Just 16% of respondents to a weekend poll conducted by the Mainichi Shimbun said they want to go to see the 2025 World Expo, ...

Tokyo stocks were slightly higher Monday morning, as investors were heartened by better-than-expected Japanese gross domestic ...

Japan's economy grew an annualized real 2.8 percent in the October-December period of 2024, marking the third straight ...

Mysteries still shroud a tragedy 80 years ago in which many civilian passengers died in U.S. military attacks on running ...

A starting salary at least 250,000 yen (about $1,650) is the most common figure sought by undergraduate students, who cite ...

Akihiro Arimoto, the father of a Japanese woman abducted by North Korea in 1983, has died aged 96 without seeing his daughter ...

The municipal government here is set to establish a subsidy to cover commuting costs for 12-15-year-old students from ...

At least 176 cases of physical assault, sexual harassment and other forms of misconduct were reported in workplaces at fire ...

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Miyabi Kuroiwa, from Nagoya, central Japan, was 26 when she was diagnosed with stage-4 breast cancer.

Tokyo stocks were higher early Monday as technology shares tracked gains by their U.S. counterparts late last week, but ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday signaled that he was moving ahead with U.S. President Donald Trump's ...

The families and supporters of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago reaffirmed Sunday their opposition to ...