The Immigration Services Agency from Feb. 1 will end its practice of informing lawyers that their foreign clients will be deported within two months, a move criticized as a possible human rights ...

When the cold reaches its harshest depth, the story “Niban Senji” (the second brew)—a classic piece from "rakugo," the ...

The Osaka gathering was thanks to the “Adult Women’s Dormitory Project,” a group working to build just that for middle-aged ...

When I was a teenager, I decided one day to find out what I wanted to do, rather than fret about what I could become.

BEIJING--China’s main space contractor vowed to develop space tourism in the next five years, state media ⁠reported on ...

The ruling coalition aims to restore Japanese military ranks used in World War II for members of the Self-Defense Forces, a ...

Department stores are aiming to ease the shock of heartbreak-inducing prices as they enter the peak sales period for ...

Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after the S&P 500 ticked to a record, as the U.S. dollar’s value slid further.

Tokyo police arrested a man in connection with a Japanese blog that is part of an international investigation into child ...

Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) is campaigning on a strongly hawkish and conservative platform for the Feb. 8 Lower ...

BANGKOK--China executed 11 members of a Myanmar-based family crime syndicate that killed 14 Chinese citizens and ran scam and gambling operations worth more than $1 billion, authorities said.

Longtime Canon Inc. President Fujio Mitarai will step down from his post at the age of 90, but he has no plans to retire for ...