Former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Wednesday he was appointed as the country's new farm minister, after Taku ...

Many local governments in Japan are abandoning matchmaking events intended to combat declining birth rates and revitalize ...

Farm minister Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday after experiencing a backlash over a controversial admission that he does not ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided to sack farm minister Taku Eto, sources close to the matter said Tuesday, under ...

Smartphone exports from China to the United States in April plunged about 70 percent from a year earlier amid a tariff ...

Japan's government on Tuesday proposed 17 industries for inclusion in a new program to replace the foreign trainee scheme, ...

Many people from Hong Kong now feel afraid of visiting Japan. This worry comes from an old manga book made in 1999. Some ...

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev agreed Tuesday to upgrade bilateral relations to a ...

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Tokyo stocks were mixed Wednesday morning, as the market was pressured by selling after Wall Street losses overnight, while ...

BANFF, Canada (Kyodo) -- The finance leaders of the Group of Seven major democratic powers will aim to "restore stability and ...