The pace of closing the gender pay gap among full-time workers in Japan slowed in 2024, with the increase in the ratio of women in managerial positions remaining stalled, according to a recent Kyodo ...

Japan is likely to face another record-setting summer, climate experts have warned, as global warming continues to shrink Arctic ice, alter wind patterns and heat ocean waters. The Japan ...

Nippon Steel Corp.’s record-breaking convertible bond offering is highlighting the quest of Japanese companies for cheaper funding than increasingly expensive traditional debt, which sets the stage ...

Ibaraki does not always get the spotlight when people talk about traveling in Japan, but it is home to some truly classic Japanese foods. Located just northeast of Tokyo, it is an easy side trip from ...

MITO—Grappling with the highest illegal employment numbers in the nation, the Ibaraki prefectural government will offer a cash reward system for tips on undocumented foreign workers starting in fiscal ...

A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...

Kagawa Gov. Toyohito Ikeda (2nd from R) and head of Nvidia Corp.'s Japanese unit Masataka Osaki (3rd from R) attend a signing ceremony at the Kagawa prefectural office in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, on ...

Slowpoke may be one of the laziest-looking Pokémon, but he actually has a job promoting Japan’s smallest region. As part of Kagawa prefecture’s ongoing official collaboration with The Pokémon Company, ...

MITO, Japan, Feb. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ibaraki Prefectural Government ran a booth at "SEMICON Japan 2025" held at Tokyo Big Sight from December 17 (Wednesday) to December 19 (Friday), 2025.

Japanese authorities have seized a Chinese fishing vessel and arrested the captain for allegedly defying an order to stop for ⁠inspection by fisheries authorities in Japan’s exclusive maritime ...