Japan's decision to make high school tuition virtually free, even for private institutions, is raising alarm among educators ...

Sohei Kamiya, leader of the populist minor opposition Sanseito party, has courted controversy ahead of Japan's House of ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit off small islands in southwestern Japan on Thursday, after over 1,000 ...

Titled "Oshikatsu -- Merch Collection Expo," the event, the only one of its kind in Japan, is showcasing K-pop "oshikatsu" ...

A lone North Korean crossed the inter-Korean military demarcation line into South Korea on Thursday night, the South's ...

A Japanese diplomat is creating abstract art using sand from Israel and the Palestinian territories as symbols of prayers for ...

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According to a recent survey in greater Tokyo, what are more people consuming as they reduce rice consumption amid high rice ...

TOKYO -- Two women acted quickly and saved a teenager who collapsed on a Tokyo train on May 8. On June 29, they were thanked ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's household spending rose a real 4.7 percent in May from a year earlier, government data showed Friday ...

A Michael Jackson impersonator in Osaka is using his popularity on social media to help address issues such as overcrowding ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration would likely begin sending letters informing some countries of their new ...