The ruling Liberal Democratic Party started discussions to revise Japan’s national defense policy on Nov. 20 with a focus on ...

SEOUL--The second season of “Pachinko,” opening Friday, delicately captures the plight of ethnic Koreans brought to Japan ...

SoftBank Corp. is offering an artificial intelligence-powered chat service called Mentari to help teachers quickly identify ...

KANAZAWA—Soaring gold prices and decreasing demand threaten to end the rich history of Japan’s last remaining site that produces the glittering veneer of religious sites, Buddhist altars and other ...

KYOTO—All 84 branches of Kyoto Shinkin Bank (Kyoshin) may technically close at noon, but the credit union, based in the city’s Shimogyo Ward, is arguably even more committed to its community than ...

Japan’s public libraries are quietly undergoing a digital transformation. In just six years, the number of local governments ...

Instead of traditional outdoor activities and cookouts around the campfire at night, children at a specialized “study camp” set up near Mount Fuji were on a different mission.

I t is said very few professionals in the world have mastered the art to the degree of teasing out a higher caliber of notes and work ...

Screenwriter So Kuramoto, who created ‘Kita no Kuni Kara,’ dies ...

Sixty-two percent of voters support the government’s policy of accepting more foreign workers in industries with labor shortages, up sharply from below 50 percent in 2018, an Asahi Shimbun survey ...

The Japanese government has begun examining ways to dispatch the Self-Defense Forces to the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran is effectively blocking, under Japan’s pacifist Constitution and existing legal ...

The government on June 24 announced details of Japan’s Growth Strategy that is topped by a public- and private-sector investment of 102 trillion yen ($630.7 billion) for artificial intelligence and ...