Naoki Hyakuta, founder of the Conservative Party of Japan, also angered many when he proposed uterus removal for women at the ...

Parliament voted Monday to stick with Mr. Ishiba, who will lead a minority government after his party suffered heavy losses in an election last month.

In Japan, regional revitalization has emerged as a cornerstone of solutions to issues such as population decline, achieving ...

New lawmaker Saria Hino takes her seat on Monday as one of a record number of women in Japan's parliament, but while ...

Japan is planning to build an automated cargo transport corridor between the capital city of Tokyo and Osaka. Dubbed a ...

Japan has been hit with the double whammy of a declining birth rate and an ageing population in recent years. According to ...

A recent nationwide study conducted in Japan has revealed a substantial increase in overweight and obesity prevalence among ...

A total of 102 festivals and other cultural events designated by 31 prefectural governments as intangible folk cultural ...

Shareholder distributions are appropriate. JR East has a long-term dividend payout ratio of 30% and plans to return a further 10% to shareholders via share buybacks in the medium term. While ...

According to the study, the ratio of high school boys who say they have had sexual intercourse fell 3.5 points from 2017 to ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency is looking into the possibility of a tsunami in its country, after a volcano erupted near Indonesia ...