It is absolutely unacceptable if the operator abused the employment support system for people with disabilities in order to gain profits unfairly. The central and municipal governments that allowed ...

Russia is ready to hold a foreign ministers’ meeting with Japan in July if Tokyo is interested, according to Muneo Suzuki, a Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Councillors.

Many fans lined up in front of a statue of Luffy, the pirate protagonist of the popular manga “One Piece,” in Kumamoto city on Tuesday, May 5, a date which marks both Luffy’s birthday and the national ...

It has been nearly 40 years since the former Japanese National Railways was split up and privatized in 1987. The issue of restructuring Hokkaido Railway Co., which was expected to face financial ...

Gold medal-winning ice-skating duo Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara gave their first performance on the ice since announcing their retirement as competive skaters, at a figure skating event that kicked ...

With Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s former commander in chief, assuming the presidency, the country’s military regime has solidified its grip on power.

A Japan-linked vessel that had been stranded in the Persian Gulf due to the de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has passed through the waterway and is now sailing toward Japan, the Foreign ...

Yoshihiro Murata, the third-generation chef/owner of the Kyoto ryotei restaurant Kikunoi, is a focus of admiration from the ...

Islamic militants and separatists said they attacked several locations in Mali ‘s capital, Bamako, and other cities on Saturday in one of the largest coordinated attacks in the West African country in ...

The government plans to support universities in 17 strategic fields under a soon-to-be finalized reform plan for human ...