Some employees value the convenience; others feel trapped by after-hours texts and social expectations embedded in office messaging culture.

NIS America has announced that Ys X: Proud Nordics will launch outside of Japan on Nintendo Switch 2 and PC sometime in early 2026. It first...

Japanese construction giant Taisei Corporation has announced a US$878m (¥130bn) acquisition of Toyo Construction for the equivalent of ¥1,75...

Yuki Yoza is embracing the immense responsibility of representing Japanese kickboxing against Thai striking maestro 'The Kicking Machine' Su...

The fast-food chain could end up being No. 2 in Japan after McDonald's.

Experts believe a recent surge in infections is due to relaxed hygiene measures, drug-resistant bacteria and lowered immunity levels amid ex...

Two U.S. sailors were treated for minor injuries from the fire on the USS New Orleans, anchored near Okinawa, the U.S. 7th Fleet said in a s...

Tokyo is offering itself as an alternative to China as African nations reel from a debt crisis made worse by Western aid cuts, conflict and...

Dramatic footage shows a US Navy ship on fire while it was docked in Okinawa, Japan.

The cancellation follows a similar Pokemon-themed campaign that sparked a frenzy and uproar over uneaten food being discarded.

In a major financial surge, Japanese stocks attracted the largest weekly foreign investment in more than four months during the week of Augu...

The change is expected to be approved within the current fiscal year, then gradually rolled out in school textbooks and other materials.

The suspects allegedly posed as police officers when calling victims in the Kanto region to swindle them of cash.

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