Some 83% of Japanese companies in a recent Mainichi Shimbun survey say they strongly or moderately agree that diversity, ...

A special exhibit is being held at the FIFA Museum in Zurich to mark 44 years since the smash-hit Japanese football manga ...

Starting pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano made an early exit from his Major League Baseball debut for the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday, ...

Japan's parliament on Monday enacted a state budget for the next fiscal year after a rare upper house revision reflecting ...

TOKYO -- A social welfare corporation based in the capital's Sumida Ward announced on March 31 the launch of a "baby hatch" ...

TOKYO -- Protesters took to the streets of Shibuya March 30, recognized as Palestine's "Land Day," calling for an end to ...

As Japan marks the 100th anniversary of broadcasting in the country this year, the raison d'etre of this means of ...

Two junior high school students from Japan on March 29 completed a roughly 1,000-kilometer cycling journey around Taiwan over ...

The annex of the Osaka Prefectural Government office has been vandalized with English letters reportedly condemning Israel ...

A third-party panel investigating a scandal involving well-known former TV host Masahiro Nakai and its handling by Fuji ...

Cherry blossoms are in full bloom in the heart of the Japanese capital, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)'s Tokyo ...

Japan will bar foreigners from acquiring farmland if their visas are set to expire soon, in a bid to prevent misuse of such ...