The police called for prosecutors to indict the man on charges of gross negligence resulting in an accidental fire.

Although firefighters arrived within minutes, a combination of factors proved deadly for many of the people trapped inside ...

The three companies are suspected of having prearranged winners in bids for refrigeration equipment contracts held every few ...

The State Department said on Monday it was considering travel bans and revoking visas for ICC officials as well as additional ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has reinstated a blockade of Iranian ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and demanded a 20% ...

Latest polls from NHK and JNN show support declining just 1 and 5.9 percentage points, respectively, compared to polls from ...

Fifteen percent of hospital doctors in Japan work over 960 hours of overtime per year, a health ministry survey has shown, ...

The plaintiffs had argued the risks related to the stability of the nuclear plant’s foundations were underestimated and that ...

The latest Finance Ministry data showed that remittances increased by 11.5% from the previous year to ¥1.004 trillion, double ...

Xi Jinping’s yearslong fight to root out corruption has ensnared senior officials of the Communist Party, government and ...

Japan has “consistently supported the ICC” from the standpoint of upholding the rule of law, the top government spokesperson ...

Higher rates on loan-type scholarships may cause some people’s repayment balances to increase by more than ¥1 million.