After her 2022 Beijing Olympics debut, the champion figure skater shocked the world with a retirement announcement when she ...

After her retirement announcement when she was just 16, the champion figure skater is back and ready to make history at the ...

About 20 Japanese firms, including Honda Motor and Canon, are considering investing in domestic semiconductor maker Rapidus. The company aims to mass-produce cutting-edge chips. Sources say the firms ...

NHK has learned that an amount of more than 500 million yen, or about 3.3 million dollars, in unused campaign funds for the 2024 Lower House election remains unaccounted for. NHK has examined ...

NHK has learned that the operational availability rate of Osprey transport aircraft deployed by Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force stands at less than 40 percent. Ospreys were introduced to Japan from ...

Sources say Honda Motor may start importing more of its American-made models to Japan. The plan would likely be aimed at helping to cut the US trade deficit. The sources say the Japanese automaker ...

Japanese semiconductor maker Rapidus has secured more funding in its ambitious drive to mass produce cutting-edge chips. Three local megabanks have reportedly agreed to provide loans of up to 2 ...

Japan is moving to tighten its monitoring of residential real-estate purchases by non-residents. The decision reflects concern some buyers are acquiring such property for investment purposes rather ...

A US State Department spokesperson has called Japan a global leader on nuclear nonproliferation. The comment was issued on Friday after a Japanese senior official in charge of national security at the ...

Japanese government coffers have received a record 129.1 billion yen from the assets of deceased people without heirs in fiscal 2024. That's about 828 million dollars. The amount is the highest since ...

A top Japanese business association picked IBM Japan President Yamaguchi Akio as chairperson after his predecessor resigned. The Japan Association of Corporate Executives said Tuesday that Yamaguchi ...

Japan's top spokesperson has reiterated the government's commitment to the nation's Three Non-Nuclear Principles. The remark came after a senior official said the country "should possess nuclear ...