The Yomiuri ShimbunA man looks at his student loan payment record on his mobile phone in Tokyo. By Sanae Nokura and Tomoyo ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba unveiled his intention to set up a council of relevant Cabinet ministers tasked with discussing ...

Former yokozuna professional sumo grand champion Hakuho, now stablemaster Miyagino, will retire from the Japan Sumo ...

Karol Nawrocki, the conservative historian who won Poland’s presidential election, cultivated a tough-guy image during his ...

More than 30 Palestinians were killed and nearly 170 injured on Sunday in south Gaza near a food distribution site, the ...

‘Mizu uchiwa,’ or translucent paper fans, are in peak production for summer season in Gifu Prefecture.

The voyage was part of a memorial and goodwill program launched in 1991 by the Nippon Izokukai (Japan War-Bereaved Families ...

“You’ve got about 4.8 million people on Medicaid right now nationwide who are able-bodied workers, young men, for example, ...

The government plans to encourage people to register their favorite municipalities outside of where they live under a new ...

The summer tradition of ukai, or cormorant fishing, which has a 1,300-year history, started on the Kiso River in Inuyama, ...

The revised Penal Code took effect Sunday, introducing a new type of punishment called “confinement” that combines the ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Monday, dragged lower by worries over trade tensions between the U.S. and China, and a ...