As of June 2024, a record 3.59 million foreign nationals lived in Japan, playing a vital role in society. During the year, ...

Around 65 percent of companies in Japan employ foreign workers to resolve labor shortages, a government survey showed ...

Japan's Defense Ministry said Friday that its major contractor Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. began fictitious transactions ...

South Korea's parliament voted on Friday to pass an impeachment motion against Acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck ...

TOKYO -- Police forces across Japan have been instructed to strengthen their crackdowns on malicious "host clubs," where male ...

A pro-Pyongyang school for Korean students in this western Japan city has succeeded in raising funds for a new water pump ...

Two third-year junior high school students here improperly accessed a teacher-only file from tablets distributed by the ...

Not sending New Year's greeting cards is the most common option for people in Japan to cut spending during this year-end and ...

A 78-year-old death inmate convicted of murdering her husband and two common-law partners with poison in western Japan more ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a Cabinet meeting at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024. (Mainichi) TOKYO ...

Japan's nominal gross domestic product (GDP) per capita reached $33,849 in dollar volume in 2023, behind South Korea and ...

For Japan to survive the age of its graying society and dwindling birth rate, it is essential to take steps to boost the ...