Yet in her first Cabinet lineup after taking office, she appointed only two women as ministers: Satsuki Katayama and Kimi ...

More than 7,000 public school teachers in Japan took leave due to mental illness in both fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2024, ...

Rice stink bugs, a native species in Japan that feeds on rice, are rapidly increasing nationwide and causing widespread ...

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A black shape came charging toward him at tremendous speed. There was no time to escape. Video footage recorded in a mountain ...

Tokyo stocks opened higher Tuesday, supported by buying that tracked overnight advances on Wall Street, but the upside was ...

A major Japanese parking service operator that suffered a data breach exposing images of 1.6 million driver's licenses had a ...

Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, has pulled off a strong showing in Brazil's first round of pre ...

Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University, a joint project agreed on by the two countries in 2013, opened Monday in Ankara, ...

A total of 68 information leak cases involving domestic violence (DV) victims and other protected individuals occurred ...

The Imperial Palace forest is in the middle of Tokyo. It is a safe home for wildlife. The Fukiage Gardens are there. They are ...

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Kazuo Yana on Monday retracted recently revealed past remarks he made ...