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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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