Paper losses on domestic bonds held by Japan’s four major life insurers have more than doubled from the fiscal year ended March as interest rates climbed, though the firms recouped some of the ...

Japan's dependency on particular countries for imports of semiconductors and rare metals is high compared with other Group of Seven major powers, the government said in a white paper released Tuesday.

An annual white paper on defense was released July 28 for the first time since the administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida drastically changed the restrained security policy of postwar Japan.