Japan's immigration agency said Tuesday that the number of foreigners working under the Specified Skilled Worker visa reached ...

The Tokyo High Court on Sept. 29 ordered the government to pay 200,000 yen (about $1,350) in damages to a prison inmate who ...

The national census, conducted every five years, is underway in Japan. It provides crucial data for understanding the country ...

Former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami has resigned as chief of a major business body, the group said Tuesday, ...

A Bank of Japan board member said at its policy meeting earlier this month that the central bank may return to raising ...

Former opposition party lawmaker Akira Ishii was indicted without arrest Tuesday by Tokyo prosecutors on suspicion of ...

The mayor of this central Japan city revealed Sept. 29 that, at her suggestion, it has set guidelines requiring its mayors to ...

The private North Safari Sapporo, established in this northern Japan city's Minami Ward without permission in an urbanization ...

Repeated sightings of brown bears near a residential area in this northern Japan city's Minami Ward have prompted city ...

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Japan has been making "significant efforts" toward meeting the minimum standards required to eradicate ...

Tokyo stocks ended mixed Tuesday as investors grew cautious about a potential shutdown of the U.S. government, while bank ...

Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will travel to Busan on Tuesday to hold talks with South Korean President Lee ...