Japan is thronged with tourists but not every place feels it is getting its fair share. The “overtourism” that irks residents ...

Japan is finding it harder to attract foreign workers, even as the country needs more people for jobs. Many foreign workers ...

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...

Tokyo, Nov. 3 (Jiji Press)--Japan conferred the Order of Culture on eight people including Sadaharu Oh, 85, head of the ...

Neither rain nor strict measures against overcrowding could keep people away from the annual Halloween street party in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Deciding between Tokyo and Osaka when relocating to Japan with children isn’t necessarily a matter of selecting the larger or ...

As Japan faces rising human-bear encounters, an animal trapped in a grocery store injured two men, while a separate reported ...

Millions of Japanese celebrated the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series victory, which was aided by pitcher Shohei Ohtani and ...

With the number of people killed by bears reaching a record nationwide, the defense ministry is preparing to send the ...

President Donald Trump spent his day in Japan bonding with new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, taking her with him as he ...