Over the last decade, Masato Shiota brought his papermaking business back from the brink, paying down debt and buying ...

The Cabinet Office’s panel of experts has compiled a draft final report on the future of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ).

WASHINGTON--A Chinese national was arrested Thursday on charges of acting as an illegal agent for Beijing when serving as the ...

YAMADA, Iwate Prefecture—A European oyster species that “disappeared” from waters around the Tohoku region after the 2011 ...

The Bank of Japan on Dec. 19 voted to keep policy interest rates unchanged following a U.S. rate cut, adding downward ...

Police arrested a 77-year-old man who may have been involved in the stabbing deaths of a couple in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, and a nearby fire that destroyed eight homes, including the suspect’s ...

A recent analysis found that the percentage of women working as regular employees in Japan tends to be lower in occupations ...

MACAO--Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the casino hub of Macao to diversify its economy as he swore in the former ...

SEOUL--South Korean investigators on Friday again sought to question impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his Dec. 3 ...

To combat the increasing spread of mpox on the central African continent, the health ministry announced on Dec. 19 that it ...

Early risers across Kagoshima Prefecture and other parts of western Japan spotted a fiery object slowly splitting apart as it ...

Amid increasing calls for reform, the Justice Ministry will review Japan’s retrial system, which allows for the reopening of ...