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

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

The government will launch more substantial surveys and research next fiscal year to assess the emergency shelter situation ...

The labor ministry has begun considering revising legislation to regulate operators of employment businesses for people with ...

The storm was upgraded Monday night from a tropical depression to Tropical Storm Edouard. Forecasters expect it will continue to strengthen before it makes landfall in Texas on Tuesday.

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 ...