Japan’s Nikkei share average reversed early gains on Friday and were on track for a second straight weekly decline, as ...

Editorial [posttime] JST, [postdate] China has seen a spate of high-ranking military officials fall from grace. What on earth is happening? Instability at the core of one of the world’s leading ...

The number of foreign workers in Japan as of the end of October 2025 jumped 11.7% from a year before to 2,571,037, hitting a record high for 13 years in a row amid the country’s labor shortages, the ...

Eleven medical facilities across the nation will soon start a clinical study that will examine all chromosomes of a fetus, in a move that could have implications for Japan’s current prenatal testing ...

About 20 believers and others dressed in demon masks and costumes gather at Chichibu Shrine in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, on Wednesday ahead of the annual setsubun festival to be held there on Feb.

The fundamental approach to dealing with prolonged high prices is to move ahead with substantial wage increases. It is hoped that labor and management will share the recognition that this year’s ...

Figure skaters representing Japan at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics arrived at Milan Malpensa Airport on Thursday.

Indian authorities said they had contained a Nipah virus outbreak after confirming two cases in the eastern state of West Bengal, as several Asian countries tightened health screenings and airport ...

Myaku, the official mascot of the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, will get to enjoy events put on by the Osaka Prefectural government at Chihaya Park in the village of Chihaya-akasaka in the prefecture. The ...

Heavy snow fell from Thursday night to Friday morning mainly in northern Kinki and Hokuriku due to a strong winter pressure pattern.

Democrats and the White House struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday as they consider new restrictions for President ...

A plum blossom festival kicked off at the Atami Plum Garden in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 10. The garden is known for having the earliest blossoming plum trees in the country.