The government has outlined measures to prevent an excessive concentration of foreign workers in major urban areas under a ...

Rakuten Securities Inc. strengthened its identity authentication procedures from March 23 after its customers were victimized by fraudulent transactions, believed to be caught up in a phishing scam.

To lessen its reliance on China in the mineral resources market, Japan for the first time has acquired a stake in the rare ...

Over the past half century, Japan has been hit by many volcanic eruptions, but scientifically those were only considered to ...

Osaka officials are considering doubling down on proceeding with construction of a casino-centered integrated resort (IR) ...

As Tokyo spins up its defense industry for the country’s largest military expansion since World War II, it has run into a ...

Japanese and Nigerian police have jointly dismantled a criminal ring involved in social media investment and romance scams ...

The president of Ricoh Japan Corp. resigned for pressuring a female acquaintance to have an abortion, the parent company of ...

Misconduct at precision motor manufacturer Nidec Corp. occurred not only in accounting to inflate profits but also in ...

Honda racked up a 423.9 billion yen ($2.7 billion) loss Thursday, the first-ever full year loss for the Japanese automaker, ...

In a daily fashion walk, sumo wrestlers are turning heads as they arrive at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan for their bouts in the ...

OSAKA—For the first time in six years, the Kyoto-Osaka area gained a new top-rated, three-star Michelin restaurant.