Interest payments are projected at ¥21.6 trillion ($139 billion) in the year starting April 2029, up from the current year’s budgeted ¥10.5 trillion.

The term refers to people who had difficulty finding a job after graduating from school between around 1993 and 2004.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had hoped to use the panel to achieve consensus across parties on how to lift the tax for two ...

Of the 24 medals Japan won, a record for the nation at a Winter Games, the gold for Miura and Kihara was arguably the most memorable.

Military attaches and security analysts scrutinizing the operations say the flights represent a step-change in China's ...

The child agency survey found that students are spending more time online, with some experiencing disruptions in their sleep schedules or studies.

Wolt will also withdraw from Uzbekistan, while another DoorDash subsidiary Deliveroo will cease its food delivery services in ...

Analysts are revising stock price forecasts upward following an election that gave Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi a clear ...

Both the Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, have said that Japan’s current ...

Researchers identified a “third cell” essential for fully regenerating hair follicles, and successfully recreated the complete hair-growth cycle in mice.

Takuya Chigira had a front seat for J-pop history. The CEO of Japanese talent agency Cloud Nine attended Matsuri ’25, a concert held in Los Angeles last March that brought together three of Japan’s ...

The defendant, 43-year-old Jun Saito, is charged with killing three members of a family at their house in the city of Hanno in December 2022.