TOKYO -- The economic impact of cats -- referred to in Japan as "nekonomics" or "catnomics" -- including the cost of keeping ...

Japan's top court denied Thursday a long-term residency visa to an American man who married his same-sex Japanese partner in ...

The Australian victim of a 2002 rape by a U.S. serviceman in Japan on Feb. 20 met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff to ...

An Indonesian man will be the first to take advantage of Japan extending the scope of its specified skilled worker visa to e ...

A project to open a Starbucks cafe in the parking lot of a park in the Saitama Prefecture city of Gyoda has been suspended ...

The first international boarding school in Akita Prefecture will open here September, and the local government is pinning its ...

Japanese star pitcher Roki Sasaki said Friday he is now married, surprising his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates ahead of hi ...

Japanese public support for the death penalty has exceeded 80% for the fifth consecutive time in a poll conducted by the ...

The 20th edition of an annual ceremony to assert Japan's claim over a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Ja ...

A Yuya Osako brace was not enough as two-time reigning champions Vissel Kobe were held to a 2-2 draw at Nagoya Grampus on Sat ...

The Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu faces the likely prospect of becoming the first country in the world to be uninhabitable ...

Tours to North Korea via China are set to resume next week after a five-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according ...