The inflexibility of cash register systems requiring lengthy modifications to implement a two-year zero tax rate on food ...

A Japanese passenger on a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship has been transported by a charter flight arranged by the British ...

The Japanese government is negotiating with U.S. artificial intelligence company Anthropic to obtain access to its latest AI ...

FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi -- One year after the broadcast of the TV drama "The Hot Spot" set at the foot of Mount Fuji, fans ...

A Japanese research team has conducted the country's first successful combustion test of a ramjet engine for an experimental ...

A 16-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday for allegedly spraying an unidentified liquid inside a JR Tokaido Line train running ...

Hiroshi Suzuki, Japan's ambassador to Britain, is becoming a social media sensation as followers embrace his unbridled ...

Shirley poppies are at their peak at Showa Kinen Park in the western Tokyo cities of Tachikawa and Akishima, swaying in the ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will travel to the Netherlands and Belgium for about two weeks from mid-June, the ...

A 14-year-old junior high school student in this western Japan city has turned the atomic bombing experience of her ...

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Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Tuesday she agreed with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to closely ...