BRUSSELS--A U.N. committee that seeks to outlaw all forms of discrimination against women called on Japan to allow selective ...

The central government announced on Dec. 19 that the overall costs to develop infrastructure, such as access to venues, for ...

Academics and midwives on June 27 submitted a petition to the health ministry demanding the removal of a legal clause that ...

Japan and Indonesia agreed to enhance cooperation on maritime security with an eye on China’s growing assertiveness in ...

The number of public baths, known as “sento,” in the capital almost halved in the past 15 years, with 462 operating as of December 2022, according to the Tokyo metropolitan government. The figure has ...

TAIPEI—In a key security appointment, the former top uniformed officer of the Self-Defense Forces has been appointed as a ...

Executives at Mizuho Financial Group Inc. and Mizuho Bank have decided to step down to take responsibility for a series of ...

Family cover-ups and media silence helped enable showbiz guru and sexual deviant Johnny Kitagawa to abuse perhaps hundreds of ...

South Korea is promoting its defense industry and increasing arms exports under the stated goal of “becoming one of the top ...

A smelting furnace exploded Sunday at a Chinese-owned nickel plant on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 13 ...

Tokyo police have made arrests over a drunken driving joyride in an illegally modified vehicle disguised as an unmarked police car, complete with a flashing red light and a siren.

The National Police Agency is reviewing the “very easy” procedure of converting foreign driver’s licenses into Japanese ones ...