The BOJ held interest rates steady at 0.25% at this month's meeting, a move Gov. Kazuo Ueda explained was aimed at ...

Many local facilities including hospitals were left dysfunctional due to power and water outages and building damage.

The decline reflected the mass departure of teachers who reached retirement age, which led to increased demand for new ...

Under current regulations, OTC drugs can only be sold at stores with pharmacists or other qualified personnel stationed at ...

Russia's Federal Security Service said on Thursday it had foiled several plots by Ukrainian intelligence services to kill ...

Among targets hit Thursday included military infrastructure at the Sanaa International Airport and in the Hezyaz and Ras ...

The Tokyo core consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food costs, rose 2.4% in December from a year earlier.

Prosecutors failed to properly investigate Iwao Hakamata, 88, who was acquitted this year in his retrial for the murder of ...

A new health ministry report urges companies to create an environment in which employees can work without major mental or ...

Guatemala is open to receiving the citizens of other Central American nations who are deported from the United States, three ...

The seven lucky gods pilgrimage is a less hurried alternative to the often-crowded first temple or shrine visit of the year.

Flight J2-8243 crashed on Wednesday in a ball of fire near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after diverting from an area of ...