While the FIFA ワールドカップ ( wārudo kappu, World Cup) concludes next weekend, Japanese high school students are gearing up for ...

Japan called for increasing the overall catch quota for large bluefin tuna in the western and central Pacific to 14,836 tons ...

Although firefighters arrived within minutes, a combination of factors proved deadly for many of the people trapped inside ...

The police called for prosecutors to indict the man on charges of gross negligence resulting in an accidental fire.

The State Department said on Monday it was considering travel bans and revoking visas for ICC officials as well as additional ...

Fifteen percent of hospital doctors in Japan work over 960 hours of overtime per year, a health ministry survey has shown, ...

The plaintiffs had argued the risks related to the stability of the nuclear plant’s foundations were underestimated and that ...

Japan has “consistently supported the ICC” from the standpoint of upholding the rule of law, the top government spokesperson ...

The three companies are suspected of having prearranged winners in bids for refrigeration equipment contracts held every few ...

Latest polls from NHK and JNN show support declining just 1 and 5.9 percentage points, respectively, compared to polls from ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has reinstated a blockade of Iranian ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and demanded a 20% ...

The latest Finance Ministry data showed that remittances increased by 11.5% from the previous year to ¥1.004 trillion, double ...