Government agencies have discovered food mislabeling at about 300 entities in the country, it was learned Monday. The finding was reported to the day’s meeting of senior officials of relevant age...

The government paid a record ¥107.5 trillion in social welfare benefits in fiscal 2011 ended in March last year, up 2.7 percent from the year before, according to a government-run think tank. On to...

Crown Princess Masako pledged her continued efforts to regain her health in a statement issued to mark her 50th birthday on Monday. The crown princess has been receiving medical treatment for a stre...

Japan Post Co. has revealed new stamps and postcards it will issue when postage charges are raised in line with the consumption tax hike on April 1. The 11 new stamps and 12 postcards will mainly fe...

WASHINGTON (Bloomberg)—The Obama administration lauded an agreement on trade rules struck by the World Trade Organization, while analysts said the deal may do more to salvage broader WTO talks than...

The average daily balance lent by Japanese banks climbed 2.2 percent from a year earlier to about ¥469.26 trillion in November, the steepest growth since the 2.4 percent posted in June 2009, the Ban...

Japan logged a current account deficit for the first time in nine months in October due mainly to rising fuel imports, government data showed Monday. An increase in liquefied natural gas imports, a...

Foreign investors posted their-second largest net purchases of Japanese stocks in November, the Finance Ministry said Monday. Their net purchases totaled ¥2.64 trillion, the second-largest since c...

Japan has revised its economic growth estimate for the last quarter downward after finding that capital investment slowed more than expected in July-September. The government said Monday that the w...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. said Monday it had started construction of a new factory for parts of the Boeing 787 aircraft, dubbed Dreamliner. The plant, with a total floor space of 60,000 square...