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

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

An agricultural economist blames state supply control for Japan's rice swings and says scrapping production targets and ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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.