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Masanori Tominaga’s comedy of manners — and missteps — centers on a newcomer from Tokyo who tests the limits of the city's social etiquette.

There have been growing calls for legislative reform to address unpaid medical fees and health care premiums — deficits filled by taxpayers'...

A driving school owner points out that traffic signs could carry different meanings in other countries, and driving standards might vary sig...

The count found the executives were unable to predict the tsunami that triggered the triple reactor meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear...

Tokyo is backing off from its insistence that all new tariffs be removed, according to a Friday report by the Asahi Shimbun.

A total of 13 shops with more than ¥10 million in debt filed for bankruptcy in the year ended March — a record high for a second consecutive...

Data ranks soccer as the most popular sport among Canadian youth and, while the country retains its love for ice hockey, families increasing...

Exports measured by value dropped 3% in the first 20 days of May, which compared with a 2% rise for April.

Haliburton gave the Pacers their only lead of the game on a dramatic 21-foot jump shot with 0.3 of a second remaining.

"It ended up being an extremely frustrating and disappointing result," Moriyasu told reporters.

A total of 16 securities companies are affected by the hijackings.

Multiple stocks jumped last week after activist investor Aya Nomura’s name appeared in annual general meeting letters, listed as a stakehold...

Domestic demand will likely be a key factor in determining whether a technical recession can be avoided after the economy shrank in the firs...

The electric vehicle maker's shares dropped 14% on Thursday in New York, the stock’s biggest decline since March 10.

The company had hoped it would become the first private company outside the United States to achieve a soft landing on the moon.

Within hours of Trump criticizing Musk in the Oval Office, the once-close relationship had disintegrated in full public view.

The New York-raised director of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection reflects on his queer, multiracial identity and LGBTQ+ rights in Japan.

Her husband, Shigeru, died in 2020 at the age of 87 without being able to see his abducted daughter again.

Inflation-adjusted pay has now fallen for four straight months.

Organizers will lease a luxury cruise liner that will be docked at Nagoya's port.

Alphabet's CEO presented a vision of AI that was at once optimistic about the technology’s possibilities and sober-minded about some of its...

Past meetings between the two countries’ leaders have often been formalities to reinforce their unshakable postwar partnership. This time is...

Ronaldo came into the tournament amid swirling doubts about his future at the club level, with the veteran's contract at Saudi side Al-Nassr...

Restraining orders issued under the anti-stalking law also climbed 23% last year, according to the National Police Agency.

Draisaitl's NHL record-tying third overtime goal of the playoffs gave the Oilers a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven championship series.