The estimated average height of Japanese men reached 163 centimeters during the Kofun Period, which ran from the end of the ...

Rosemary Okui Arocha has firsthand experience of how a single mistranslation can irreparably change someone's life forever.

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Advertising giant Dentsu Group Inc. has been fined 300 million yen ($1.94 million) after being found guilty of violating the ...

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SAPPORO--Protesters denounced as hate speech an event here that claims the Ainu people are not indigenous to Japan, which ...

In a landmark victory for aging plaintiffs, the Supreme Court on July 3 again ruled that the former Eugenic Protection Law ...

Leading memory chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. debuted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market on Dec. 18, marking the ...

NAGOYA--A new smartphone app aims to prevent strangers from exploiting youth by luring them into sending nude or risque ...

福島県 郡山市 の磐越道で北越高校（ 新潟市 ）の生徒1人が死亡したマイクロバス事故で、自動車運転死傷処罰法違反（過失運転致死傷）容疑で 福島県警 に逮捕された若山哲夫容疑者（68）= 新潟県 胎内市 =が、今回の事故の数カ月前から物損事故を複数回起こしていたことが9日、捜査関係者への取材で分かった。

春季近畿地区 高校野球 大会 大阪府 予選は9日、 大阪市 の大阪シティ信用金庫スタジアムで準決勝2試合が行われた。関大北陽が今春の選抜大会優勝の 大阪桐蔭 を2―1（延長10回 タイブレーク ）のサヨナラで破り、 履正社 ...