A new U.N. standard inspired by Japan's volunteer probation officer system is being developed, government sources said Sunday ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says his Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner must at least retain majority ...

TikTok goes offline night in the United States hours before a new federal law banning the popular short-form video-sharing ...

China's trade with North Korea in 2024 fell 5 percent from the previous year to about $2.18 billion, official data showed ...

Detained South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol becomes the first sitting leader of the nation to be formally arrested after he ...

Japanese government-funded entities in Russia that offer language classes and are seen as a symbol of bilateral friendship ...

Roki Sasaki's move to MLB from the Lotte Marines at the age of 23 marks a landmark change in the dynamic that exists between ...

Seven-Eleven Japan Co. plans to strengthen security at its convenience stores as more are being run by a single employee ...

More than 5,400 people died in Japan over the past 30 years due to severe stress and exhaustion caused by evacuation ...

Okinawa Prefecture says that Japan's Supreme Court has not accepted its appeal claiming the state's overturning of its ...

Sumo grand champion Terunofuji, currently the only yokozuna, has decided to retire after an injury-plagued career, according ...

Thirty-three of Japan's 47 prefectural governments back revising a pact governing the U.S. forces in the country, a Kyodo ...