Japan's ambition to deliver a primary budget surplus for the first time in decades is going to be pushed back a year, a ...

So what makes the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Tower special? It's free! The nearly 800-foot-tall building houses two observatories (North and South observatory) that are the highest vantage ...

Tokyo has all but thrown out the legal limitations set in Article 9 of the constitution, which bans Japan from acquiring ...

The Tokyo government plans to introduce a four-day workweek for its employees in an attempt to support young families and boost record-low fertility rates nationwide. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru ... meaning new bond sales account for a quarter of the budget. It represents the first drop below 30% since 1998. Japanese Finance Minister ...

Tokyo’s city government will give staff a four-day week in an effort to boost Japan’s declining birth rate. The country’s population is expected to fall for the 16th year in a row ...

Quarter-to-quarter ... Production was halted on some models. Government officials raided the Tokyo headquarters of Honda Motor Co. Monday. Japanese media reports said a raid was coming soon ...

with the central government covering three-quarters and the local government covering one-quarter. By prefecture, Tokyo had the most publicly funded funerals--a record 9,313 cases--in fiscal 2022 ...