A trailblazer of the modern jazz club scene in Japan marked its 50th anniversary last month, celebrating a rich history of ...

The inhumane treatment of inmates who have been sentenced to death has come under increased scrutiny in Japan, with legal ...

A study group in Hyogo Prefecture is calling for equal educational opportunities for children of foreign roots as their lack ...

Japan will take measures as early as October to enable foreign trainees to transfer jobs more easily, as the number of those ...

Heavy rain continued on Sunday in Noto in Ishikawa Prefecture along the Sea of Japan, a region devastated by a magnitude-7.6 ...

A major Ukrainian drone attack set multiple Russian arms depots ablaze, destroying what Ukraine's General Staff said were ...

Panicking, the woman withdrew her savings and used it to buy a 1.3-kilogram gold bar then worth about 17.7 million yen ...

The effort to save the pale blue dot called Earth is all about the green -- that is, the money to finance a transition to ...

If you're trying to lose weight and want a new way to do it, stair-climbing as a regular exercise -- or just adding a few ...

A baby American beaver was recently born at Nasu Animal Kingdom here in a first at the facility. The parents and their young ...

One person was killed and 10 remained unaccounted for Saturday after heavy rainfall in Noto, a central Japan region that was ...

Many couples in Japan are giving up on having their ideal number of children, including those who are hesitant to have ...