They are considering reallocating part of local corporate and fixed-asset taxes from Tokyo to other local governments.

The government aims to submit related legislation during next year's ordinary parliamentary session at the earliest.

The comments come amid heightened speculation that the BOJ will increase the benchmark rate to 0.75% at the end of its next ...

The 2025 International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo is showcasing humanoid robots who can perform duties ranging from ...

The Japanese Association of Metal, Machinery and Manufacturing Workers will make its largest-ever demand to narrow the wage ...

Describing his actions as inexcusable, Tetsuya Yamagami said they caused pain to the former prime minister’s family even ...

This year is poised to mark the Japanese box office’s best performance since pre-pandemic 2019, when the ¥14.2 billion ...

Gov. Kazuo Ueda's recent pitch for a December rate hike seems to have been accepted by markets and the administration, but ...

The United States will welcome foreign carmakers to build and sell “cute” minicars in the country, President Donald Trump ...

The government ordered their immediate removal from all public and private residential buildings, as authorities investigate ...

Tatsuji Sugimoto, 63, stepped down after admitting to sending inappropriate messages that constitute sexual harassment to ...

A fitness survey released by the Sports Agency in October of this year found that seniors today are fitter than they were in ...