Officials trialed a carry service that harkens back to the Edo Period (1603-1867) on Oct. 19 that would allow disabled ...

Chiikawa and their friends from the runaway hit formally known as “Nanka Chiisakute Kawaii Yatsu” (Something small and cute) ...

Asian shares were mostly lower in cautious trading Tuesday after artificial-intelligence -related stocks bounced back on Wall ...

After a six-month suspension, the government plans to resume accepting foreign workers who prepare meals at welfare ...

A Tokyo woman whose house was targeted in a home invasion managed to scare away the perpetrators before anything was stolen ...

The Fair Trade Commission issued a warning to the Japanese arm of Costco Wholesale Corp. for forcing subcontractors to lower ...

Japan is in the midst of a major push to revive its chip sector, but its latest investments show how Tokyo is being pulled ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Oct. 20 launched a probe into space for a mission to collect and bring to ...

Two non-life insurers began selling devices on Oct. 20 that prevent a corporate vehicle’s engine from starting by locking the ...

When I was a rural junior high school student back in the 1980s, something that is commonplace today was anything but.

Recently, an Asahi Shimbun reporter climbed into Science Co.’s “Mirai (future) Human Washing Machine” at the Osaka Kansai ...

Seventeen Japanese publishing companies said they are prepared to take legal and other action against copyright infringement ...