Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, on Sunday criticized the U.S. military operations against Venezuela.

Japanese opposition leader Yoshihiko Noda on Sunday criticized the government's draft fiscal 2026 budget with record general-account spending of some 122.3 trillion yen.

-Japan's Environment Ministry plans to compile by March an action plan aimed at reducing large amounts of clothing waste from households.

The Japanese government is facing difficulties over how to respond to the U.S. strike on Venezuela.

A shop in Tokyo that sells specialties from Ishikawa Prefecture is supporting reconstruction following a powerful earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in the central Japan prefecture two years ago.

Matcha is in short supply as the Japanese green tea is at the center of a global boom.

Japan's government and ruling coalition may consider a possible review of the country's three nonnuclear principles during work to update its three key national security-related documents within this year.

While Japan's two governing parties share the goal of revising the country's Constitution, differences between their stances are now becoming evident.

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is slated to reactivate the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in central Japan as early as Jan. 20.

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan plans to compile as early as this spring a new perspective on the country's security legislation, which tolerate its exercise of the right to collective self-defense.