An established Wajima-nuri lacquerware company in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, has created a replica of a lacquerware box cherished by French Queen Marie Antoinette (1755-93).

The yield on newly issued 10-year government bonds — a key indicator of long-term interest rates — temporarily rose to 3%, up 0.06% from the previous day’s closing price.

The Cabinet Office plans to ramp up efforts to utilize data from small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites for infrastructure monitoring and other tasks starting next fiscal year, according to ...

The number of elderly people who have no one to rely on, such as relatives is on the rise. Communities across the country are struggling to find ways to take on the roles traditionally fulfilled by ...

Argentina superstar Lionel Messi announced his retirement from international soccer on Monday, ending 21 years of national-team duty that were capped by winning the World Cup in 2022 to secure his ...

General-account budget requests from Japanese government agencies and ministries for fiscal 2027 are expected to exceed ¥143 ...

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Belgian counterpart, Theo Francken, at a meeting in Tokyo on Monday agreed to deepen security cooperation between their countries.

Typhoon Krovanh, also known as Typhoon No. 24, has formed in the Pacific Ocean southeast of Okinawa main island, moving slowly northwest toward the island as of 9 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that he believes the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan will take measures to prop up the yen.

Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda entered a deal to jointly develop computer parts and software for vehicles set to enter the market in fiscal 2029, both sides said Monday.

Efforts are underway to form industrial clusters that harness a region’s advanced technologies and local resources, in line with the “Strategy for the Future of Regions” approved by the government in ...

Rescuers raced Monday to free hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites that were buried in mud by catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China border, as the death toll ...