Under the revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act that came into effect in June 2024, foreign nationals can ...

Japanese telecom giant NTT Docomo Inc. will retire its set of original emoji whose release 26 years ago helped shape the ...

About 90% of LGBTQ and other sexual minority students in junior high and high schools in Japan faced harassment or other ...

The creation of the "Japan-EU Competitiveness Alliance" is expected to be announced at a regular summit meeting being ...

Artificial intelligence 's use in movie making is exploding. And a young film festival, now in its junior year, is showcasing ...

By Bill Emmott, independent writer, lecturer and international affairs consultant ...

An event aimed at helping middle-aged men take better pictures for dating apps was held in the Japanese capital May 31.

Japan's population decline is accelerating much faster than predicted by the government. The nation cannot afford to ignore ...

A Chinese tourist was slashed by a knife-wielding person on a street in Kyoto on Friday evening after the two men had an ...

By Damian Flanagan There is a curious historical footnote that tends to be forgotten about the Japanese imperial expansion of ...

The municipal government here announced on June 6 that it had received a donation of 20 kilograms of gold -- worth ...