Japan had excess deaths of up to 113,000 in 2022, more than double the figure of up to 50,000 the year before, according to newly released health ministry statistics, indicating the possibility that ...

Traffic fatalities nationwide declined to 2,610 in 2022, the sixth straight year of record-low death tolls, National Police Agency statistics showed. The figure was down by 26, or 1.0 percent, from ...

TOKYO -- Total deaths in Japan jumped nearly 9% in 2022 from the previous year, underscoring the severe impact of the aging population and the COVID pandemic.