Japan's halt in accepting new foreign workers under the Specified Skilled Worker (i) status for the food service sector from ...

A roughly 260-meter skyscraper, taller than the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, is set to appear at Shinjuku Station, ...

To stem the outflow of young people from regional areas amid a tight labor market, prefectures in Japan are engaged in a ...

An event allowing participants to engage in simulated dialogue with hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivors, through an ...

The municipal government in this eastern Japan city will introduce avatar robots as part of a new support program for ...

Japan's weather agency issued Sunday a special heavy rain warning for some areas in Fukui, central Japan, urging people to ...

By Bill Emmott, independent writer, lecturer and international affairs consultant One lesson from the history of the Soviet ...

In Japan, the revised Family Register Act took effect in May 2025, requiring the readings of names to be added in ...

A cat stationmaster at a local Japanese train station is drawing fans and boosting merchandise sales as the struggling ...

Seiya Suzuki launched his 23rd home run for the Chicago Cubs during a 3-for-5, two-RBI outing in Saturday's 17-5 victory over ...

Around 10 people were briefly trapped inside a ride at Legoland Japan theme park in Nagoya on Sunday after the doors of the ...

A Japanese Self-Defense Forces destroyer returned Sunday to its home port in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern ...