Japan's decision to make high school tuition virtually free, even for private institutions, is raising alarm among educators ...

A Japanese diplomat is creating abstract art using sand from Israel and the Palestinian territories as symbols of prayers for ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit off small islands in southwestern Japan on Thursday, after over 1,000 ...

Diplomat and abstract sand artist Takashi Hattori and his work titled ...

July 3, marks the official start of campaigning for the House of Councillors election. Can the sense of stagnation in ...

The Japanese government has informed the United States that its chief negotiator intends to conduct an eighth round of ...

The Japanese women's national basketball team made too many mistakes but "learned a lot" from Thursday's 65-65 tie with ...

Major Japanese beef bowl chain Yoshinoya Co. will introduce its first-ever noodle menu item in its 125-year history, at all ...

The man's name is Yusuke Furusawa. He is 49 years old. He works building sets for TV shows. After work, he goes alone to ...

HONG KONG (Kyodo) -- Kyoto-based academic German Cheung adopted a "better safe than sorry" approach to the prospect of an ...

Official campaigning began in Japan on Thursday for the July 20 House of Councillors election, a crucial test for Prime ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.4 struck a small island in southwestern Japan on Thursday, the latest temblor ...