Akane Higuma, a 24-year-old female racer from this southwest Japan city, leapt from her job as a high school nurse into the ...

"It made me think, 'What a waste.' We grew up being told in elementary and junior high school to 'eat everything on your plate,' so it felt like a huge gap." That is how Sakurako Inoue, 21, a ...

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is set to introduce a more flexible selection process this summer for hiring ...

The Japanese Diet is debating tighter visa rules for foreign residents, while an amendment to the Immigration Control and ...

The Nagoya Municipal Government is selling 10 maintenance hole covers made between 1989 and 2021, including three designed to commemorate th ...

ICHIKAWA, Chiba -- "Be my double," a short video created with generative artificial intelligence (AI) by artist Fuyubi ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi recently met with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in the latter's hometown of ...

Men and younger people tend to skip breakfast on their days off, while women snack more and eat lighter dinners. That is the ...

Former world champion and three-time Olympic medalist Shoma Uno will return to competition with former world junior champion Marin Ho ...

The Aomori Prefectural Government in northern Japan announced on May 19 that it has upgraded a platform where citizens can ...

A pair of premium melons grown on Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido fetched a record 5.8 million yen ($36,500) at the year's ...

Sydney transformed into a kaleidoscopic display of light and color Friday as the harbor city switched on for the annual Vivid ...