In September, Seven-Eleven Japan Co., the largest convenience store chain in Japan, decided to release to the public its ...

President Joe Biden arrived Thursday in Peru to start his six-day visit to Latin America for the final major international ...

About one month has passed since Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth on Oct. 13 and showed us its ...

YAMAGUCHI -- A bodybuilding contest was held onboard a "Muscle Train" on the JR Sanin Line in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Nov. 10 ...

Children from financially struggling families are more likely to feel that school is not fun, a survey of some 6,000 parents ...

Japan ranked a record low 92nd in the 2024 English proficiency ranking of 116 countries and regions where English is not the ...

Last month, the Tokyo High Court ruled that Japanese law, which does not recognize same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional.

Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday, lifted by rises in exporter shares on a weaker yen and financial issues on prospects for improved ...

TOKYO -- A traditional Japanese "Bon dance" festival was recently held here, but what wasn't traditional was that it featured ...

Temporary release allows individuals who have been ordered deported from Japan, including refugee claimants, to be ...

The government is considering offering one-time support payments of 30,000 yen ($194) to low-income households exempt from ...

Olympic women's javelin champion Haruka Kitaguchi said Thursday she is coming into the peak years of her career and has a recipe for ...