Duty-free sales at department stores in Japan dropped 2.5 percent in November from a year earlier to around 50.2 billion yen ...

Japan's unemployment rate in November remained unchanged from the previous month at 2.6 percent, government data showed ...

A wolf that isn't alive but still howls, growls and flashes red eyes is suddenly in the spotlight in Japan, where a jump in ...

Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those ...

China has urged domestic travel agencies to reduce the number of Japan-bound tourists by 40 percent, industry sources said ...

The Japanese government has finalized a plan to curb health care spending, which has faced opposition from patient groups due ...

The unofficial but very popular mascot of this east Japan city surprised children at a Christmas event here on Dec. 24, ...

The government agency overseeing child policies on Thursday announced a new certification mark for entities taking part in a ...

Japan's parliament will convene a 150-day regular session on Jan. 23, a source familiar with the matter said Thursday, with a ...

Christmas was observed around the world on Thursday, with people praying for peace in areas ravaged by conflict such as ...

Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday its global output in November fell 5.5 percent from a year earlier to 821,723 units for the ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday urged Japanese firms to agree to pay raises above inflation in annual wage ...