Japan  which has the most generous childcare leave policies in the world, has increased its spending on childcare and offered ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has begun a tour of Malaysia and Indonesia as part of his effort to further strengthen ...

Japan recorded 2,663 traffic fatalities in 2024, dipping slightly from the previous year, the National Police Agency (NPA) ...

The Biden administration’s blocking of Nippon Steel’s acquisition of U.S. Steel isn’t only misguided. It has also rattled ...

Traditional firefighting ladder acrobatics are performed at the Tokyo Fire Department's New Year's fire and disaster prevention event in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2025.

The year is 2720 and away from science-fiction fantasies of flying cars, robots and intergalactic travel to far away stars ...

A wide range of Japanese firms see the need to continue raising wages due to structural labour shortages, the Bank of Japan ...

Squid have shared a new single, Building 650, as the second preview of their forthcoming album Cowards. The quintet have also announced UK shows for spring. Cowards is set for release via Warp Records ...

Wall Street is holding steadier, and U.S. stocks are drifting between small losses and gains a day after strong reports on ...

Hair removal treatments are increasingly being extended to children as young as three years old in Japan, raising concerns ...

A contentious meeting in Manila for U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has reverberated through the Biden Pentagon's plan ...

Four-weight world champion Naoya Inoue will defend his super-bantamweight titles against Sam Goodman later this month. The ...