The handout would be ¥20,000 per person and an additional ¥20,000 would be added on top of that per child or low-income ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Friday he had instructed the ruling coalition to include cash handouts as part ...

The government's guidelines for economic and fiscal management outline the target of raising the average minimum hourly wage ...

Japan's parliament on Friday enacted a pension reform law that will scrap a 1.06 million yen ($7,400) annual income threshold ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday expressed deep sorrow over the tragic Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, ...

Tokyo, June 13 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday sent a message of condolences to Indian Prime ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the crash site and also held a review meeting with the officials at the airport in ...

The upcoming Upper House election has been set for July 20, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba decided not to extend the current parliamentary session, the Asahi Shimbun reported on Friday, citing ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will make a four-day trip to Canada from Sunday to attend the Group of Seven leaders' summit, the Japanese government said Friday. During his trip, Ishiba will aim to ...

Official campaigning for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election kicked off Friday, drawing attention as a prelude to this summer's ...

Japan's farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi has returned to the political spotlight by launching a push to lower rice prices amid ...

Japan's upcoming upper house election is set for July 20, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba decided not to extend the current parliamentary session, the Asahi newspaper reported on Friday, citing ...