Departures via land routes tripled to 24,697 in the first 17 days of February from a year earlier, according to Immigration Department data.

The health of the queen, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has been in the spotlight since she spent a night in hospital last October for an ...

One minister blamed a lack of information given to the public, such as the kind of equipment needed and the conditions when Japan could use ...

In the two-day telephone survey through Sunday, the support rate rose slightly from 55.9% in the January survey, while the disapproval rating edged up 2.2 ...

With dual-income households increasing, the government hopes to make it easier for people to balance work and child-rearing through the use of technology.

A year after first becoming infected with the coronavirus, reporter Sayako Akita is still suffering with symptoms, and hopes to educate others with her story.

Alexander Lukashenko played East and West against each other for 28 years, all while keeping Belarus firmly in his grip, but those days are over.

Omi suggested the isolation period, currently seven days for most people and five days for essential workers, could be cut down further as the omicron ...

Tokyo is ready to take action, including sanctions, if Russia invades Ukraine, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Saturday after attending the G7 meeting.

The two countries will make a final decision after examining the coronavirus situation, as both Hiroshima and Tokyo are under a COVID-19 quasi-emergency.