A woman’s research into the word “kizuna” (bonds) led to an extensive survey on how foreign technical intern trainees were ...

NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia--Japanese ballet dancer Kohei Fukuda has been in an ambivalent position since Russia invaded Ukraine in ...

Young women across Japan are leaving their rural hometowns bound for Tokyo in search of improved job prospects.

TAIPEI--President Lai Ching-te will next week mark for the first time in Taiwan the end of World War II in Europe and ...

BOSTON--Tariffs weren’t on the agenda of this week’s Robotics Summit, where thousands of tech industry workers mingled with ...

OSAKA--A man from Tokyo was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he deliberately drove his car into a group of ...

KYOTO—A decades-old underground water pipe ruptured in a central part of Kyoto, causing flooding and traffic congestion in ...

A majority of respondents in an annual nationwide poll continue to support constitutional revision, while a record-low ...

The Vietnam, India and Brunei pavilions have officially opened at the Osaka Kansai Expo, more than two weeks later than those ...

OSAKA--A man suspected of attempting to murder schoolchildren showed no signs of braking or slowing down when the vehicle he ...

Firefighters on May 2 found a body believed to be the driver of a 2-ton truck that plunged into a sinkhole at an intersection ...

The Bank of Japan slashed its growth projection for the country by half and kept interest rates unchanged as the economy ...