A third-party panel set up by Fuji Television and its parent company says it will refrain from communicating with lawyers ...

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial ...

But if you’ve traveled around Japan (like I have), you’ve likely noticed that some traffic lights look a bit more blue than green—and even the decidedly green ones are described as ao (blue ...

A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.

Japan to adopt U.S.-style entry system for foreign visitors SUMO/ Onosato seizes 4th career title, to be promoted to 75th yokozuna Teacher came out as trans woman to show it’s OK to be ...

Japan stopped using the MMR vaccine seven years ago - virtually the only developed nation to turn its back on the jab. Government health chiefs claim a four-year experiment with it has had serious ...

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has a unique seismic scale called shindo that measures the degree of shaking in the event of an earthquake. This set of numbers — ranging from 0 to 7 — is ...

A former nursery school teacher was given a 14-year prison sentence on Nov. 14 for committing lewd acts against girls in his care at facilities where he worked. The Tokyo District Court convicted ...

Japan’s move a ‘positive thing’ that could help raise standards in Japanese universities and potentially benefit the country, analysts note.

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Shining on the world stage, Nadeshiko Japan’s dedication to the game is a symbol of Japanese women’s football. With the vision of “Becoming the World’s Nadeshiko”, Japan Football Association (JFA) has ...