The average cost of eating out for lunch for workers in three major metropolitan areas in Japan was 1,243 yen (roughly $8.50) ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Convenience stores, often referred to as "conbini" in Japan, have increasingly become a must-visit for ...

The education board chief for this central Japan city warned that dependence on smartphones would weaken parent-child ...

An intraparty group headed until recently by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will soon file a document with the government to ...

China justified the entry of its navy survey ship into Japan's territorial waters off its southwestern islands over the ...

Eri Nakaya, who is working towards the realization of same-sex marriage, is seen in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Aug. 8, 2024.

A 5-year-old boy and his 83-year-old great-grandfather were found collapsed in their house in a Kagawa Prefecture town on ...

Nine people got sick at a Hiroshima clinic on Monday morning after being exposed to fumes that emerged when a staff member ...

Just four in 10 resident foreigners in western Japan's Nara Prefecture understand letters and notices written in Japanese ...

The city of Yamaguchi in western Japan has been selected for the Swiss Tourism Awards, given to excellent tourist ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Shinkansen bullet trains between Tokyo and Hakata fully resumed operations Monday after nearly four days of ...

Japan's ruling party agreed Monday it will seek to specifically mention the name of the Self-Defense Forces in a revised ...