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

A Japanese court on Friday sentenced former Olympus Corp. CEO Stefan Kaufmann to 10 months in prison, suspended for three ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aviation experts said Thursday that Russian air defense fire was likely responsible for the Azerbaijani plane crash the day ...

Japanese megabank MUFG Bank said Thursday that its internet banking service has been unstable, indicating that it may have ...

A Japan visit by China's top diplomat Wang Yi in February has been studied by the two governments, several diplomatic sources ...

SHANGHAI (Kyodo) -- A man detained over a June knife attack in Suzhou near Shanghai, in which a Japanese family was injured ...