Yomiuri Shimbun file photoPrime Minister Sanae Takaichi talks on the reduction in the consumption tax rate on food items. The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] Significant generational ...

The Yomiuri ShimbunThe Japan Meteorological Agency The Japan News [posttime] JST, [postdate] Temperatures rose to high levels in Western Japan on Monday. The highest temperature of the day was ...

Yoko Fujikake, a professor at Yokohama National University, served as the guide for Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko during their visit to the tourist information center in La Colmena, ...

The keep in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, was removed so that stone walls could be repaired, and work is now underway to return it. An event in which the keep, which weighs about 400 tons, is pulled by ...

Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko met Japanese settlers in Yguazu, eastern Paraguay, on Sunday during their visit to the country.

The approval rating for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet fell to 56% in the latest Yomiuri Shimbun survey, edging down ...

Junior and mid-career civil servants at the national level are leaving their jobs one after another. To stop this tide, it is essential to continue improving their working conditions. It is also ...

There has been a spate of incidents in which police officers have fired their weapons while subduing knife-wielding suspects, resulting in the suspects being killed or injured.

Keio University in Tokyo launched an “anime peace studies” course this academic year, examining how Japanese anime fosters empathy by connecting people across cultures and generations.

An exhibition showcasing the friendship between Japanese literature scholar Donald Keene and writers of the Showa era (1926-1989) is currently underway in Kita Ward, Tokyo.

French centre-left politician Raphael Glucksmann launched a bid for the presidency on Sunday, seeking to challenge firebrand hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon for dominance of France’s fractured ...

Typhoon Saudel, also known as Typhoon No. 18, was located south of Japan as of 9 a.m. on Monday and is heading west-northwest at the speed of 35 kilometers per hour according to the Japan ...