Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama and health minister Kenichiro Ueno agreed Wednesday to raise medical service fees by 2.22% in fiscal 2026, the first increase in 12 years. Katayama and Ueno agreed to ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – Just in time for a blizzard of gift packages, the Military Postal Service unveiled self-service parcel lockers at this airlift hub in western Tokyo. Base residents now may ...

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A young couple died in Japan after they were left trapped in a private sauna room which caught fire. Masanari Matsuda, a 36-year-old beauty salon owner, and his 37-year-old wife, Yoko Matsuda, a nail ...

OKAYAMA — Japan’s Nippon Foundation said Wednesday that a regular passenger ferry using autonomous navigation technology will begin commercial operations by the end of next March at the earliest.

Japan's S&P Global Services PMI rose to 53.2 in November 2025, slightly exceeding the flash estimate (53.1) and signaling the eighth straight month of expansion. This growth was primarily fueled by ...

Japan is set to begin full-fledged discussions on revising medical service fees, which are set by the government under the public health insurance program, in fiscal 2026. Medical organizations ...

The logo of Japan's public broadcaster NHK is pictured in this April 2021 file photo. (Mainichi/Junichi Sasaki) TOKYO -- Japan's public broadcaster NHK has begun verifying reception contracts for ...