In September, Seven-Eleven Japan Co., the largest convenience store chain in Japan, decided to release to the public its ...

About one month has passed since Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth on Oct. 13 and showed us its ...

Last month, the Tokyo High Court ruled that Japanese law, which does not recognize same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional.

Japan ranked a record low 92nd in the 2024 English proficiency ranking of 116 countries and regions where English is not the ...

YAMAGUCHI -- A bodybuilding contest was held onboard a "Muscle Train" on the JR Sanin Line in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Nov. 10 ...

Children from financially struggling families are more likely to feel that school is not fun, a survey of some 6,000 parents ...

Temporary release allows individuals who have been ordered deported from Japan, including refugee claimants, to be ...

TOKYO -- A traditional Japanese "Bon dance" festival was recently held here, but what wasn't traditional was that it featured ...

The government is considering offering one-time support payments of 30,000 yen ($194) to low-income households exempt from ...

Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus said Wednesday that world leaders shouldn't be negotiating at United Nations clima ...

With a vision of developing the next big thing in the mold of their star alumnus Shohei Ohtani, the Nippon Ham Fighters ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba embarked Thursday on his first trip to South America since taking ...