Those found in possession of the drug also hit a record high of 804 arrests in 2025, according to the National Police Agency.

Both appear to be betting that the U.S. is unwilling to impose meaningful trade consequences for discriminatory pricing ...

A recent government study in Japan estimates that 350,000 people between 15-64 have used cocaine, with marijuana being the ...

Her administration is on the cusp of launching what’s been billed as the Japanese equivalent to CFIUS in the US. Read more at ...

A consensus has been growing in the Japanese pharmaceutical industry that it”s time to get serious about competing in the U.S. market. The latest affirmation came earlier this month when Yamanouchi ...

CHIBA, Japan (AP) — A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced an Australian woman to six years in prison for smuggling amphetamines into the country, despite accepting her testimony that she was tricked ...

Oncology drugs approved in Japan over the last 20 years are increasingly using surrogate endpoints as the basis for their approval, but those drugs are also unlikely to undergo confirmatory trials, ...

Tony-nominated playwright Jeremy O. Harris could face years behind bars for drug smuggling, after MDMA was allegedly found in his baggage last month on the Japanese island of Okinawa. The 36-year-old ...

TOKYO, April 19 (Reuters) - Japan's government plans to speed up the lengthy approval process for drugs developed overseas to allow patients faster access to medicines, the Nikkei business daily ...

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that it received orphan drug designation from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for setmelanotide, a treatment aimed at acquired hypothalamic ...

Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. CANF, a clinical-stage biotech, saw its shares jump on Friday after the company secured a Japanese ...

Across a range of industries, Japan’s economic-security vulnerabilities have been on display in a slew of recent incidents.