Lacking support from voters and the opposition bloc, the government and ruling coalition parties have abandoned plans to ...

SHANGHAI--A Chinese man who stabbed to death a Chinese female bus attendant and injured a Japanese mother and her child at a ...

The new U.S. ambassador to Japan arrived in Tokyo on Friday and said he is optimistic that his country and its key Asian ally ...

A record number of pupils and students died by suicide in 2024 while the total number of suicides decreased to the ...

A cherry blossom viewing party held here on March 30 was not a typical “hanami” event, given its theme of “avoiding death.” ...

Japan’s Fair Trade Commission will soon issue warnings to 15 luxury hotels in Tokyo over their cartel-like behavior that ...

The United States and Japan need to work together to align their defense forces in the face of an increasingly assertive ...

KYOTO—Researchers have safely transplanted nerve cells generated from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells into the brains of ...

Although more female civil servants occupy senior positions in major Japanese cities, around 60 percent of them are assigned ...

Japan does not manipulate the currency market to weaken the yen, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato told parliament on Friday, countering accusations from U.S. President Donald Trump that Japan ...

HAMAMATSU—Actress Ryoko Hirosue, who is accused of injuring a nurse by kicking and scratching her at a hospital, was released ...

The humble rice ball, eaten in Japan for thousands of years, is seemingly more popular now than ever, with specialty ...