Big repair work on the five-story pagoda at Rurikoji temple in Yamaguchi has finished. The pagoda is a national treasure and ...

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For people with hearing impairments in Japan, help can come on four paws -- but awareness and access remain limited.

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What change is being considered in Japan regarding fees for changing residency status or renewing a period of stay?

A 58-year-old IT company worker living in the western Japan town of Koryo in Nara Prefecture is working hard to develop his ...

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The government of this central Japan city began recruitment on April 23 to hire aspiring successors for the 1,300-year-old ...

Japan's child population has shrunk to an estimated 13.29 million as of April 1, down 350,000 from a year earlier and marking ...