The parents of a boy ostracized at an elementary school in Aichi Prefecture say the school's inadequate response to bullying ...

The former mayor of the eastern Japanese city of Maebashi was reelected on Monday after she resigned over repeated visits to ...

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is planning to skip the award ceremony for the winning sumo wrestler at the New Year's ...

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A company here called Link Co. is working to stop people from throwing trash in rice fields. People on social media are angry ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung are expected to agree Tuesday on further ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is planning to visit South Korea later this week and hopes to meet with President Lee ...

Japan's current account surplus in November rose 10.0 percent from a year earlier to 3.67 trillion yen ($23.2 billion), ...

A survey has revealed a tendency in Japan among working-age people to value the freedom of being alone, even if it comes with ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will host South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in her hometown on Tuesday, in a summit ...

Finance ministers from the Group of Seven countries agreed Monday to hastily reduce their countries' overreliance on China ...