Close to half of the service industry and other workers polled this year by a Japan labor union said they have experienced ...

Four men were arrested on June 5 for allegedly defrauding an elderly person with dementia out of cash by having her sign a ...

Recently graduated college basketball standout Keisei Tominaga said Thursday he is focused on playing for Japan at this ...

Five major Japanese automakers including industry leader Toyota Motor Corp. have been caught in an expanding scandal over ...

Many leaders are more interested in power than helping end conflict, UN humanitarian chief says ...

TOKYO (AP) -- Called "Tokyo Futari Story," the metropolitan government's new initiative is just that: An effort to create ...

Japan's House of Representatives on Thursday cleared a bill proposed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to reform rules ...

Tokyo stocks bounced back on Thursday as semiconductor-related shares got a boost from a surge in the market value of U.S.

Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. on Thursday paused production of a total of five vehicle models after the transport ...

SINGAPORE (Kyodo) -- The United States and 13 other countries participating in an economic initiative for the Indo-Pacific ...

A Kumamoto Municipal Government committee is asking the national government to establish laws to ensure that infants left ...

A South Korean activists' group said Thursday it flew large balloons carrying propaganda leaflets toward North Korea, altho ...