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

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

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

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

The 18-member East Asia Summit that began in Malaysia on Friday is expected to express concerns over rising global trade ...

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

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

Water suddenly gushed from a manhole on a street in Yokohama's Kohoku Ward around 7:30 p.m. on July 10, apparently due to ...

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

A couple in Tokyo have been arrested for allegedly selling pirated discs featuring performances by Japanese pop band Mrs.

Kumano Taisha Shrine in the city of Nanyo, Yamagata Prefecture, is one of the famous shrines in Japan. Here, the ...

The Japanese and Chinese governments are making arrangements to bring into effect soon a pact that would pave the way for the ...