
Births in Japan fall in 2025 to 706,000; record low for 10th straight year
The number of children born in Japan in 2025 fell from a year earlier to 705,809, the fewest since data became available in 1899 and hitting a new…

The number of children born in Japan in 2025 fell from a year earlier to 705,809, the fewest since data became available in 1899 and hitting a new…

Of the 24 medals Japan won, a record for the nation at a Winter Games, the gold for Miura and Kihara was arguably the most memorable.

Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday its global vehicle sales in January rose 4.7 percent from a year earlier to 822,577 units, a record for the month, driven…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un donned matching jackets with his daughter at a military parade, state media photos showed Thursday, stoking speculation she is being groomed as…

Much like the diverse vocabulary for snow that exists in the Inuit (Eskimo) language (between 50 and 70, according to one source), Japanese has a wide variety of…

Interest payments are projected at ¥21.6 trillion ($139 billion) in the year starting April 2029, up from the current year’s budgeted ¥10.5 trillion.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had hoped to use the panel to achieve consensus across parties on how to lift the tax for two years.

A new Stateside event tests whether viral success can become a lasting international presence.
Military attaches and security analysts scrutinizing the operations say the flights represent a step-change in China's grey-zone tactics in the contested South China Sea.

A National Policy Agency official said it seemed those behind such groups gave roles with high risks of being caught to people under 20, "effectively treating them as disposable."

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