Kyoto has become so congested with tourists that organizers of school trips are opting to stay away from the ancient capital.

The government plans to require a minimum employment period of two years in certain industries before foreign workers can ...

The Tower Records Shibuya store in central Tokyo continues to defy the odds, thriving at a time when more consumers are ...

Despite repeated government clarifications, the uproar caused by misinformation about Japan’s immigration policy continues to ...

Scientists have discovered what’s thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia dating back up to ...

Spiders give some folks the heebie-jeebies, but web-weaving arachnids produce a unique, versatile material that could be the ...

Two-thirds of villages, towns, cities and wards across Japan have experienced serious natural disasters that warranted ...

Japan is finalizing plans not to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state for the time being, following the lead of the ...

Japanese students are increasingly heading to Taiwan to study, thanks to expectations of extensive language education, ...

YANGON—The latest coaching gig of retired Japanese footballer Hisashi Kurosaki puts him in a place surrounded by civil war, ...

A joint team of researchers from Kyoto University and other institutions has partially uncovered why periodical cicadas ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrested a security screener at Haneda Airport on suspicion of stealing cash from a ...