Japanese labor productivity per worker in fiscal 2024, which ended in March this year, rose 0.2 pct from the previous year in inflation-adjusted real terms, up for four consecutive years, Japan ...

An adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on China policies has said that the current U.S.-China ties are in a "Cold War-like environment." "An increasing number of people across poli ...

Peter Nobel, Chairman of the Nobel Sustainability Trust (NST), and Tracy Wang, Chief Executive Officer of NST, expressed ...

The opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics was held Saturday in the capital of Japan, which hosts the quadrennial international sporting event for people with hearing difficulties for the ...

Ohkawara Kakohki Co., once falsely accused of illegal exports, has filed a resident audit request with the Tokyo metropolitan government, seeking three investigators' personal liabilities for part of ...

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Saturday expressed his resolve to end the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals decades ago. "I should be the last minister in ...

Japan's education ministry plans to establish a fund for high school education reform in each of the 47 prefectures, totaling some 300 billion yen. The ministry aims to strengthen financial support ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday marked the 70th anniversary of its establishment. The LDP plans to approve at its next party convention, slated for next March, a new vision on the ...

China should withdraw its notice recommending its nationals not to visit Japan, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Saturday. The notice is "incompatible" with the advancement of the t ...

Takashi Tachibana, who heads a controversial political group criticizing Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, has decided to admit his guilt in a high-profile libel case, according to his lawyer. "He wil ...

China has urged its citizens not to visit Japan in an apparent retaliatory step against Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent remark about a potential Taiwan contingency. The Foreign Ministr ...

Japanese motor giant Nidec Corp. has said that its consolidated operating profit fell 82.5 pct from a year earlier to 21.1 billion yen for the six months to September, hurt by massive losses at its ...