The FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States, came to a close in July with Spain lifting the trophy.

As concerns in Japan continue to mount over the impact of high crude oil prices on energy costs, one country has effectively ...

KUMAMOTO -- "Don't throw away damaged historical materials!" Kumamoto Prefecture's cultural affairs division urged residents ...

Documents found at a sake museum in Hyogo Prefecture show that Japan's former Imperial Army and Navy ordered sake brewers to hel ...

A runway was closed for hours at Naha Airport in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa on Tuesday after a Japanese Self-Defense Fo ...

Disaster volunteers have begun helping residents in this east Japan city after heavy rain on Aug. 13 and 14 caused extensive f ...

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The data announced by the ministry shows that many Indonesians have names believed to have been inspired by Japanese anime.

What new requirement has Japan imposed on students of foreign nationality under its expanded free high school tuition program ...

A lawsuit in Japan about family names after marriage is now at an important time. A couple in Sapporo sued the state. They say parts of the ...

A high school student carrying two pistols shot to death a fellow student before killing himself Tuesday in an attack in a ...

A central Japan local commuter train line is thought to have become the country's first to be converted into a reservation- ...