House of Representatives Speaker Fukushiro Nukaga on Friday expressed a wish to quickly finalize measures to address a decrease in imperial family members during the current parliamentary session ending in...

A labor-management forum meeting hosted by the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, was held in Tokyo on Friday to effectively kick off this year’s shuntō spring wage negotiations, with the...

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Datroway breast cancer treatment, which the companies expect will eventually become a blockbuster, was recommended for approval in the European Union. The green light from the...

WASHINGTON – After TWA Flight 800 crashed in New York in 1996, U.S. President Bill Clinton asked “every American not to jump to conclusions” about what brought it down and...

If you’ve taken a rush-hour train in any major Japanese city, you’ll likely had the experience of 身体的接触 (shintaiteki sesshoku, physical contact) — which can lead to flared tempers. For...

Drums thundered and priests chanted as sumo’s newest yokozuna strode onto the public stage Friday in a ceremony to mark his promotion to the ancient sport’s highest rank. Mongolian-born Hoshoryu...

Sydney – The Wallabies will start their 2025 end-of-year tour with an October test match against Japan in Tokyo, Rugby Australia said on Friday. Japan’s Brave Blossoms are coached by...

Honda and Nissan will unveil an outline of their business integration around mid-February, informed sources said Friday. The two Japanese automakers delayed the announcement on the outline, which was originally...

A sinkhole in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, caused by a ruptured underground drainage pipe underscores the growing risk posed by Japan’s aging water infrastructure, experts have warned. The...