From 'tsuyu' to 'amayadori,' the current season has no shortage of vocabulary for downpours, floods and wet weather.

Japan now requires official furigana for names in the family register, aiming to limit overly creative 'kira-kira' readings.

Tokyo police on Monday sent papers on a member of boy band JO1 to prosecutors on allegations of engaging in illegal gambling ...

A total of 28 entities representing prefectures, municipal government and other bodies have expressed their interest.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink used a brain implant to enable a monkey to see something that wasn’t physically there, according to an ...

The concept for every nation to develop its own artificial intelligence is based on the idea that the language, knowledge, ...

Policymakers in Japan are encouraging individual investors to put more of their money in riskier assets such as equities.

The Japanese company has already committed to heavy investment in U.S. Steel and a U.S.-controlled board of directors at the ...

TikTok is wildly popular in the nation, and women have found both audience and income. But as views have surged, so have ...

A gap between the rice crop situation index and farmers’ testimonies about actual yields occurred because the agriculture ...

Local firms have expressed a general willingness to adapt, but many warned that instant changes 'would destroy business.' ...

As the rightward shift among voters in the last election made abundantly clear, the state’s politics don’t always translate ...