The welfare ministry is reviewing the eligibility requirements and calculation methods for pension lump-sum withdrawal ...

Katsumi Nishimura, a 76-year-old who lives in Osaka Prefecture, boarded a plane at Kansai International Airport on Oct. 14 ...

SHANGHAI—A knife-wielding man injured two Japanese men and a Chinese woman at a Japanese restaurant in one of Shanghai’s most ...

Japan is considering allowing financial institutions to “proactively” suspend their systems at their discretion if they face ...

A criminal complaint will be filed against the captain of one of the two boats that capsized in March off the Henoko district ...

The Japanese economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.1% in the January-March quarter, the government said Tuesday, showing ...

BOSTON--A U.S. jury on Monday ⁠found Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical liable ⁠for causing about $885 million in damages by ...

The head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday expressed concern over the “scale and speed” of an outbreak of a rare ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung agreed on May 19 to bolster energy cooperation, ...

UTSUNOMIYA—Police have arrested a Yokohama couple on suspicion of directing four teenagers to perpetrate a home invasion that ...

Jiro is fitted with a device called “the Conscience Circuit,” also known as Gemini, which is meant to make him incapable of ...

A total of 239 police officers nationwide were fired, suspended or subjected to other disciplinary actions for misconduct in ...