University admission exam prep school Nichigaku in the capital's Shinjuku Ward suddenly closed its doors just before Japan's ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday ruled out the possibility of forming a grand coalition with opposition parties for ...

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As Japan embraces increasingly diversifying family structures, there is a need to bring about a society where an individual's ...

Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture and Haneda Airport in Tokyo's Ota Ward rank among 12 hub airports awarded ...

A passenger on a bullet train that had stopped at Okayama Station on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line on Jan. 5 pushed an emergency ...

The earlier TV series won three awards at the 1981 Golden Globes -- best drama, best actress and best actor. The latest ...

Two people died and three others were missing after a fishing boat with 20 people aboard capsized off Ibaraki Prefecture in ...

Japanese snowboarder Taiga Hasegawa picked up his second World Cup big air win of the season Sunday in Klagenfurt, Austria.

As labor-strapped Japan faces a growing exodus of foreign workers due to low wages and other employment challenges, some com ...

YUZA, Yamagata -- Traditional "amahage" demon deities recently visited some 20 homes in this northern Japan town to warn ...

Japan's elementary and middle schools could shed five minutes per period under curriculum guideline revisions the education ...