Japan's Emperor Naruhito turned 63 on Thursday.

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.

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.

Japanese non-profit organizations are preparing to send sleeping bags to Turkey to help survivors of the massive earthquake that struck the southern part of the country.

Japanese officials say unidentified flying objects spotted in the country's airspace in recent years are strongly suspected to have been Chinese spy balloons.

Diplomats from Japan, the United States and South Korea have reaffirmed their close cooperation to respond to North Korea's missile and nuclear threat.

The Japanese government plans to allow people to make their own choices about wearing face masks to prevent coronavirus infections, beginning in March.

The French government has dispatched an amphibious assault ship and a frigate to the Indian Ocean for joint exercises with Japan, the United States, Australia, Britain and India.