A total of 3,498 properties around critical security facilities and remote islands in Japan were purchased by foreign ...

Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. said Tuesday it will promote MUFG Bank President Junichi Hanzawa to group ...

Japan logged the first trade surplus in five months in November of 322.3 billion yen ($2 billion), as year-on-year exports to ...

Leaders of Japan's ruling bloc gave up hopes Tuesday of securing parliamentary approval this year of a bill to slash the ...

Question: How many people actually want to attend year-end parties? Answer: In an online survey of 1,035 people in their 20s ...

The government is considering its largest-ever initial budget of over 120 trillion yen ($775 billion) for the next fiscal ...

The Japanese government decided to extend an emergency grant of $2.5 million to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka, Foreign Minister ...

By Chie Shimada I was born in Japan, spent my early school years in the U.K., and now live in South Korea with my British ...

Under the current Constitution, if the House of Representatives is dissolved and members are unavailable, the House of ...

The Yokohama Municipal Government has revealed plans to ban smoking on streets citywide ahead of the International ...

Authorities announced Dec. 15 that the two giant pandas at Ueno Zoological Gardens would be returned to China at the start of ...

Seasoned right-hander Kenta Maeda said he was thrilled to have the chance to pitch in Nippon Professional Baseball again with ...