The Japanese government says the number of people who moved to central Tokyo last year exceeded those who left.

The leaders of Japan and Greece have agreed to elevate bilateral ties to a "strategic partnership" covering security and a broad range of other fields.

Visitors to Japan spent more money using credit cards in December than during the same period three years earlier, before the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Tokyo police have found that perpetrators who broke into a home in Komae City and killed a 90-year-old resident made off with three watches and a ring.

The International Monetary Fund says Japan's policy challenge in the near term is to ensure that the 2 percent inflation target is reached durably.

One of the arrested suspects in a burglary case in a Tokyo suburb has told police that he was afraid he would be ''purged'' if he talked to investigators.

Japan's Meteorological Agency is warning of possible eruptions for the Beyonesu Rocks or Bayonnaise Rocks, a small volcano in the Pacific Ocean, hundreds of kilometers off the coast of Tokyo.

Railway officials in western Japan say they will get to the bottom of the problems that resulted in trains being left stranded for hours in heavy snowfall.

NHK has learned that police in Tokyo have arrested seven individuals linked to the theft last year of cash worth more than 270,000 dollars.

The Japan Sumo Association says two wrestlers will be promoted to the second-highest juryo division. One of them has become the fastest to reach the tier in decades.

Heavy snow in central and western Japan has left vehicles stranded over a 10-kilometer stretch of expressway between Nagoya and Kyoto.

Japan's opposition parties are reacting to Prime Minister Kishida Fumio's policy speech on Monday.