The criteria for foreign nationals seeking citizenship will be brought to the level required for permanent residency.

A 21-year-old female employee of a Pokemon store in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district was fatally stabbed Thursday night by her ...

All athletes wanting to qualify or take part in female category events from the LA2028 Olympics onwards will have ‌to undergo ...

The former will be granted “comprehensive coordination authority” to consolidate intelligence currently dispersed across ...

The plan has attracted vitriol due to its name and the fact that it burdens single-person households, which are now the most ...

After four years, the extensive history museum reopens with new large-scale models, digital screens and some finer tune-ups.

The announcement highlights a murky outlook for the venture, as the U.S. revamps missions with commercial and international ...

Benefits, discounts and freebies can increase compensation without triggering a big tax hit for employees and employers.

Foreign residents in Japan holding the country's specified skilled worker status totaled a record 390,296 at the end of 2025, ...

With a range of 1,600 kilometers, the weapons will allow the vessels to put targets deep inside China and North Korea within ...

Hmong villagers zip through forested slopes and cut through brush with machetes while others scan for smoke on live feeds ...

Arctic sea ice reached its lowest level ever recorded, statistically tying last year's record, a leading U.S. climate observatory for this geopolitically significant region said on Thursday. The ice ...