The number of births in Japan fell for the 10th consecutive year in 2025, hitting a record low of 705,809, according to ...

Japan’s public libraries are quietly undergoing a digital transformation. In just six years, the number of local governments ...

Instead of traditional outdoor activities and cookouts around the campfire at night, children at a specialized “study camp” set up near Mount Fuji were on a different mission.

I t is said very few professionals in the world have mastered the art to the degree of teasing out a higher caliber of notes and work ...

The influenza outbreak has triggered a national alert as flu cases are surging and hospitalizations are increasing, ...

As imported rice becomes a popular alternative to Japanese mainstays whose prices continue to rise, it begs the question—do ...

VOX POPULI: ICC president built her law career sticking to her principles ...

Visibility and internal acceptance guided volleyball player Rui Takahashi’s decision to publicly come out as gay, a move ...

A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.

Aiming to strengthen ties with Mongolia, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi agreed to a yen loan worth about 158 billion yen ($1 ...

A city here became the fifth municipality and the only one on the main Honshu island to embark on the selection process for ...

SEOUL—South Korea’s spy agency said Wednesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ’s recent revelation of a ...