Around 65 percent of companies in Japan employ foreign workers to resolve labor shortages, a government survey showed ...

In today's society, science wields profound influence over nearly every aspect of life. For that reason, the growing mistrust ...

A 24-year-old Vietnamese technical intern trainee was arrested on the spot in Yuki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 25 for ...

TOKYO -- Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart Co. on Dec. 25 unveiled new discount labels for its "onigiri" rice balls ...

Public prosecutors on Dec. 25 indicted without arrest a former judge and a former Tokyo Stock Exchange employee for alleged ...

Nippon Steel Corp. said Thursday it will delay the deadline for its planned acquisition of United States Steel Corp. to March ...

Terumi Tanaka, one of representatives of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A ...

Tokyo stocks rose Thursday led by export-related automakers on a weaker yen, while retailers were boosted by hopes for more ...

A passenger believed to be in his 60s, who walked along the railroad tracks and went missing after a train on the Hokuriku ...

According to the operator, Matsuyama-based Iyotetsu Group Co., this is the first regular service in the country for a route ...

Clashes between Islamists who took over Syria and supporters of ousted President Bashar Assad's government killed six Islamic ...

A man arrested in connection with the Dec. 14 stabbing of two students at a McDonald's restaurant in this southwestern Japan ...