To address growing challenges in recruiting public servants, a government expert panel recommended raising salaries to be on ...

When tens of thousands of people fled after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and ensuing Fukushima nuclear accident, their cultural traditions left with them.

Toy pistols made in China that are just as lethal as proper handguns have been found to be circulating on internet shopping ...

FIFA, the international soccer governing body, is trying to deal with a persistent and ugly issue as it nears the home ...

OSAKA--As Universal Studios Japan in this western metropolis celebrates its 25th anniversary, a current limited-time event ...

Infinity Castle” film trilogy concluded its official theatrical run in Japan on April 9, leaving behind numerous box office ...

Storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel from power plants are approaching full capacity across Japan, as the government’s ...

SAITAMA—Saitama University in the city’s Sakura Ward became Japan’s first university to introduce a diversity studies program ...

The “Dadachamame,” a specialty product of this northeastern city, is a line of “edamame” soybeans that are eaten green and ...

Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” by the hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts is the most-streamed song in Japan and the most streamed by a Japanese ...

Rallies and gatherings both in favor and opposed to constitutional revision were held on May 3, Constitution Day, a national ...

SINGAPORE--The yen strengthened suddenly against the dollar ‌on Monday with markets on alert for action by ⁠authorities ...