A special session of the Diet has come to a close, laying bare a critical situation facing the Japanese legislature. Prime ...

The government plans to raise the bar for granting permanent residency to foreigners by requiring incomes higher than the ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Keigo Higashino, a hugely popular Japanese author known for his numerous mystery novels including "The ...

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Visitors are flocking to Futamigaura beach in this southwestern Japan city, as the summer season reaches its peak, drawn by ...

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on July 27 reiterated that she neither approved nor knew about a cryptocurrency bearing ...

A Japanese court on Monday ordered the central government and Kumamoto Prefecture to pay damages totaling 23 million yen ...

The Omotesando approach to Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, bustled with customers from early in the ...

Japan's former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori revealed Sunday that his declining motivation due to mounting injuries lay behind ...

KITAKYUSHU -- A manga based on the firsthand account of a former member of the "Nadeshiko unit," consisting of schoolgirls ...

The Russia-Ukraine war has transformed drones into defining weapons of modern warfare, prompting Japan to rethink defense ...

A total of 85.5% of local governments across Japan have not assessed demand for the adult guardianship system in their ...