Emperor Naruhito offered prayers for people’s happiness and world peace as him and his family waved to crowds of New Year’s well-wishers from the balcony at the Imperial Palace in the celebration halted for the past two years

The country will consider downgrading COVID-19 to the same category as seasonal influenza and then review the related measures in spring this year

Japan and the US space agency have signed an agreement at NASA Headquarters for deep space exploration

Heavy snow blanketed many parts of the country yesterday, with some western cities renewing records; Engaru in Hokkaido registered a record December snowfall with over 80 cm in a 24-hour period

Tokyo-based Japanese start-up ispace's spacecraft was launched yesterday on the country's first lunar mission and the first of its kind by a private company; so far, only the United States, Russia and China have succeeded in bringing a robot to the moon