MANILA, Philippines - Japan’s House of Councillors has approved the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) between the Philippines and Japan, which completes the deal allowing increased military ...

Japan's Diet on Friday ratified a key defense pact allowing the deployment of Japanese forces for joint drills with Filipino troops in the Philippines, Manila's top envoy to Tokyo said. "We welcome ...

Japanese walking offers significant health benefits. A 2007 study from Japan compared this method to lower-intensity continuous walking, with a goal of achieving 8,000 steps per day.

Japan's parliament enacted a law on Wednesday obliging hundreds of major companies to participate in a carbon emission trading system as part of its efforts to achieve the country's climate goals.

Demand for Japan’s 40-year government bonds plunged Wednesday to its lowest level since last July, reinforcing fears that appetite for ultra-long Japanese debt is evaporating.

The spending continued even as more social security funding was needed for Japan’s growing number of seniors. Government debt has ballooned to nearly $9 trillion — more than double the size of ...

Japan is expected to spend $6.3 billion in an effort to thwart the economic impact of President Trump’s tariffs. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Tuesday lauded the country’s ...

Japan’s security independence is advancing under the Trump administration, but Tokyo remains fully committed to the alliance. Will that dynamic hold?

Japan and China have accused each other of violating the airspace around the Japanese-controlled East China Sea islands, which Beijing also claims.

Listen to this article The dramatic rise in rice prices across Japan since August 2024 reveals a troubling paradox. A staple so central to Japanese identity that the word ‘gohan’ means both ‘meal’ and ...

Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and culture. Now, policymakers are working to boost birth rates.

Japan's societal changes and implosion of marriage. Japan's falling population is owed, in part, to a spike in the success of women in the workforce.