Hitachi, Ltd. is considering selling its domestic major household appliance business, The Yomiuri Shimbun learned Monday.

Ghost stories, called “kaidan” in Japanese, are enjoying a quiet boom in the country. Live performances by popular ghost ...

A pleasant thump-thump sound echoed throughout the Tsumugi no Yakata museum in Yuki, Ibaraki Prefecture, each time the weft ...

A man was taken to a hospital from the site of a fireworks festival after an offshore platform used for launching fireworks caught fire in Yokohama’s Minato Mirai district at around 7:50 p.m. on ...

Persistent inflation was reflected in Japan’s average minimum wage, which is expected to surpass the ¥1,100 threshold for the ...

Australia has chosen Japan as its partner in developing a new model of warship, according to announcements by both countries’ ...

After seven rounds of deliberations — an unusually high number — the minimum wage was raised by the largest amount ever. This will be highly beneficial for workers, who are suffering from high prices.

A scorching 41.6 C was recorded in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, shattering the all-time high for Japan.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was to announce Tuesday a major policy shift to boost rice output and stabilize the nation’s ...

Japan and the United States reportedly agreed on reducing the U.S. tariff rate on Japanese automobiles to 15%, but no implementation date has been set.

The streaked shearwater, a seabird classified as near threatened on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ...

A son of a Japanese man, who was left behind in the Philippines during the turmoil after the end of World War II, was ...