Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Sunday the recent revisions of the country's three principles on defense equipment transfers and their implementation guidelines, which have basically ...

Japan's health ministry is set to ban the production, sale, possession and use of cannabinol, or CBN, an ingredient derived from cannabis, from June. An animal experiment conducted following reports o ...

Yo Kitamura of Japan won the fifth prize in the cello division of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium on Sunday. In the final selection process among 12 cellists, Kitamura, 22, who ...

Yo Kitamura of Japan won the fifth prize in the cello division of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels on Sunday. In the final selection process joined by 12 cellists, Kitamura, 22, ...

Japan's ruling and opposition parties are divided over the government's draft fiscal 2026 supplementary budget, for which parliamentary debates are set to start Wednesday. Prime Minister Sanae Takaich ...

Nidec Corp. President Mitsuya Kishida has said the major Japanese motor maker will suspend business acquisitions for the time being to focus its efforts on reconstructing the firm rocked by accounting ...

Millions of fans from across the world tuned in to watch the iconic rock band's unmissable performance ahead of the showpiece fixture of the club football season.

An 18-year-old male high school student was arrested on Saturday for allegedly introducing a boy, 16, who later served as a perpetrator in a high-profile robbery-murder case in Tochigi Prefecture, ...

From May 25 to 29, 2026, the 7th China–CEEC Local Leaders' Meeting and 2026 Shandong International Friendship Cities Cooperation and Exchange Week, hosted by Shandong Provincial People's Government, t ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to hold summit talks with her, at a national rally held in Tokyo on Saturday to demand the immediate return home of Jap ...

A large-scale rally was held in Tokyo on Saturday to seek the immediate return home of all Japanese abductees in North Korea. Relatives of those abducted to North Korea decades ago said they wish all ...

From May 25 to 29, 2026, the 7th China–CEEC Local Leaders' Meeting and 2026 Shandong International Friendship Cities Cooperation and Exchange Week, hosted by Shandong Provincial People's Government, t ...