A food bank launched in April by students at Niigata University distributed foodstuffs to struggling fellow students for the ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about women freezing their egg cells in preparation for ...

That's the marketing message of Sanseito, a new right-wing populist party in Japan known for its stance against immigrants ...

For decades, Japan's defense spending remained around 1% of GDP. Just two and a half years ago, at the end of 2022, the ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will introduce a new overnight limited express train set to run between the Tokyo ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday equated the American military's weekend airstrikes on Iran's key nuclear facilities ...

Hokkaido University's chemistry department has permitted several associate professors -- who had previously complained of ...

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) secured its lowest number of seats ever in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election on ...

The number of mental disorder cases recognized as work-related in Japan rose by 172 in fiscal 2024 to 1,055, marking a record ...

Japan's chief negotiator on Thursday set off for another round of tariff negotiations with the United States, reiterating ...

A new film tells the true story of two Japanese soldiers in World War II. The soldiers lived for two years on top of a very ...

Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) decided June 26 that it will require dealers buying items like electric cables and air ...