Toyoda Gosei Co., a Toyota Motor group firm, plans to sell facilities for cultivating strawberries on a trial basis as early as fiscal 2026.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces announced a new agreement on Friday with the country’s central government in ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and other major parties have been proposing consumption tax cuts during campaigning for the House of Representatives election.

An aquarium in Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, has launched a new event where visitors can interact with beluga whales.

There is no end to the number of cases in which unsafe and poor-quality items, such as electrical appliances, are mixed in with other products sold on online shopping sites, leading to accidents. It ...

The number of foreigners entering Japan rose 15.4% from the previous year to 42.43 million in 2025, marking a record high for the second straight year, preliminary government data showed Friday.

Japanese Finance Ministry data confirmed Friday that there had been no foreign exchange market intervention in the period between Dec. 29 and Wednesday.

The torch relay for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics reached the Italian mountain resort of Livigno on Friday, with the Games set to kick off in just one week.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his South Korean counterpart, Ahn Gyu-back, agreed to conduct mutual visits every year, at a meeting on Friday at the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday she has no intention of ever stepping into the sumo ring, which is traditionally off-limits to women, during a street speech in Fukuoka.

The Chinese Embassy in Japan reiterated its call for Chinese nationals to restrain from traveling to Japan in a social media post on Friday.

Japan and Britain will establish a bilateral strategic cyber partnership at talks between Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Tokyo on Saturday, The Yomiuri ...