The number of foreign residents in Japan has reached a record high of more than 3.7 million. The Immigration Services Agency says there were around 3,769,000 foreign residents in the country as of the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is being criticized for distributing gift certificates to 15 first-year lawmakers in ...

Two Japanese tourists were detained in China for two weeks for taking inappropriate photos at the Great Wall, with a man ...

Makoto Watanabe quit a major newspaper after it retracted a scoop. Now he runs an investigative nonprofit that does not shy away from challenging authority.

As the number of users is unlikely to recover from a prolonged decline, JR Hokkaido has decided to close the station.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba apologised on Friday for giving gift certificates to some ruling party lawmakers, a ...

Japan’s inflation is rising, wages are increasing, and interest rates are up for the first time in decades. Businesses and ...

Common-law marriage refers to a relationship in which couples have not filed for marriage at government offices but are ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a ...

Nissan Motor Corp. recently showcased its driverless technology on city streets in Yokohama. The vehicle uses 14 cameras, ...