Seven-year-olds accounted for the most pedestrian casualties in traffic accidents in the five years through 2024, the ...

Museum collections professor Ayumi Terada admitted being overwhelmed by the lack of diversity in an exhibition she organized ...

Ichi-byo Nijuyon-koma no Boku no Jinsei” (My life at 24 frames per second), an autobiographical manga by famed anime director Rintaro, won the Manga Grand Prix at the 29th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Young women across Japan are leaving their rural hometowns bound for Tokyo in search of improved job prospects.

The Vietnam, India and Brunei pavilions have officially opened at the Osaka Kansai Expo, more than two weeks later than those ...

The Bank of Japan slashed its growth projection for the country by half and kept interest rates unchanged as the economy ...

A woman’s research into the word “kizuna” (bonds) led to an extensive survey on how foreign technical intern trainees were ...

SINGAPORE—Singaporeans will vote Saturday in a general election that is set to return to power the city-state's long ruling ...

KYOTO—A decades-old underground water pipe ruptured in a central part of Kyoto, causing flooding and traffic congestion in ...

OSAKA--A man from Tokyo was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he deliberately drove his car into a group of ...

BOSTON--Tariffs weren’t on the agenda of this week’s Robotics Summit, where thousands of tech industry workers mingled with ...

Fewer Japanese believe their society is rooted in democracy compared with 10 years ago, a survey by The Asahi Shimbun shows.