The budget bill for the coming fiscal year has been passed in a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Japan.

A single photograph of a Yezo sika deer taken in north Japan has captured global attention. The shot, taken by a high school teacher living ...

The Bank of Japan on Thursday kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged again at around 0.75 percent, leaving the ...

A special Mt. Fuji viewing train targeting foreign visitors began operation for a limited time in central Japan on Thursday ...

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In the Tatekoji district of this western Japan city where traces of its medieval past still linger, stands a Western-style, ...

NARA -- In the globally popular manga and film series "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba," the protagonist's sister Nezuko ...

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What new system will Japan introduce for visa-exempt foreign tourists under the amended Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act?

This west Japan city had mistakenly withdrawn land and house property taxes from the bank account of the wrong person with t ...

Japan's Cabinet on Thursday approved a legal revision aimed at enhancing economic security through measures such as ...

The organizer of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka has recently decided to extend the sales of merchandise featuring the ...