It has been less than a year since the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito fell to a minority government in the House ...

Social media posts falsely claiming that foreign residents account for one-third of households on welfare in Japan have been ...

Shinkansen bullet train services in and around Tokyo were temporarily halted Thursday evening due to a torrential downpour, ...

Tomoyuki Sugano tossed six innings of three-run ball and Jordan Westburg drove in three runs for the Baltimore Orioles ...

In the wake of the revelation that a group of teachers shared secretly filmed images of children via a social media group ...

An art museum in this west Japan city that houses about 6,000 ukiyo-e prints and two national treasures has appointed 10 ...

Japan has seen a disturbing rise in nationwide child abuse cases over the past three decades and the problem is getting worse ...

Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested at least five people in connection with cases of Vietnamese technical intern trainees ...

The ride "Illumination's Villain-Con Minion Blast" features characters from the animated movie series "Despicable Me" and ...

Tokyo stocks ended mixed Friday, as buying of exporter shares on a weaker yen was offset by a tumble of market heavyweight ...

A total of 550 junior high and high school students in Japan were found to have taken voyeuristic photos or videos of others ...

The top uniformed officers of South Korea, the United States and Japan reaffirmed defense cooperation to address the growing ...