Mobile carrier KDDI Corp. will acquire a 50-percent stake in Lawson Inc. for nearly 500 billion yen ($3.37 billion) to help ...

Increasing arrests for theft and other crimes among Vietnamese technical intern trainees who come to Japan for a better life ...

No action has been taken to strengthen around 10,000 bridges across the country that were identified as needing repairs or ...

A bus carrying high school tennis club members crashed into a roadside guardrail and other structures in Fukushima Prefecture on the morning of May 6, killing one student and severely injuring several ...

OSAKA--As Universal Studios Japan in this western metropolis celebrates its 25th anniversary, a current limited-time event ...

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Storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel from power plants are approaching full capacity across Japan, as the government’s ...

Infinity Castle” film trilogy concluded its official theatrical run in Japan on April 9, leaving behind numerous box office ...

FIFA, the international soccer governing body, is trying to deal with a persistent and ugly issue as it nears the home ...

Nearly 20 percent of dietary supplement users are taking the substances in excess of the recommended doses and potentially ...

SAITAMA—Saitama University in the city’s Sakura Ward became Japan’s first university to introduce a diversity studies program ...

The “Dadachamame,” a specialty product of this northeastern city, is a line of “edamame” soybeans that are eaten green and ...