The 2023 Godzilla Minus One was the first Japanese film to win an Oscar for best visual effects. Three years later, Godzilla ...

Studio Ghibli’s iconic early work My Neighbor Totoro marked a turning point for Miyazaki Hayao, who had previously steered ...

Babies born via in vitro fertilization reached a record 86,473 in Japan in 2024, representing approximately one in every ...

Data leaks due to cyberattacks in Japan reached a five-year high by mid-October 2026, already surpassing previous full-year ...

Once an exclusive seaside retreat favored by literary icons almost a century ago, Yokohama’s Kanazawa-en has found new life ...

Work has begun Japan’s first-ever national intelligence strategy. Planned for completion by spring 2027, this initiative ...

Tokyo, Nov. 2 (Jiji Press)--The head of Japan's new National Disaster Management Agency, which was launched Monday, urged ...

The International Monetary Fund projects that the Japanese economy will be overtaken by India and Britain in 2027.

Despite administrative efforts to cut overtime, a recent survey finds that unreduced workloads mean most schoolteachers in ...

Akane Tomoko built her career as a public prosecutor before joining the International Criminal Court as a judge. Today head ...

Starting November 1, Japan's new tax-free shopping system will require international visitors to pay consumption tax at the ...

Top stories in Japan for October 2026 included the Japanese scientist Soai Kensō’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry.