The number of foreign nationals residing in Japan reached a record high of over 3.5 million in the first of 2024, government ...

After the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) stated its support in June for the early introduction of a separate surname ...

Amid a spate of robberies in the Tokyo metropolitan area, there were also suspected related cases in Tochigi Prefecture and ...

Seven organizations in Hiroshima Prefecture for hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivors, held a joint press conference at ...

Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the upcoming Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo due to a lower ...

Track cyclist Kento Yamasaki won the men's keirin at the world championships Thursday, making him the first Japanese to win ...

Japan's biggest labor union decided Friday to demand pay hikes of 5 percent or more next spring, while setting a higher ...

Ohashi, whose retirement press conference coincided with her 29th birthday, swam her final race last month at the National ...

South Korean intelligence has found that North Korea has dispatched 12,000 troops including special operation forces to sup ...

In an effort to reduce food waste at restaurants while taking hygiene into consideration, Japan's health ministry released ...

Tokyo stocks eked out small gains Friday with banks bought on higher interest rates while concerns over political uncertainty ...

Kuigake poles are lined up at the terraced rice fields of the Owarabi district in the town of Yamanobe, Yamagata Prefecture.