A new study concludes excess deaths increased in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic but does not report any explosion in ...

The 41 branches with a loan service department will begin offering the service. Japan Post Bank will commence handling ...

Tokyo, April 22 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Tuesday that he has ordered the Self-Defense Forces ...

Earlier this month, parliament enacted a bill revising the road law that will allow the central government to remove disaster ...

A second medical team from Japan has arrived in Myanmar to offer support for those affected by the massive earthquake on ...

The ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto has introduced more measures to help foreign travellers should a major natural disaster strike ... and tsunami in northeast Japan. “Kyoto City has learned ...

Japan will continue to urge the US to rethink its tariff plans in hopes of winning a longer-term reprieve even after President Donald Trump put a portion of the duties on hold, the nation’s top ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba created a taskforce to deal with the fallout from US tariffs as pressure mounts to boost aid to households ahead of a summer election. The taskforce, led by ...

TOKYO – Japan will continue to urge the US to rethink its tariff plans in hopes of winning a longer-term reprieve from higher rates that President Donald Trump put on hold, the nation’s top ...

By the time FEMA was created in 1978, the federal government had assumed a much more substantial role in disaster relief than it had in earlier decades. The trends that brought about the expanded ...

TOKYO, April 10 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average jumped 9% on Thursday as investors scooped up beaten-down stocks after U.S. President Donald Trump declared an immediate 90-day tariff ...

In this case, the $10 cost of adopting the cute, little fox benefits disaster relief. Due to recent natural disasters around the world—and the great needs of those affected—we’ve decided not ...