever, the Environment ...

Attending a private high school will effectively be free for all students from next April, as the income limit to receive ...

The Yamanote Line in November marked its 100th year since the train began operating as a loop line. Regarded as the “aorta of ...

Masaaki Kanai, director general of the Foreign Ministry’s Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, headed to Beijing on Monday for ...

Pool photo / The Yomiuri ShimbunPrincess Aiko greets officials before departing for Laos at Haneda Airport on Monday. Jiji ...

Yomiuri Shimbun file photoFrom left, the Japanese national flag, the Chinese national flag Reuters [posttime] JST, [postdate] ...

Calls are growing in South Korea for tougher drunk driving penalties following a series of accidents involving foreign ...

The government plans to expand financial assistance to municipalities that currently do not provide school lunches at their ...

Koike-ya Inc., a popular manufacturer of potato chips and other snack foods, recently held a grand opening ceremony for a new ...

The South Korean Navy has informed Japan that it will not participate as scheduled in a joint search and rescue exercise with ...

Japan’s gross domestic product in July-September shrank at an annualized rate of 1.8% after price and seasonal adjustment, ...