Statistics compiled by the Japanese government show that the number of foreign workers in the country hit a record high last year, surpassing 2.3 million.

Consumer inflation in Japan accelerated in December, marking the fastest annual pace in 16 months. Higher energy costs added to the inflationary pressure.

Japan Coast Guard officials say they received a report shortly after 2 a.m. on Monday that a round haul netter appeared to have capsized about 30 kilometers east of Kashima port, Ibaraki Prefecture.

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force has said that an artillery shell may have gone off target and landed outside a training ...

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NHK's alpine filming crew closely follows Japan's top ice climber Kadota Gihado as he hangs from the rock wall like a bat, ...

Water and debris continue to hamper the search for a truck driver now trapped for a week in a massive sinkhole that suddenly ...

A recent bout of bird flu has helped push egg prices toward record highs after heat waves last summer reduced production.

A Japanese sake brewer has taken to burying bottles of the alcohol in the snow for a couple of months, saying it produces a ...

The number of foreigners who visited Japan last year hit an all-time high of nearly 36.8 million. Our site uses cookies and ...

A confectionery store in Kofu City, central Japan has started making a good luck cake ahead of Setsubun, the last day of ...

The Bank of Japan has decided to raise its benchmark interest rate to around 0.5 percent from 0.25 percent. The BOJ made the decision at a two-day policy-setting meeting that ended on Friday.