The move comes at a time when the number of suicides among elementary, junior high and high school students marked a record high of 538 in 2...

Under stricter requirements imposed since October, applicants must now have at least ¥30 million in capital, up from ¥5 million.

Some accept the inevitability of having to pay higher rents due to inflation. Others find the extra financial burden frustrating amid stagna...

With Washington and other donors reducing much of their aid to Somalia, Yosuke Nagai's agency has effectively become the only foreign-run on...

Some are trying to circumvent Japan's surname rule for married couples by finding someone who already has the same last name.

Banks and other investors are grappling with soaring bond yields as the central bank seeks to combat inflation in an economy that had previo...

Korean-Japanese romantic comedy series “Merry Berry Love,” starring Ji Chang-wook and Imada Mio, is bowing on Disney+ and Hulu this October....

EXCLUSIVE: Sony’s Screen Gems and Spyglass are developing a reimagining of the Japanese horror film Pulse, with Dave Boyle attached to direc...

Edo Japan, according to novelist Ihara Saikaku, was a world in which love could save or destroy you.

Japanese has a rich vocabulary for sensing moods, social expectations and the subtle signals that shape interactions.

Moscow called the deployment of the powerful weapon on Japanese territory "absolutely unacceptable" and warned of "compensatory countermeasu...

Bear attacks in Japan have hit a record high, with 13 deaths and more than 220 injuries recorded between April 2025 and March 2026. It is a...

A program has been credited with prompting both a recovery in bear numbers — although the animals are hard to count — and fewer encounters w...

Police say the man teamed up with two different women on separate occasions and killed dozens of hamsters in a violation of animal protectio...

The poll by the Children and Families Agency found that 35.1% of those surveyed said they had "no intention" of getting married.