SITUBONDO, Indonesia--The Indonesian and Australian militaries began joint combat drills off Indonesia’s main island of Java ...

The first meeting between Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chinese President Xi Jinping has been scheduled for Nov. 15, ...

Shinji Ishimaru, the surprise runner-up in the Tokyo gubernatorial election, announced on Nov. 12 that he plans to keep the ...

Seven & i Holdings Co. is mulling a management buyout (MBO) to counter a takeover bid, The Asahi Shimbun learned on Nov. 13.

Newly appointed Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki was noncommittal in addressing calls to allow married couples to choose their ...

The first melted fuel sample recovered from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant arrived at a research facility ...

Nuclear regulators on Nov. 13 officially rejected Japan Atomic Power Co.’s request to restart a reactor based on the “undeniable” possibility of an active fault running beneath it.

The number of people 65 and older who live alone continues to increase. This demographic is expected to make up more than 20 ...

OTSU—The centuries-old Otsu Festival, featuring parades of lavishly decorated floats adorned with mechanical puppets, will ...

To meet the growing demand for translators in health care, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS) will launch a medical ...

For example, in places of work with staff shortages, women are not free to take maternity or child care leave as they wish.

An uproar of opposition emerged within a ruling Liberal Democratic Party meeting over the mere suggestion of banning ...