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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to press world powers to provide greater transparency on their nuclear forces, and urge the United States and China to hold a dialogue on nuclear disarmament and arms control, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

A growing number of children in Japan have foreign roots, with one or both parents having a non-Japanese background. Such children can often face societal challenges, such as having to learn Japanese, and some observers say there is a lack of support systems.

HITOYOSHI, Kumamoto -- Wooden boats filled with tourists returned to the Kuma River in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, for the first time in about two years on Saturday.

The government in its 2022 defense white paper released on Friday included a hypothetical invasion of Taiwan by China for the first time.

The fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has brought to light relationships between the religious group widely known as the Unification Church and politicians in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition camp.

SAPPORO -- Twelve people remain missing three months after the Kazu I sightseeing boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido with 26 people aboard.

A COVID-19 pill developed by Shionogi Co. has failed to win fast-track emergency approval because experts sought scientifically convincing data to prove its efficacy, rather than focusing on the need for more treatment options amid the seventh wave of novel coronavirus infections.

Haruyuki Takahashi, an executive board member of the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, may have received a total of over 45 million yen from one of the Games sponsors, Aoki Holdings Inc., through a consultancy contract between it and his consultancy firm, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.…

"I can say with confidence, 'Please continue to have expectations for me,'" were words that stood out as two-time Winter Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu announced his retirement from international competition at a Tuesday press conference in Tokyo.

A rehabilitation center in Kyrgyzstan has received a shipment of canes donated by a Tokyo man who has been helping visually impaired people in the central Asian country.

There is growing concern about Japan's science and technology. Although Japan has been putting a lot of effort into becoming a "science and technology-oriented country," its international standing has actually declined in recent years. According to a report released last year by the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry,…