Tourists will soon pay more to travel by train in Japan as a railway operator increases its prices. From 1 October, the Japan Rail Pass will increase by 3,000 yen (£14) to 53,000 yen (£247) for an ...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill to raise the ceiling on fees for immigration procedures, making it likely to be enacted during the current parliamentary session ending in July.

Japan's Lower House has passed by a majority vote a bill to create a national intelligence bureau as part of efforts to strengthen the government's intelligence capabilities. The bill is also expected ...

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Panama-flagged tanker Idemitsu Maru, carrying 2 million barrels of Saudi oil, crossed the Strait of Hormuz, LSEG shipping data showed on Tuesday, becoming the first Japan-linked crude tanker to do so ...

Japan's House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to establish a national intelligence committee to bolster the government's information-gathering capabilities, with enactment expected before ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends the House of Representatives plenary session on April 23, 2026. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to establish a ...

The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the ChatGPT home screen, March 17, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- ChatGPT ...

TOKYO – ChatGPT scored the highest marks in the 2026 entrance exams of the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University, two of Japan’s top universities, surpassing those of the actual top scorers, an ...

A Japanese Lower House committee has approved a bill to create a national intelligence bureau as part of efforts to beef up the government's intelligence capabilities. The chamber's Cabinet Committee ...

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