The governing coalition on Friday proposed that the minimum annual taxable income be raised from the current ¥1.03 million to ¥1.23 million starting next year. The tax chiefs of the...

Shizuoka – The Shizuoka Prefectural Government on Friday unveiled the outline of a draft ordinance calling for collecting ¥4,000 per person from those climbing Mount Fuji from the prefecture, starting...

BEIJING – As Donald Trump steps up his tariff threats against China, Beijing is moving to beat the U.S. president-elect to the punch with its own restrictions and get Washington...

Hiroshima – The Hiroshima High Court turned down second-generation hibakusha’s appeal for state compensation on Friday, upholding a ruling by the Hiroshima District Court. In the lawsuit, the 27 children...

What do Shohei Ohtani, tax-free savings accounts and affordable grilled eel meals have in common? They were among the top products and services shoppers in Japan went crazy for this...

Small firms are spending far more of their profits on wages than their bigger counterparts and could struggle to keep hiking pay, casting doubt on whether wage gains could broaden...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s minority government has made a series of concessions to gain opposition support for its supplementary budget, which passed the House of Representatives on Thursday. Ishiba’s efforts...

DAMASCUS/AMMAN/BAGHDAD – Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. His army outpost in scrubland near the rebel-held city of Idlib should have had nine soldiers but...

Mitsubishi Electric is in talks with domestic rivals about teaming up on power chips, its chief executive officer said, advocating Japanese alliances on the manufacture of a crucial component that...