Japan's household spending has continued to fall amid the coronavirus pandemic. But "nest spending" is a silver lining f...

Japan mandates businesses to charge customers for plastic shopping bags as part of efforts to tackle plastic waste. Stor...

Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea reopen after a four-month hiatus to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

A record number of workers with mental illnesses such as depression apply for workers' compensation in Japan in fiscal 2...

Starbucks will open its first sign language store in Japan on Saturday.

A hospital that operates Japan's only baby hatch where mothers can place their unwanted babies anonymously starts taking...

Toyota Motor and three major Japanese banks invest in a new fund for space development aimed at nurturing domestic start...

Dozens of people are taken to hospital for heat-related illnesses as the temperature soars in Japan's capital.

A high-end watermelon in Hokkaido fetches 100,000 yen (931 dollars) apiece in the season's first auction.

Nearly 4,000 demonstrators in Tokyo march against racial discrimination in the wake of the death of African-American Geo...