Each week, the weekly magazine Shukan Jitsuwa (Nov 28) serves up a potpourri of newsy tidbits titled "News Scramble." ...

Russia said on Wednesday that if the United States stationed missiles in Japan, this would threaten Russian security and ...

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Passers-by stop and stare at the ramshackle, hand-built concrete tower that looks like it has been lifted right out of a ...

In this article, I share my personal experiences navigating Japan’s age obsession as a hafu woman in her late 20s. For ...

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Makoto Iwahashi, a counselor at Posse, a Tokyo-based NPO that supports foreign workers. He says there have recently been cases such as employees being forced to work in high places without lifelines ...

Eddie Jones has urged Japan to keep faith in him despite lackluster results that have included several heavy defeats since he returned as head coach almost a year ago. Japan have won four games and ...

A fire broke out Wednesday in the Tokyo apartment building where Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives with her family, and two unidentified bodies have been found at the scene, ...

In April, a Lawson convenience store in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, made news around Japan after ...