The welfare ministry plans to push back the phased abolishment of the company size threshold for which part-time workers are ...

Chitose Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival is being held at the Shikotsuko-onsen hot spring in Chitose, Hokkaido, with various ice ...

There are concerns that the imposition of tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump on imports from Canada and Mexico will ...

Kinuko Iwamoto, former chancellor of Tokyo Women’s Medical University who was arrested in a breach of trust case involving ...

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said on Monday he has agreed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to set up a joint venture in Japan ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to implement his high-tariff policy and opened the door to a trade war. This is a ...

China, following Japan and South Korea, has entered an era of full-fledged population decline. What should be done to halt ...

The strongest cold wave of this winter is expected to move into the skies over Japan, likely bringing heavy snowfall mainly ...

The JPS has been offering online consultations on an experimental basis since Jan. 6 through its Nenkin Net (pension net) ...

Japan’s Tatsuya Shinhama raced to his first World Cup victory of the season, edging local favorite and previously unbeaten ...

Japanese shares fell 2% on Monday, led by automakers, as worries grew about the global economy after U.S. President Donald ...

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average lost more than 1,000 points temporarily Monday morning, with a wide range of ...