Some officials of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration have floated the idea of compiling a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 in response to extensive damage caused by a m ...

Ise, Mie Pref., Aug. 2 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Princess Aiko visited Ise Jingu, a major Shinto shrine complex in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Sunday. Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor ...

One in four people in Japan believes that more advanced artificial intelligence will replace their friends and families in the future, a Jiji Press survey on communications has found. The proportion ...

Japan's Foreign Ministry will support Japanese small and midsize companies and startups seeking to enter the Indian market or expand investment there through diplomatic efforts to urge the Indian ...

The death toll from Tuesday's powerful earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, has risen to 38 as two more deaths have been confirmed, the prefectural disaster response headquarters ...

Since its introduction in 1989, Japan's consumption tax has been raised three times and now accounts for about 30 pct of total national tax revenue, making it the nation's largest core tax category.

Japan's Princess Aiko arrived in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Saturday to observe a traditional rite for the reconstruction of Ise Jingu, a major Shinto shrine complex in the central Japan city, which is ...

On 31 July 2026, BloombergNEF (BNEF), the world's leading energy research institute, released its Q3 2026 Energy Storage Tier 1 Manufacturer List. Founded merely four years ago in China, HIZENERGY has ...

Scorching heat waves and widespread water outages are adding to the hardships faced by more than 9,000 evacuees in areas devastated by Tuesday's powerful earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, ...

Visitors have formed a long line every day to enter a Tokyo shop promoting specialty products of Kumamoto Prefecture to support the southwestern Japan prefecture hit by Tuesday's huge earthquake. They ...

Japan's Defense Ministry is considering using commercial cloud services to manage highly classified information, such as defense secrets, that has so far been handled through its own systems, informed ...