The Self-Defense Forces have made efforts to strengthen cooperation with local governments in preparation for a major ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will continue to suspend services of the Yamagata Shinkansen bullet train between Fukushima ...

Record-breaking heavy snowfall continued on Saturday morning, primarily along the Sea of Japan coast, due to the strongest ...

Cabinet members and related parties spoke about the necessity of promoting bookstores on Friday in response to a joint ...

The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea have begun making arrangements to meet in Munich, Germany, ...

The Financial Service Agency (FSA) ordered Apple and Google to remove the apps of five illegal overseas crypto asset ...

The government plans to outline the release of stockpiled rice reserved for emergency use, including quantities and prices, ...

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The Mie prefectural government has banned the use of the generative AI model developed by Chinese startup DeepSeek in its ...

Kyoto first became Japan’s capital in the eighth century. With its beautiful temples, philosophical gardens and elegant ...

The Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) plans to appoint Toyota Motor Corp. President Koji Sato as its next vice chair. The ...

When the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito lost its majority in last October’s general election, ...