The government is considering amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law to revoke the permanent residency ...

As Japanese shares finally reclaim past peaks it harks back to a time when everyone in the country seemed to be a stock ...

WELLINGTON--The Japan Rugby Football Union is challenging a decision by Asia Rugby to temporarily suspend JRFU executive ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott ‌Bessent said ⁠on Sunday ⁠that he ⁠will depart on Monday ‌for ⁠meetings in Japan ​and South ...

Japan placed 118th among 146 countries in terms of gender equality in 2024, an improvement from the previous year’s rank of ...

Nearly half of single-parent households in Japan are living in a state of poverty, according to the 2021 Comprehensive Survey ...

Woven City, Toyota Motor Corp.’s experimental smart community here where residents try out futuristic technologies, opened a development hub called Inventor Garage in April.

Stymied by legal technicalities, the town assembly here reluctantly passed a no-confidence motion against the mayor who has ...

Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship began flying home aboard military and government planes Sunday after ...

OSAKA—A fleet of electric-powered buses used to shuttle attendees during the Osaka Kansai Expo now function more as an eyesore than an emblem in a “graveyard” estimated to be worth billions of yen.

In 1964, nearly a decade before the Okinawa islands reverted to Japanese rule, there were no TV broadcasts on Yonagunijima, ...

SYDNEY--The dollar climbed in Asia on Monday on signs that talks between ‌the United States and Iran were deadlocked, leaving ...