A same-sex couple in Japan whose 2-year-old daughter can't obtain Japanese citizenship even though she was born in the ...

Wildfires in two western Japan prefectures spread Monday despite firefighting efforts through the night, with local govern ...

Multiple computer system errors were reported surrounding the new My Number identification card integrated with driver's ...

Three major Japanese airports will introduce new electronic stands from April to streamline immigration and customs checks, ...

Iwao Hakamata, 89, who was acquitted in a retrial over the 1966 murder of a family of four in central Japan, has been awarded ...

In an era of increasing global uncertainty, Japan, China and South Korea should enhance their cooperation to contribute to ...

A Japanese court on Tuesday ordered that the Unification Church be dissolved, following a request from the central government ...

The number of child abuse reports Japan's child welfare centers responded to reached a record-high 225,509 in fiscal 2023, ...

Tokyo stocks climbed Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump indicated the possibility of excluding some countries from his ...

Two junior high schoolers here were told the wrong pass-fail results for high school entrance exams, the local education ...

The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani who was supposed to begin his nearly five-year prison term on Monday, ...

During a White House event, Trump said without further elaboration that he will likely unveil new tariffs on automobiles ...