The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced on Oct. 19 that it had begun accepting ...

Moves to restrict private lodgings are emerging across Japan because of growing friction with local residents. Authorities ...

Japanese government officials said at an Oct. 19 expert panel meeting that it plans to expand the quota for foreign care ...

Japan's education ministry on Tuesday asked the University of Tokyo to review the selection process of its next president, ...

Convenience store sales in Japan rose 0.5 percent in September from a year earlier, marking the third straight month of ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday her government will not extend a cut in consumption tax on food and beverages ...

OSAKA -- A man in his 60s was seriously injured in a stabbing on a street in Osaka on Oct. 20, authorities said. An emergency ...

The temple has a legend about a cat that remained loyal to its master. Nagai Motofusa, a retainer of Mori Terumoto (1553-1625 ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- East Japan Railway Co. on Tuesday launched a new digital payment service called "teppay" as the train ...

Kazuaki was a second-year junior high school student when he sat across an acrylic partition from Satoshi Uematsu, the man ...

Malatang is a Chinese soup dish. It uses Sichuan peppercorns and chili peppers. It can make the mouth feel numb and hot. In ...

Japan's government proposed reopening admissions for foreign institutional meal service cooks by shifting them to the food ...