Japan's foreign minister says the country will explain to the international community its commitment to realize a society that respects diversity.

Japan's top government spokesperson has told the mother of an abductee to North Korea that the administration will do its best to seek the prompt return of all Japanese nationals who share the same fate.

Japanese astronaut Wakata Koichi has completed his second spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

Japanese retail giant Aeon plans to raise wages for part-time and other non-regular workers. It's the latest firm in the country to implement pay hikes amid rapid increases in living costs.

Japan and NATO have agreed to take their relationship to another level. The alliance's chief, Jens Stoltenberg, met with Prime Minister Kishida Fumio for talks in Tokyo.

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.

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.

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

The Tokyo High Court is scheduled to hand down a ruling Wednesday on three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company over the 2011 accident at the utility's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Indonesian coast guard personnel received training provided by their Japanese counterparts on ways to deal with suspicious ships. The instruction took place in the capital Jakarta.