Tokyo, April 9 (Jiji Press)--People in Japan with an annual income of 6 million ... to fund measures aimed at raising the country's low birthrate, the Children and Families Agency said Tuesday.

Japan on Thursday disclosed more details of the planned fees that will be added to public medical insurance premiums to help secure funds to fight the country's low birthrate. Participants in the ...

Japan’s plummeting birthrate has led a diaper manufacturer to stop making them for babies at home and instead ramp up production for adults, the company said on Tuesday. Oji Holdings is to wrap up ...

Japan's imperial family made their debut on Instagram with the aim of shedding their reclusive image and connecting with younger generations. The Imperial Household Agency, responsible for the ...

TOKYO: Japanese space scientists have unveiled the asteroid hunting space probe they hope to launch later this year on a mission to mine a celestial body. The probe named Hayabusa-2 is expected to ...

Japan announced plans on Wednesday to develop a next-generation passenger jet over the next decade after the last struggling attempt, led by a private company, was scrapped a year ago. The new ...

Japan’s five-year bond yield climbed to the highest since 2011 on growing speculation the nation’s central bank will raise interest rates further to stem the yen’s weakness. The yield ...

The neo-noir crime drama was then two-thirds of the way through production of its second season on location in Japan, and one of ... us they would consider our proposal only after we had gotten ...

(Astrid Riecken for The Washington Post) The first state dinner for Japan in nearly a decade was festooned with cherry blossoms. Lots and lots of cherry blossoms. In the East Room of the White ...

Kabira Bay, located on the north coast of Ishigaki Island, Japan, where many go to escape terrible hay fever. (Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis/Getty Images) TOKYO — Spring is a miserable ...

Dozens of companies, spacecraft and countries are involved in the effort. Japan will provide and maintain a pressurized rover to support astronauts living and working on the moon, the White House ...