The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced on Oct. 19 that it had begun accepting ...

Moves to restrict private lodgings are emerging across Japan because of growing friction with local residents. Authorities ...

Japanese government officials said at an Oct. 19 expert panel meeting that it plans to expand the quota for foreign care ...

Convenience store sales in Japan rose 0.5 percent in September from a year earlier, marking the third straight month of ...

Japan's education ministry on Tuesday asked the University of Tokyo to review the selection process of its next president, ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday her government will not extend a cut in consumption tax on food and beverages ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- East Japan Railway Co. on Tuesday launched a new digital payment service called "teppay" as the train ...

President Donald Trump is hoping that $5,000 checks can juice Republican turnout in November's midterm elections -- but even ...

Japan's government proposed reopening admissions for foreign institutional meal service cooks by shifting them to the food ...

OSAKA -- A man in his 60s was seriously injured in a stabbing on a street in Osaka on Oct. 20, authorities said. An emergency ...

The temple has a legend about a cat that remained loyal to its master. Nagai Motofusa, a retainer of Mori Terumoto (1553-1625 ...

The U.S. State Department said Monday it "condemns" Russia's recent detention of a Japanese journalist in its Far East on ...