A former MUFG Bank employee’s thefts of customer assets worth more than ¥1 billion from safe deposit boxes has highlighted ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump expressed his willingness to meet with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, saying it could take ...

In a nationwide opinion poll conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun from Friday to Sunday, the Democratic Party for the People’s ...

The Liberal Democratic Party has accepted the draft bill proposed by the opposition parties at face value to completely ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who is known to be a regular smoker, replied to a suggestion that he quit the habit by saying ...

The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, plans to appoint Nippon Life Insurance Co. Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui as its ...

The government on Tuesday decided on emergency measures to stop robberies involving those recruited through “dark” part-time ...

Three Cambodian women who were previously employed as technical intern trainees at a strawberry farm in Tochigi Prefecture ...

Japan’s industry ministry on Tuesday released a draft of a new basic energy plan, vowing to use as much renewable and nuclear ...

The Baltimore Orioles agreed to a one-year contract with Japanese star Tomoyuki Sugano, a right-hander coming off an MVP ...

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will actively promote the recruitment of nursing care staff from Southeast Asia, ...

The JR Chuo Line Rapid Service has been suspended between Tokyo and Shinjuku stations in both directions since around 12:10 ...