The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied social media claims that Japan agreed to accept 100,000 workers from Bangladesh ...

A new consumption tax exemption system for foreign visitors to Japan took effect Nov. 1. Under the new "refund system," ...

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has increasingly revealed its threatening side amid a series of cases in which the technology ...

A Hokkaido Shimbun reporter stationed in Russia's Far East remains in Russian custody on suspicion of espionage. There is ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about how the Japanese government determines caps on ...

The Mizunami Fossil Museum in this central Japan city announced Oct. 30 that fossils of an animal with forked antlers, ...

The Japanese government on Monday launched a new agency to oversee its response to disasters in the quake-prone country and ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's efforts to question last week's elections weakened Sunday as officials said the ...

Tokyo stocks fell Monday, as investors took a risk-off stance ahead of the U.S. midterm elections and a Japanese holiday on ...

Japan's Mao Shimada danced her way to claim her debut Grand Prix Series event at Skate Canada International on Sunday on th ...