A rather isolated community of large palatial buildings is nestled in a mountainous area of Gapyeong, Gyeonggi province, ...

The government officially decided on its basic energy plan at a Feb. 18 Cabinet meeting, outlining a mid- to long-term policy ...

Administrative organs are required to create and retain documents so that their decisions and actions can be examined later.

Unaffiliated voters shifted away from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the Oct. 27 Lower House election and fueled the ...

Booming inbound tourism and another blistering summer combined to send rice retail prices skyrocketing at supermarkets across ...

Questionable medical examination practices involving children have been reported at schools around Japan, prompting education ...

In a hugely significant policy shift for pacifist Japan, the government approved revisions that will allow for the export of ...

A university in Japan announced a major breakthrough in the complete farming of highly endangered Japanese eels, claiming a ...

The number of children under 15 years old in Japan is 13.66 million, 350,000 fewer than in 2024 and the lowest on record, the ...

In 1941, when the Japanese government was salvaging metal from wherever it could for the looming Pacific War, the nation’s ...

The farm minister said on Feb. 7 that rice stockpiles reserved for emergency use will be released, citing disruptions in the ...

NAGOYA—Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura said Oct. 1 he will run in the Lower House election as a candidate of the Conservative ...