TOKYO -- An organization in Saitama Prefecture has drawn criticism for holding "junior survival school" events featuring ...

Japan's leading shogi organization on Friday picked the first female chief in its 101-year history as part of efforts to ...

Father's Day, which falls on June 15 this year in Japan, is approaching. However, an increasing number of day care centers ...

More than 60 companies in Japan are utilizing imperfect bananas, which would otherwise be discarded, to combat food waste.

Facing escalating public grievances over soaring rice prices and with a crucial national election looming this summer, Prime ...

Deliberations on bills separately submitted by three opposition parties over selective surnames for married couples are ...

The "low birth rate trap" is becoming an expression in Japan. This refers to the ageing of society due to low births over the ...

The family of a then 7-year-old boy who fatally choked on a quail egg served during lunch at a municipal school in the ...

Japan on Thursday began a review of its rice policy after soaring grain prices hit consumers, aiming to boost production and ...

Japan and the United States have yet to find common ground on tariff issues but still aim to strike a deal of some sort in ...

Japanese securities firms are donating the food and beverage gifts they receive as shareholder perks through their trading ...

Japan's latest Maritime Self-Defense Force frigate made a port call in Darwin, northern Australia, on Thursday for traini ...