The Tokyo District Court on May 19 ordered a man to pay 1.29 million yen ($11,800) for defaming reality TV star Hana Kimura ...

Japan’s population shrank by 0.7 percent in 2023, although the net loss of 861,237 included a record high inflow of 329,535 ...

A Tokyo-listed, fast-growing artificial intelligence firm is under investigation for allegedly inflating its sales figures ...

The industry ministry plans to allow utilities to build new nuclear reactors on condition they decommission the same number ...

After years of keeping his superhero past a secret, Satoshi Furuya recently came out of retirement and donned his Ultraman costume for public appearances.

A report on climate change in Japan released on March 26 warns that if temperatures continue to rise significantly, the ...

Many foreign university students who are set to graduate in March 2024 want to stay in Japan and have begun looking for a job ...

Eateries providing free or low-cost meals for children sought to address child poverty when they first started popping up ...

MANILA--Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte was impeached Wednesday on a range of accusations that include plotting to ...

A record number of pupils and students died by suicide in 2024 while the total number of suicides decreased to the ...

For decades, humble signs hand-cut from industrial tape have guided millions of commuters through the labyrinth of Tokyo’s ...

Victims of slanderous comments on social media in Japan find that tangled legal procedures and foreign operators' ignorance ...