Japan ranked dead last among 18 economies surveyed for workplace well-being, with just 49.1 percent of employees reporting ...

July 1 marked 70 years since Japan’s Self-Defense Forces came into being. As an armed organization operating under the ...

The two-part voting system for Lower House elections has long been in place in Japan, but many are still confused by the ...

The Tokyo District Court ruled in favor of Japanese cabin crews who had worked for a Dutch airline by applying a law in the ...

NAGOYA—The chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. apologized to customers over a recent spate of scandals centered around ...

For the first time, U.N. special rapporteurs called on the Japanese government to consider declaring a moratorium on capital ...

Weather officials warn that areas in the Kinki and Tokai regions that typically see little snow may be hit with heavy ...

After World War II, many Tokko officers escaped banishment from public office and ended up working in immigration control ...

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. announced a new lineup of top executives as well as measures to restore public confidence after ...

Komusubi Wakatakakage took another major step on the comeback trail from a severe knee injury suffered three years ago, ...

In late August, six trainees were drawing anime characters under the guidance of an instructor at a room in a major anime ...

Nineteen people were taken to hospitals after a pungent odor spread at the Ginza Six commercial complex in downtown Tokyo ...