TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told reporters on Oct. 3 that he must "sincerely accept" the fact that approval ...

The parents of a Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) member who killed himself in 2015 due to harassment by an instructor have ...

A wage hike alone is not enough to secure workers for Japan's education system. Further strategies to lower their workloads ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Friday approved a draft ordinance to prevent customers from abusing workers in a first for ...

The governor of Ibaraki Prefecture stressed the need to discuss the impact of prefectural high schools' numbered names on Oct ...

A crane game called "grape catcher" is gaining attention at a tourist farm in the city of Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture. The ...

The transport ministry said it will check Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan for unexploded bombs from World War II after ...

Tokyo stocks ended higher Friday as energy-related shares were boosted by surging oil prices, but advances were limited amid ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday promised to restore trust in politics following a series of scandals and tried to ...

An Italian family hopes to prove definitively that a painting discarded from a villa on the island of Capri more than 60 ...

Google is injecting its search engine with more artificial intelligence that will enable people to voice questions about ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons and destroy South Korea permanently if provoked, state me ...