A total of 3,498 properties around critical security facilities and remote islands in Japan were purchased by foreign ...

Under the current Constitution, if the House of Representatives is dissolved and members are unavailable, the House of ...

The Yokohama Municipal Government has revealed plans to ban smoking on streets citywide ahead of the International ...

A study by Kagawa University in western Japan found that the best way to stop shoplifting is for store staff to greet ...

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Authorities announced Dec. 15 that the two giant pandas at Ueno Zoological Gardens would be returned to China at the start of ...

The difference in time men and women spend on housework, child care and caregiving has narrowed by more than one hour per day ...

Dozens of Japanese companies are capitalizing on a combination of satellite imagery and artificial intelligence to help them ...

Japan's parliament on Tuesday enacted an 18.3 trillion yen ($118 billion) supplementary budget for the current fiscal year ...

Wakayama Prefectural Police said Tuesday they have referred a chief inspector in his 40s to prosecutors on suspicion of vio ...

The Trump administration said Monday in a court filing that the president's White House ballroom construction project must ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling efforts to end Russia's war on Ukraine, and is testing the West with tactics ...