A major talking point at the two-day event is how crucial artificial intelligence-powered robots might be for tackling Japan's labor shortag...

Japan’s industry ministry will officially switch the benchmark for calculating gasoline price subsidies back to Dubai crude prices from Bren...

Yoshihiro Nishimura, the director behind films like “Tokyo Gore Police” and “Welcome to Japan,” died Monday in Tokyo following a nearly two-...

Foreign and domestic investors have been flocking to Japan's real estate market to buy properties that have risen in price but are still see...

A child in a traditional kimono stands between glowing robotic figures that connect people at Shinjuku Chuo Park, one of 12 light art instal...

Japan’s Tokyo Broadcasting System has tapped former MTV Entertainment Studios and Sony Pictures TV exec Elwin de Groot has joined the Japane...

If confirmed, the incident in the mountains of Okutama would mark Tokyo's first recorded fatal bear attack since at least 2006.

Have no fear, dear reader. Yes, I am once standing in for Edwin to battle The Maw and bring forth its tidings of upcoming PC games. But the...

A horror and dark genre film festival, the Yami International Film Festival, will hold its inaugural edition Nov. 20–26 at Human Trust Cinem...

The 58-year-old member of the House of Councillors was defeated by Yuji Kawana, 66, a member of the Musashino city assembly in western Tokyo...

The Tokyo resident has admitted to the charges and says he knew the girl was 15 years old at the time.

Packed crowds and long queues aside, the sprawling exhibition succeeds by transforming animated nostalgia into a tactile experience.

The case highlighted the unclear criteria foreign residents face when wanting to become a naturalized citizen in Japan, with the plaintiff's...

Two of the dozens of videos released by the U.S. Defense Department were taken near Japan, including one that shows an object "that resemble...

NEW YORK, May 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MITANI New York, the New York chapter of Tokyo's most coveted sushi destination, will open its doors o...