The communications ministry on Nov. 2 began discussing changes to landline services, including allowing households to block all international calls, to thwart cross-border phone scammers.

NEW YORK—The president of the International Criminal Court accused the Trump administration of trying to obstruct international justice by imposing penalties on the tribunal and vowed that it would ...

GMO Internet Group Inc. failed to detect a cyberattack on a subsidiary’s service for about two and a half months, enabling the intruder to steal files from customers’ computers, the company revealed ...

SEOUL—North Korea on Tuesday dismissed as “absurd rhetoric” US allegations that it was behind a $6 billion ⁠cryptocurrency heist on the Binance platform, saying they ⁠proved Washington remained ...

Japan should eventually reduce, rather than raise, its cap on foreign workers under a visa program designed to fill labor shortages, Kimi Onoda, minister of policy on foreign nationals, said Nov. 2.

The United States has conducted defensive strikes on some Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official said Monday, on the eve of crucial midterm elections.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced her second reshuffled Cabinet on Sept. 17 after personally reviewing questionnaires filled by Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers on what posts they desired in ...

Japan’s government on Aug. 7 officially launched a contentious debate on capping its foreign population as a high-level working group convened for the first time to hash out a future immigration ...

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi prompted outrage among atomic bomb survivors and leaders of the areas devastated by the bombings by urging the nation to discuss nuclear weapons “without taboos.” His ...

OSAKA—A stained glass artwork by the creator of “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure” was unveiled at JR Osaka Station on July 29, intended to serve as a new landmark and meeting point. “I hope my work will ...

The Tokugawa clan, which produced successive shogun rulers throughout the Edo Period (1603-1867), will hold a ceremony Jan. 29 to formally anoint its first new head in more than half a century. On Jan ...

The average price of a new apartment in Tokyo’s 23 wards in fiscal 2025 topped 130 million yen ($827,000) for the first time, while surrounding areas also soared to record highs, a report showed. The ...