For Japan to survive the age of its graying society and dwindling birth rate, it is essential to take steps to boost the ...

As of June 2024, a record 3.59 million foreign nationals lived in Japan, playing a vital role in society. During the year, ...

Not sending New Year's greeting cards is the most common option for people in Japan to cut spending during this year-end and ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a Cabinet meeting at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024. (Mainichi) TOKYO ...

Japan's nominal gross domestic product (GDP) per capita reached $33,849 in dollar volume in 2023, behind South Korea and ...

A pro-Pyongyang school for Korean students in this western Japan city has succeeded in raising funds for a new water pump ...

South Korea's parliament voted on Friday to pass an impeachment motion against Acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck ...

Four countries, including Iran and South Africa, have decided to withdraw from the World Expo scheduled for next year in ...

KUMAMOTO (Kyodo) -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said Friday it has started mass production at its first factory in ...

Osamu Suzuki, the former charismatic head of Suzuki Motor Corp. who turned the Japanese minivehicle maker into a global ...

A man detained over a June knife attack in Suzhou near Shanghai, in which a Japanese family was injured and a Chinese bus ...

TOKYO -- Police forces across Japan have been instructed to strengthen their crackdowns on malicious "host clubs," where male ...