The government intends to legalize the use of birth surnames for individuals who changed their name when getting married, ...

Japanese companies, including U.S. subsidiaries of Toyota Tsusho Corp., Sumitomo Chemical Co. and Ricoh Co. have filed a ...

The man charged with fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday during the trial that he thought ...

A quadrupedal robot by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. will hit the market as early as 2035, the firm announced Wednesday.

Health insurance certificates, which people have shown at hospitals and pharmacy counters, are now all considered to have ...

The health ministry was expected to propose Thursday that standard childbirth costs be covered entirely by public health ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education began full-fledged discussions to increase the number of metropolitan high schools ...

The traditional Turkish military band Mehter visited the Osu shopping street in Nagoya’s Naka Ward in mid-November to play ...

Nairobi dog lovers showed off their four-legged friends in an array of quirky, colorful outfits on Nov. 9 as the Kenyan ...

Vivid projections of images of Nio guardian deities and dragons are seen at Sensoji temple in Taito Ward, Tokyo, on Tuesday ...

More Japanese universities and graduate schools are offering programs taught in English. The objective is to open doors for ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Wednesday, as tech stocks tracked Wall Street’s overnight gains on growing prospects of ...