Soai's Nobel-winning research on asymmetric autocatalysis has helped advance pharmaceutical chemistry and offers insights to ...

Food tax falls to 1% in April, but alcohol stays at 10%, and brewers fear fewer restaurant visits will mean fewer young ...

Johan Leutwiler, the first foreign national registered as a swordsmith in Japan, can now make swords from start to finish at ...

Heightened security around bases, a midnight-to-5 AM curfew and a temporary alcohol ban are part of the measures as ...

In Chapter 6, author and lawyer Shin Ushijima's characters are about to be engulfed by a "raging storm" set on reshaping ...

Fifty years after the death of Japan's first woman Cabinet minister, her legacy calls for a politics of equal opportunity ...

Takaichi called population decline a quiet national crisis, promised curbs on land sales near sensitive sites, and pressed ...

Kawagoe says zoning law drives the order, not nationality or religion. A user says he cannot demolish the mosque himself but would pay the city to do so.

Data centers count legally as offices and escape environmental review, so giant facilities keep rising by Japanese homes ...

Employees who take collab merchandise from restaurants could face criminal charges, but holding online marketplaces liable ...

Diplomatic tensions have hit group tours, but individual travel remains popular, while growth in other markets is expected to ...

Sekai Hotel Osaka Fuse's "11 Meals in One Night" plan lets guests eat their way through the neighborhood, with a public bath ...