A study group in Hyogo Prefecture is calling for equal educational opportunities for children of foreign roots as their lack ...

Panicking, the woman withdrew her savings and used it to buy a 1.3-kilogram gold bar then worth about 17.7 million yen ...

Many couples in Japan are giving up on having their ideal number of children, including those who are hesitant to have ...

A woman who was given only two weeks to live by her doctor managed to fulfill her dreams before she passed away this summer ...

Maria Rodrigues, a Tokyo-based costume maker, was one of several Brazilian performers who joined Tokyo's Asakusa Samba ...

Midseason arrival Tolgay Arslan netted twice before halftime as Sanfrecce Hiroshima moved back to the top of the J-League ...

Takayuki Kato won a complete-game pitchers' duel against fellow lefty Hiroya Miyagi as the Nippon Ham Fighters staved off ...

Japan will take measures as early as October to enable foreign trainees to transfer jobs more easily, as the number of those ...

If you're trying to lose weight and want a new way to do it, stair-climbing as a regular exercise -- or just adding a few ...

A trailblazer of the modern jazz club scene in Japan marked its 50th anniversary last month, celebrating a rich history of ...

The inhumane treatment of inmates who have been sentenced to death has come under increased scrutiny in Japan, with legal ...

Japan has told China that a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer that sailed into Chinese territorial waters in July despite ...