The Japanese government is trying to make arrangements for Prime Minister Kishida Fumio to visit Ukraine before hosting the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima in May.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito turned 63 on Thursday.

At the Snowboard World Championships, 19-year-old Tsubaki Miki lost in the first round of the final tournament in the women's parallel slalom and failed to win both parallel giant slalom events.

Japan's Finance Ministry says the country's workers and companies are expected to spend 47.5 percent of their income on taxes and social security in the current fiscal year.

NHK has learned that Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will host a spring garden party on May 11.

Nippon Steel says it will invest in a coal mining company that will be spun off from the Canadian firm Teck Resources.

Xiang Xiang the giant panda is on her way to China.

The United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency meeting to discuss how to deal with North Korea's latest ballistic missile launches.

Japanese manga and anime creator Matsumoto Leiji died of acute heart failure on February 13 at the age of 85.

Visitors to Tokyo's Ueno Zoo have bid a final farewell to Xiang Xiang the giant panda before her departure to China on Tuesday.

Some of Japan's small and medium-sized industrial businesses have been struggling with rocketing energy bills since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A former president of a Japanese advertising agency has admitted bribing a former executive of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee.