A woman’s research into the word “kizuna” (bonds) led to an extensive survey on how foreign technical intern trainees were ...

YOKKAICHI, Mie Prefecture--With the rallying cry of “Open sesame,” Japan could do with Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves right now. The fact is that Japan relies almost entirely on imports to ...

Fewer Japanese believe their society is rooted in democracy compared with 10 years ago, a survey by The Asahi Shimbun shows.

SINGAPORE—Singaporeans will vote Saturday in a general election that is set to return to power the city-state's long ruling ...

Young women across Japan are leaving their rural hometowns bound for Tokyo in search of improved job prospects.

Japan, Britain and Italy are almost ready to bring Saud Arabia on board in the development of a next-generation fighter ...

BOSTON--Tariffs weren’t on the agenda of this week’s Robotics Summit, where thousands of tech industry workers mingled with ...

NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia--Japanese ballet dancer Kohei Fukuda has been in an ambivalent position since Russia invaded Ukraine in ...

The Vietnam, India and Brunei pavilions have officially opened at the Osaka Kansai Expo, more than two weeks later than those ...

OSAKA--A man from Tokyo was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he deliberately drove his car into a group of ...

The town of Futaba, cohost to the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, was entirely evacuated after the Great East ...

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fell by 4% to a record low in the fiscal year ended March 2024, government data showed on ...