A cross-party group of MPs said the response to the virus was "one of the most important public health failures" in the country's history.

Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki asked Japanese fisheries minister Genjiro Kaneko on Tuesday to strengthen support for fisheries operators hit hard by the massive deaths of sea urchins and autumn salmon off the prefecture. "Devastating damage has occurred," Suzuki said in a meeting with Kaneko at ...

For Japan, which imports all but a tiny amount of its energy needs, higher oil, gas and coal prices are bringing back inflation, with wholesale prices at 13-year highs.

Rather than curing societies financial ills, the former prime minister's economic plan has left a divide in its wake.

Last month, Indonesia, home to the world's third-largest expanse of tropical forest, walked away from the $1 billion deal with Norway, having received only a tiny fraction of the money.

The plaintiffs in the case are demanding that the government cancel the fast-track approval it gave to COVID-19 vaccines earlier this year.

Developed in the 1990s, "natural experiments" are an innovative way of conducting empirical research to determine cause-and-effect relationships.

Kozo Iizuka, who was sentenced to five years in prison for negligent driving resulting in death and injury, has for the first time admitted fault regarding the incident.

The new prime minister had floated an increase in the tax rate during the LDP leadership race, but the idea was omitted from a policy speech he gave Friday.

A team of researchers used machine learning to comb through research published between 1951 and 2018, and found some 100,000 papers that may document evidence of climate change.

The divergence is raising questions about Hong Kong’s future as a regional hub, particularly among an expat business community.

Recently elected party leader and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has already seen his commitment questioned after he walked back earlier plans to review Japan's capital gains tax.

The seven-day average of daily new cases in the capital fell to 99.7, compared to 181.9 a week earlier and dropping below 100 for the first time since July 6 last year.

The health ministry decided last month to give booster shots to people who have gone at least eight months since receiving their second dose.

The Japanese auto giant will work with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and a group company focused on research and development.

Princess Mako visited the graves of her great-grandparents in Tokyo on Tuesday to offer prayers ahead of her marriage to boyfriend Kei Komuro later this month.

For patients age 65 or over, the percentage needing intensive care treatment among those fully vaccinated when they caught COVID-19 was around a seventh of that seen among the unvaccinated.

The plunging kyat is already taking its toll on the economy, with some businesses shutting down because they are unable to cope with rising costs of imports and raw materials.

While the move came in response to social and investor pressure, the campaigner that filed a more substantial investor proposal slammed the oil giant's response as "disappointing tokenism.”

U.S. retailers' traditional lifeline from Asia is freezing up due to a resurgence of COVID-19 in countries like Vietnam and Indonesia plus a power-supply crunch in China.

On the trade deal signed last year, the two sides have opposing views on whether China is living up to its end of the bargain.

Sugihara, who is often dubbed as "Japan's Schindler," provided transit visas for more than 2,000 Jewish refugees in 1940, violating orders from his superior.

Many 'global south' representatives will not attend, hampered by vaccine access, travel restrictions and limited funding.

Central Europe has seen the abrupt resignation of one leader, a shock election defeat for another and tens of thousands of anti-government protesters flocking to the streets.

CVC Capital hopes to strengthen the Tokyo-based company's business foundation by expanding its online service so that it can better deal with the coronavirus crisis, the sources said.

Rising oil prices pushed up petroleum and coal costs by 32.4% in September, while prices of wood products spiked 48.3%.

As global decarbonization efforts intensify, the oil wholesaler plans to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions to effectively zero by 2040.

The number of directly elected seats in the city's legislature has now shrunk from half to less than a quarter.

Standing beside North Korea’s largest missiles, leader Kim Jong Un said his country’s weapons development is necessary in the face of hostile policies from the United States and a military buildup in South Korea.

The Chinese military exercises involved "shock" troops, sappers and boat specialists "divided into multiple waves to grab the beach and perform combat tasks at different stages."

The couple were arrested on Aug. 31 on suspicion of abandoning the girl's body, after the police apprehended them a day before in Nagano Prefecture.

Comments by the vice finance minister quoted in a monthly magazine have inflamed ruling camp divisions, and seized attention, just weeks before the Lower House election.

The CDP is aiming to one-up Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, whose vows to reduce wealth disparity are in question after he walked back plans to review Japan's capital gains tax.

Shinsei has taken issue with the bid over concerns that shareholders originally opposed to the tender may be forced to sell their shares to avoid becoming minority shareholders.

It’s precisely because of the LDP and Komeito's massive vote-generating machine that the ruling coalition has an edge over the opposition in the coming election.

The new government in Tokyo must fight the temptation to use “economic security” to justify protectionism or other expressions of economic nationalism.

While Washington has financial sanctions to wield, Tokyo has the chance to offer the Afghan people humanitarian assistance.

81-year-old Yoshio Kinoshita has mastered a number of tricks, and recommends skateboarding as a way to prevent dementia.

The items have been attracting attention in recent years, as they are made from low-fat, high-protein fish meat and are rich in amino acids necessary to preserve muscle.

A late own goal put the Samurai Blue ahead at Saitama Stadium, securing a much-needed three points for embattled head coach Hajime Moriyasu.

Hansi Flick's men avenged a 2-1 home loss to North Macedonia earlier this year to claim their seventh win in eight qualifiers and take an eight-point lead at the top of Group J.

After two chaotic years — and two titles for the Tampa Bay Lightning — the league will be hoping to crown a champion next spring without unwelcome pandemic-related drama.

NFL officials found Gruden had casually and frequently unleashed toxic language for over seven years, denigrating people around the game and mocking momentous changes for the league.

Lamont Marcell Jacobs, the son of a Black American father and white Italian mother, has broadened the public imagination of what Italian athletes, and Italians, can look like.

An ecstatic Seibu general manager Hisanobu Watanabe said Sumida can make an "immediate impact" for the club.