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 ...

Museum collections professor Ayumi Terada admitted being overwhelmed by the lack of diversity in an exhibition she organized ...

Seven-year-olds accounted for the most pedestrian casualties in traffic accidents in the five years through 2024, the ...

AKITA—An elderly man died on May 2 after being found collapsed on the ground near a broken blade from a wind turbine here, ...

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 ...

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

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

SINGAPORE—Singaporeans will vote Saturday in a general election that is set to return to power the city-state's long ruling ...

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

Fewer Japanese believe their society is rooted in democracy compared with 10 years ago, a survey by The Asahi Shimbun shows.