Japan's ruling and opposition forces agreed Wednesday to abolish the provisional gasoline tax rate by passing a bill through ...

Over 10,000 people in Japan were taken to hospital due to heat-related illnesses over the course of a week in July, marking ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning Wednesday for the country's Pacific coast after a magnitude 8.8 ...

Japan on Wednesday logged a record high temperature of 41.2 C in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, the weather agency said.

Following the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s crushing defeat in the House of Councillors election, calls for Prime Minister ...

A worker discovered a hand grenade while cutting grass in a thicket behind an apartment building in this southwestern Japan ...

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The Bank of Japan is likely to raise its inflation projection for the current fiscal year from April amid surging food prices ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday expressed his desire to maintain the "good" momentum in relations ...

Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday its group companies sold a record 5.54 million vehicles worldwide in the first half of 2025 ...

Starbucks said Tuesday it's confident that new products coming next year -- including a cold foam protein drink, coconut ...

A brown bear was filmed attacking a male Yezo deer with impressive antlers on a national road in Hokkaido's Shiretoko ...