The Japanese government has approved its first basic plan outlining the direction of its policy on artificial intelligence ...

On Christmas Day in 2015, a 24-year-old woman in Japan took her own life after suffering from grueling long working hours at ...

The mayor of this west Japan city has expressed his opposition to the Mie Prefectural Government's move to consider ...

Japan's Defense Ministry said Friday it has disciplined 11 Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel with suspensions or pay cuts ...

About 110 Yakushima monkeys live at the Japan Monkey Centre in the city of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture. In winter, the monkeys ...

The Japanese government pledged Friday to compile measures by next summer to secure imports of essential items, including ...

A telecom tower on a building in northeastern Japan that was damaged in a recent quake, triggering an evacuation order, was r ...

Toshinao Nakagawa, a former House of Representatives member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has joined the Sanseito ...

The Faculty of Science at Kyoto University will establish a scholarship fund to ease the first-year rent of women enrolling ...

A man found lying on a staircase of a multi-tenant building here was confirmed dead after being transported to hospital on ...

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani was among eight players named Friday in Samurai Japan's initial roster ...

On a Christmas Day when the war in Ukraine casts a shadow over Europe, concerns over immigration divide societies, and some ...