The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sept. 26 certified Japan's elimination of rubella, the Ministry of Health, Labor and ...

The mayor of this central Japan city revealed Sept. 29 that, at her suggestion, it has set guidelines requiring its mayors to ...

The private North Safari Sapporo, established in this northern Japan city's Minami Ward without permission in an urbanization ...

Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will travel to Busan on Tuesday to hold talks with South Korean President Lee ...

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Hayama, a town in Kanagawa Prefecture, is the number one place where people want to keep living in the greater Tokyo area.

Wage hikes to help tackle rising prices have become a key topic in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership contest, ...

Japan has lodged a protest with China over maritime research it is suspected of conducting off a southwestern Japanese island ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi recently suggested separating World War II Class A war criminals from the war dead ...

Nissan Motor Co. is considering selling its stake in the operator of Yokohama F Marinos, a J-League first-division football ...

Japan's industrial output in August fell 1.2 percent from the previous month, declining for the second consecutive month, ...